Bad art by a bad person: Hitler goes under the hammer
Here’s something to ponder: how different a place would the world be if Adolf Hitler had been born with but a soupçon of artistic talent, and been able…
A licence to print money: How to turn a fabric off-cut into $6000
Firstly, you need to be an artist with the celebrity status of Japan’s Takashi Murakami. Secondly, you need to join forces with French luxury goods manufacturer,…
Stolen Art: Should We Ever Let Bygones Be Bygones?
A few years ago I dropped in on an antiquities dealer I know from my time working in the auction trade. He’s great company, makes a…
Appropriate this: Artists’ intellectual property rights through the Looking Glass
I’d really like to hear Sherrie Levine’s take on this one. Or Marcel Duchamp’s, for that matter. Everyone’s favourite poster-maker, Shepard Fairey, was responsible for one…
A guaranteed disaster? Art auction houses left hanging as the market turns.
Picture this (if you’ll pardon the pun) – you are the fortunate owner of an artwork of mind-blowing significance. The art market is…
Art matters 