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[bene449] 29/5/2010 17:10

Just got myself "Sunflowers" by Bob DylaNn from his recent exhibition. His prices hold up well, and the recent releases are virtually all sold out. Will have a look at David Atkins.

[sven2006] 08/2/2010 13:55

the markets been tough for a year, everyone has to work hard in this game nowadays, just like anything I suppose. A good eye tends to win the day though.

sVendy

[maxk] 04/2/2010 10:03

WALKING MAN SELLS FOR A RECORD PRICE OF £65M



WALKING MAN: By Alberto Giacometti
Thursday February 4,2010
By Sara Dixon


A WALKING MAN sculpture by artist Alberto Giacometti was sold last night for a record-breaking £65million.

Bidding for the life-size bronze figure, Walking Man I, began at £12million and was expected to reach about £18million.

But after eight minutes the price hit staggering heights as 10 rival collectors went head-to-head at the auction at Sotheby's in London.

[sven2006] 11/1/2010 11:20

cagey, it took him two years to paint 30 for an exhibition this year, he's excellent.

Paul Robinson has his first solo show anywwhere in the UK this June. Very Gary Bunt like but different textures, one for the future and his new naive stuff can be got for less than 1,500

[cagey76] 09/1/2010 12:15

duplicate post

[cagey76] 09/1/2010 12:15

Sven

Cheers for those, we really like the look of the David Atkins stuff, looks like it goes for a bit though.

[shawzie] 30/12/2009 11:24

626dsmith
"Aspen Finance Limited, the company which holds my (Michael Stevens) interest in shares in Artisan, has now acquired nearly 70% of the issued share capital of Artisan, and now that this level of holding has been achieved we should be able to be more responsive to opportunities in the future."

Heard it all before and never in general shareholders interest.
Only another 5% required to enable Stevens to delist ART.
An anticipated loss for the current six month period could send the share price down to 25p or lower and allow Stevens to issue more shares to himself,
as he has done in the past, so taking his holding above the 75% level.

It appears that Stevens patiently still seeks to aquire ART assets on the cheap, but whether he will achieve that goal before the Grim Reaper calls, who can say.

Softly softly catchee monkey.

[626dsmith] 23/12/2009 08:58

Shawzie, very quiet on here. Is the company equally as dead?

[cockney sparrow] 22/12/2009 07:37

Hey big Svender.

[sven2006] 09/12/2009 15:44

new artists to be aware of

David Atkins
Paul Robinson

[626dsmith] 14/10/2009 17:07

Resolution 5. Is this a way of Aspen gaining control? Artisan creates more shares. Aspen - run by Stevens - buys those shares. Hey presto, they own the company!

[sven2006] 10/10/2009 16:36

a bit of both but as a gallery you cant SELL art. Pointless, people have to live with it on their walls, I think you have to love it to buy it full stop.

its a bonus if it becomes collectable.

sVendy

[cagey76] 09/10/2009 14:36

Sven2006, sven cheers for those, I think I've seen works by both Donald McIntyre and Simeon Stafford before in Cornwall. Probably not for me.

Do you need to love art to buy it ? most would suggest that, but there is defintely a business side to it.

[ariane] 08/10/2009 15:19

Obamas reveal modern art tastes
US President Barack Obama and his wife have decorated their private rooms and the Oval Office with a range of modern and abstract art, the White House says.

They began selecting pieces before January's inauguration, but the list of borrowed works has just been released.

New pieces by contemporary African-American and Native American artists are on display, as well as established artists such as Mark Rothko.

The works add to the extensive permanent White House art collection.

The First Couple worked with California decorator Michael Smith and White House curator William Allman to select the works.

The scope of the modern work exceeds that hung by previous White House occupants, Mr Allman said.

"The first lady had clear ideas about what they were aiming for.


MARDELL BLOG
" Catlin apparently admired Native American culture and felt he was recording a great culture on the edge of destruction, so perhaps they are making a political point. "
Mark Mardell BBC North America editor

"They knew their tastes, and Michael Smith knew a lot about their tastes," he said.

The art is only being hung in private rooms and offices as any changes to the historic public spaces - such as the Blue Room or the State Dining Room - must be approved by the Committee for the Preservation of the White House.

The items include patent models for a gear cutter and a steamboat paddlewheel, placed in the Oval Office.

The couple chose Edward Ruscha's I Think I'll ..., which superimposes phrases such as "I think I'll ..." and "maybe ... no" on top of a red sunset.

As well as works by famous artists such as Jasper Johns, lesser-known artists such as Alma Thomas, an African-American abstract painter of the 1960s and 1970s, have been chosen.

A "text painting" by Glenn Ligon reproduces words from 1961 book Black Like Me, a non-fiction account by a white man who disguised himself as a black man and travelled through the South.

One New York art dealer described the Obamas' choices as "highly sophisticated".

The curator of modern and contemporary art at the National Gallery, where many of the items came from, said it was "great art to live with".

Curator Harry Cooper said: "A lot of it is challenging. There are different styles: figurative art, abstract art. A lot of it is avant-garde: it was avant-garde, and a lot of it still is avant-garde."

Story from BBC NEWS:


Published: 2009/10/08 04:20:38 GMT

[sven2006] 08/10/2009 14:23

cagey76

we own a gallery in Surrey, we have some collectable artists.

Simeon Stafford is the big big one at the moment, should double again now Fred Yates has passed away.

Joan Gillchrest who died last year has bottomed out but more attention coming back to quality ones. We have sold three at full price recently.

Donald Mcintyre, we have one left is quality.

All imho though, all the above we have various paintings tucked away for the future.

ps you cant sell art, people love it and buy it or hate it and walk away.

sVendy

[grahamg8] 07/10/2009 08:33

Agree Swiftnick, and also a veiled threat over delisting. You can't help but feel the Directors are running ART entirely for their own long term benefit. I wouldn't be surprised to see a deal cobbled together that gives Aspen total control without having to buy out other shareholders at a price which more accurately reflects the value of the Company.

[swiftnick] 07/10/2009 07:51

Not a pretty set of figures, but even after the write downs I calculate a NAV per share of around 114p.

The company warns again of possible future shareholder dilution:

As stated in the Aspen offer document, it is the Group's intention to review the existing operations and assess future opportunities for growth. Such
opportunities may include the use of Artisan as a platform to expand either the
Group's residential or commercial property activities, organically or via
acquisitions. Shareholders should be aware that this may require additional debt
or equity funding, the form of which cannot currently be predicted and may lead
to future shareholder dilution.

[shawzie] 02/10/2009 16:30

Perhaps the delay in issueing a statement is due to -
"Following the completion of the mandatory Rule 9 offer by Aspen Finance Limited, the Artisan Board is currently undertaking a review of its existing operations to assess the opportunities for growth."

[cagey76] 01/10/2009 16:28

anyone still read this ? any more suggestions for collectable artists ? nearly bought some naomi frears paintings last year, now she has doubled her prices ...

[jim22] 28/9/2009 21:06

It is a pity the company has not provided a trading statement, last year they issued one on August 1st. I suppose they are trying to keep the information to themselves, which stinks a bit considering that effectively the CEO and Chairman are trying to take complete control. What are the non-execs up to?

I wonder when they will issue the final results? October 15th last year.