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April 19, 2008
ART CHICAGO 2008 ATTRACTS 181 INT'L
ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERIES
Art Chicago 2008, the centerpiece of Artropolis, brings together over 180 of the world's leading contemporary and modern art galleries, representing 56 international cities from 18 countries to showcase the work of over 2,000 renowned artists, all carefully vetted by a selection committee of some of the most renowned names in the arts' community. Art Chicago offers curators, collectors, artists … Read the Full Article
March 15, 2008
AIPAD SHOW COMING UP APRIL 10-13
Contemporary Works/Vintage Works will be exhibiting at AIPAD NYC from April 10-13 at the Park Avenue Armory at 67th St., NYC
We will be at the back of the exhibition hall just to the right of the café and in booth 123, and hope to see you there.
Just some of the 20th-century artists whose vintage masterworks we will be exhibiting include: … Read the Full Article
October 5, 2007
CONTEMPORARY WORKS EXHIBITING AT AIPAD MIAMI PHOTO SHOW, DEC. 4-9 ; ART BASEL MIAMI WEEK IS WORLD'S BIGGEST PHOTOGRAPHY EVENT
The Art Basel Miami week will be the most important single event in the photography world, as well as the American art world. In total well over 165-175 dealers will be selling photography in their booths at the various Miami shows in December from Tuesday the 4th through Sunday the 9th.
But the bulk of the contemporary photography action will take … Read the Full Article
August 29, 2007
NEWS ON CONTEMPORARY WORKS' ARTISTS
There is lots of current news and publicity on many of Contemporary Works'
represented artists, all of whom we will feature at the AIPAD Photography Miami
Show, December 4-9, 2007 and at Photo LA, January 9-13, 2008 at its new venue at
the Santa Monica Barker Hanger. Contemporary Works is a subsidiary of Vintage
Works, Ltd.
Arthur Tress, who is considered one of the … Read the Full Article
August 28, 2007
AUCTION HOUSES RAISE BUYERS' FEES
AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR
In January, Sotheby's had taken the lead to bump the commission rate (buyer's
premium) which was 20% on the first $200,000, and then 12% on the balance, to
20% on the first $500,000, and then 12% thereafter. Christie's quickly followed
suit.
Christie's later this summer quietly raised the fee it charges buyers a second
time in less than a year. This increase targets … Read the Full Article
August 28, 2007
PRINCE AND SHERMAN ARE TOP
PHOTOGRAPHY PERFORMERS AT SPRING
NYC CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTIONS
By Brian Appel
If power is the ability to direct or influence the behavior of others, Richard
Prince and Cindy Sherman have become the 'new' hyper-real prototypes in the
world of contemporary photography.
Both artists utilize a 'spectacular' mode of address that engages the viewer in
a way that exploits the myth of photography as a reference point to a 'literal'
description of how a camera … Read the Full Article