Are the days of the artrepreneur numbered?
Interesting question arrived in my inbox today via Michael Mocksim. “You think the Frank Dunphy style era is over?” Frank Dunphy, of course, was Damien Hirst’s…
S[edition]. The verdict? Count me amongst the s[educed].
What do you get the artist who has everything? A website upon which he (Damien Hirst), she (Tracey Emin) or they (the Chapman Brothers) can blaze…
Haunch of Venison Sautéed and Stuffed? Founding Directors of Christie’s Commercial Gallery Venture Head for Greener Pastures.
Much to the annoyance of contemporary art dealers everywhere, in 2007 auction leviathan Christie’s acquired the suitably obscurely-named London gallery, Haunch of Venison (in answer to…
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…
