1. Check out the article on Toronto gallerist Nicholas Metivier in the summer issue of Toronto Life magazine:
The Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. Image: metiviergallery.com
Art Wars
By Trevor Cole
Together they ran Toronto’s most prestigious gallery. But their relationship was strained, at best, and she refused to make him a partner. When the protégé had had enough, he opened his own place, and the big-name artists followed. How Nicholas Metivier kicked Mira Godard off her throne.
2. The offer-you-can’t-refuse art market: ARTnews dissects the current boom:
An ARTnews cover. Image: feldmangallery.com
What happens now that billions of dollars were spent recently, including $72.8 million for a Mark Rothko and $71.7 million for an Andy Warhol, at the sales? Is the sky the limit? How high is up? When will the bubble burst? Or will it…?
Read the full article HERE
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Andrea Carson writes on contemporary art, architecture and design...
2 comments ↓
As a collector of contemporary art, I found the Art Wars article in Toronto Life most interesting.
In it, writer Trevor Cole interviews 2 typical apparently seasoned collectors (at least he doesn’t call them atypical) Ian and Nancy.
They freely admit that they cannot tell the difference between 100 and 10,000 dollar works of art, and need Metivier to tell them what is good or bad in a work.
This really gives serious collectors a bad name. Imagine a car collector admitting that he can’t tell the difference between a Chevrolet and a Lamborghini.
Absurd, but in the art world I guess ignorance is bliss.
Well at least artists Tom Hopkins and John Hartman will be heartened by the news that Ian and Nancy will ‘do’ them.
Cheers,
Phil Taylor
Halton Hills
Well I think that attractiveness in an artwork is a starting point, but many collectors need guidance of an expert to understand why a work is important. There is a lot of bad art out there and there’s some great art. It’s true that a dealer’s job is to convince the client that their art is important….The fact is, not many collectors know much about art. If you come to art with a broader context, more of it will make sense to you - then you will appreciate a dealer’s sales pitch but won’t hang on it as gospel. Research and due diligence is key.
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