Inspiration
This is way overdue but its better late then never. I finally got permission to use a couple of photos from The Sartorialist and my god was it was difficult to choose 2… For those of you who regularly visit The Sartorialist you know how many great photos there are and they keep coming so…
Who is Joseph Kony?
Who is Joseph Kony? Thats a question we all should be asking ourself if we dont know the answer already. He is: A murderer Rapist Enslaver Child kidnapper The list goes on and on. He is a person that needs to be found and brought to justice. Please watch the below video to find out…
Art Madrid 2012
As some of you might know my connection to the art world is through my father who has had a gallery for more than 30 years. Right at this moment we are attending Art Madrid (art fair in Madrid) so therefore I will be uploading photos of the art we have brought with us. I…
Beyond the Street
Beyond the Street is a great book, both providing a great overview of the leading artists and it also points out some of the galleries involved in the urban art movement. The below photos are taken from the book. Artist: Faile Artist: Ron English Artist: Invader Artist: Eine Artist: Zevs The book is a…
The record Art year of 2011
So now its more or less official, 2011 was a record year for art sales at auction houses! Artprice which is a site that tracks auction houses results has published their 2011 stats, the total sales in 2011 is about $10.7bn compared to $9.5bn in 2010 and there is still time for the 2011 numbers to go…
My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic
Charles Saatchi is one of the most influential art collectors of our time and founder of the global advertising agency, in this book Charles Saatchi reveals his opinions on collecting, artists, dealers, advertising and investing in art with unflinching honesty. He is famously reclusive, so the questions answered by him in this book should be…
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
Have you ever wonder why someone might buy a stuffed, decaying shark for $12 million? Its not just about buying a piece of art that you like, some people actually buy things the dont like but why you might ask yourself. This book will explain it all to you in a very easy way even…
Banksy
In my opinion what Banksy makes is nothing less then pure genius. One of Banksys latest work is of the Rodney King beating as shown above, this is what he makes of what happened that night and how awful it might sound its actually a quite accurate portrait of what took place that night, Rodney…
Faile
Faile is a Brooklyn based artistic collaboration between Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller. They have their own very distinct style which in many cases I really like. Here you can see some of their recent work. I bought their book recently which is called Faile: Prints and Originals 1999-2009. If you like this type of…
Rolex by Zevs
I found a picture I took of the Rolex paiting by the french artist Zevs. It took me some time but I finally found his actual webpage, if you click on his name it will redirect you to Zevs webpage. No its not Googles, its Zevs!! I love it!
