Diamonds are forever, or, in Damien Hirst’s case, until he can find another ‘stakeholder’ to relieve him of his share of ‘For the Love of God’.

‘For the Love of God’, indeed. What to do if one’s much-vaunted, publicity-heat-seeking work of art fails to attract the £50m asking price? Easy. Get together…

Tricks of the trade: Ron Coles and the mystery of the disappearing genitals, or, how to make a painting more saleable

I had me a little flashback last night watching Four Corners’ fascinating report on fakes and forgeries in the Australian art market. In the course of…

RIP Wicked Willie

Apologies for the silence. It’s in memory of my father, William Francis Wilson, who died suddenly at the age of 65 on the 19th of May…

Art matters

untangling the awkward relationship between art and money

Archive for ‘June, 2009’

Diamonds are forever, or, in Damien Hirst’s case, until he can find another ‘stakeholder’ to relieve him of his share of ‘For the Love of God’.

Tricks of the trade: Ron Coles and the mystery of the disappearing genitals, or, how to make a painting more saleable

RIP Wicked Willie