Luxist http://www.luxist.com Luxist http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.luxist.com/media/feedlogo.gif Luxist http://www.luxist.com en-us Copyright 2008 Blogsmith, LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/The Colorful Crayon Sculptures of Herb Williamshttp://www.luxist.com/2008/12/04/the-colorful-crayon-sculpture-of-herb-williams/http://www.luxist.com/2008/12/04/the-colorful-crayon-sculpture-of-herb-williams/http://www.luxist.com/2008/12/04/the-colorful-crayon-sculpture-of-herb-williams/#commentsFiled under:


The art of Herb Williams instantly brings out the child in everyone. Williams, who describes his process on his website, says that he is the" only individual in the world with an account with Crayola." Williams uses crayons as the medium for his sculpture. Williams cuts his colors packed 3000 to a case. He cuts down the sticks and then bonda the paper, not the wax, to a form he has either carved or cast.

The colorful Yellow Lab shown above is made of cut yellow and blue crayons, wood and two-part epoxy resin. It measures 42" x 19" x 28" and is for sale for $18,000 through Vivre where you can also find several other of his playful pop pieces.

The Colorful Crayon Sculptures of Herb Williams originally appeared on Luxist on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>crayolacrayonsherb williamsHerbWilliamssculptureDeidre WoollardThu, 04 Dec 2008 16:01:00 ESTRare Moulin Rouge Poster Up For Auctionhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/12/04/rare-moulin-rouge-poster-up-for-auction/http://www.luxist.com/2008/12/04/rare-moulin-rouge-poster-up-for-auction/http://www.luxist.com/2008/12/04/rare-moulin-rouge-poster-up-for-auction/#commentsFiled under: ,


Fans of Art Nouveau may want to check out this one, Swann Galleries in New York is holding an auction of rare and important Art Nouveau posters on December 17. The highlights include 11 posters by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and seven by Alphonse Mucha. The posters are from the collection of Bob and Peggy Marcus, who assembled their collection over the course of 30 years. The auction's top lot is a copy of Lautrec's Moulin Rouge, La Goulue, 1891, the artist's first poster, in the very rare three-sheet version, and with the original top banner. Considered one of the most important posters in the history of graphic arts, the enormous color lithograph advertises a performance by can-can dancer La Goulue at the famous cabaret. When the poster was first released, dealers found the size unmanageable and discarded the top banner, making versions with the original top virtually unavailable. The provenance goes back to Lautrec's own estate, after which it passed on to his close friend, art dealer Maurice Joyant, and then descended to his heirs. It is estimated at $250,000 to $350,000.

Rare Moulin Rouge Poster Up For Auction originally appeared on Luxist on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>alphonse muchaAlphonseMuchaartart nouveauArtNouveaumuchaposterstoulouse-lautrecDeidre WoollardThu, 04 Dec 2008 12:02:00 ESTResults of the Lanvin Art Salehttp://www.luxist.com/2008/12/02/results-of-the-lanvin-art-sale/http://www.luxist.com/2008/12/02/results-of-the-lanvin-art-sale/http://www.luxist.com/2008/12/02/results-of-the-lanvin-art-sale/#commentsFiled under: ,

The Christie's Paris sale of Impressionist and Modern paintings that belonged to French fashion designer Jeanne Lanvin came in far below estimate on Monday. The Washington Post reports that the sale raised euro7.67 million ($9.67 million) at the sale which included works by Pablo Picasso and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Christie's had originally valued the collection at euro20 million ($25.2 million). The top seller was Renoir's "Woman with a Parasol Sitting in the Garden," which went for euro1.16 million ($1.46 million) and has a top estimate of euro1.8 million ($2.27 million). A total of 23 of the 31 lots were sold. Another painting by Renoir, "The Tapestry in the Park (Presumed Portrait of Camille Monet)" went unsold as did works by Edgar Degas, Eugene Boudin and Camille Pissarro.Lanvin, died in 1946 at the age of 79, but was once of France's most influential designers of the 1920s and '30s and created the classic fragrance "Arpege." The paintings hung in her Paris apartment and a portion of the proceeds from the sale will go toward two arts charities run by the Polignac dynasty, the aristocratic family which Lanvin's daughter Marie-Blanche married into.

The Lanvin fashion label remains one of France's oldest fashion houses under the creative direction of Israeli-American designer Alber Elbaz. Recently Stella McCartney hired Frederick Lukoff, the business development director of Lanvin, to lead the British fashion brand, part of the Gucci Group. Lanvin has recently been it talks with potential investors to raise funds to expand.

Results of the Lanvin Art Sale originally appeared on Luxist on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>artauctionchristieslanvinrenoirDeidre WoollardTue, 02 Dec 2008 19:02:00 ESTSurvival of Serena Sculpture Smashed In Transithttp://www.luxist.com/2008/12/02/survival-of-serena-sculpture-smashed-in-transit/http://www.luxist.com/2008/12/02/survival-of-serena-sculpture-smashed-in-transit/http://www.luxist.com/2008/12/02/survival-of-serena-sculpture-smashed-in-transit/#commentsFiled under:


The Art Miami show has had its first casualty, a sad tale that anyone who has ever opened a package and found shards where art should be can identify with. The Palm Beach Post captures the reactions of artist Carole Feuerman on discovering that her resin sculpture "Survival of Serena" arrived in Miami in broken pieces. It is unknown how the sculpture was damaged but the plywood crate protecting it was too thin. The piece had been displayed in China at the National Museum of China in Beijing during the Olympics and then in Italy and was to serve as the welcome piece at Art Miami this week. The sculpture was valued at $350,000 but Feuerman says insurance will only pay $9,100. Art Miami officials decided to display the sculpture and crate in their shattered form. Feuerman is understandably distraught over the loss but says she will try to make another Serena.

Survival of Serena Sculpture Smashed In Transit originally appeared on Luxist on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>artart miamiArtMiamicarole feuermanCaroleFeuermansculptureDeidre WoollardTue, 02 Dec 2008 16:02:00 ESTMulvany & Rogers Miniatureshttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/30/mulvany-and-rogers-miniatures/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/30/mulvany-and-rogers-miniatures/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/30/mulvany-and-rogers-miniatures/#commentsFiled under: ,


If you like intricate, ornate decor on a tiny scale you'll be impressed by the miniature architectural marvels by Mulvany & Rogers. Taking historically significant European and North American buildings and their interiors and re-creating them at one-twelfth of their size these little wonders include Hampton Court, Versailles and Buckingham Palace. They even recently sold a miniature version of Harry Potter's Hogwarts! Their online store currently has two pieces for sale: Gothik House and Georgian Rectory for £10,000 and £9,000 respectively which gives you just a taste of their creative abilities. The gallery shows a variety of pieces so luxuriously crafted it is hard to imagine you can't walk into them.

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Mulvany & Rogers Miniatures originally appeared on Luxist on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>miniatrue architectureMiniatrueArchitectureminiatureminiaturesmulvany and rogersmulvany-and-rogersMulvanyAndRogersLaura MalesichSun, 30 Nov 2008 15:02:00 ESTGreen Designers Win National Award for Mobilehttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/30/green-designers-win-national-award-for-mobile/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/30/green-designers-win-national-award-for-mobile/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/30/green-designers-win-national-award-for-mobile/#commentsFiled under: ,

Sustainable design company Contexture was recognized at this week's 2008 Design Exchange Awards for its handmade hanging mobile, As the Crow Flies, a dangling family of laser-cut crows.

Crafted from 30% post-recycled paper and found roadmaps, the mobile landed top honors in the Industrial Design category. It's also likely to be a popular gift among the I-don't-want-a-nursery-full-of-pink-puppies parenting set.

The mobile retails for just $49 (free shipping!) and is available through Contexture, the Vancouver-based partnership of Nathan Lee and Trevor Coghill, already well known for their reclaimed-material Coffee Cuffs and 45 iPod Cases.

Green Designers Win National Award for Mobile originally appeared on Luxist on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>as the crow fliesAsTheCrowFliescontextureindustrial designIndustrialDesignsustainable designSustainableDesignTracy ChaitSun, 30 Nov 2008 10:02:00 ESTMoss Presents "Bavaria" Collection at Design Miami 2008http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/29/moss-presents-bavaria-collection-at-design-miami-2008/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/29/moss-presents-bavaria-collection-at-design-miami-2008/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/29/moss-presents-bavaria-collection-at-design-miami-2008/#commentsFiled under: ,


Starting December 3, Moss will present Studio Job's latest collection, Bavaria, at this year's Design Miami. Bavaria is the collection of marquetry furnishings, crafted from Indian Rosewood and featuring laser-cut inlays of various country images: barns, horse corrals, silos, farm animals.

The group of pieces is the juxtaposition of age-old marquetry, which cuts veneer in intricate patterns to be placed on furniture or other objects, and modern laser-cutting technique. The sought-after furniture has been produced in a limited edition of six pieces per model, exclusive to Moss. The Rosewood bench, above, will be available through Moss, price upon request.

Studio Job was last in the news at Christie's Post-war and Contemporary Art sale, where an ebony and laser-cut maple bench from its Perished Collection reached a final price of over $95,000. The auction house said the piece "yield[ed] an expressionistic symbolism superimposed upon an absurdist, semifunctional monumentalism."

Exactly.

Moss Presents "Bavaria" Collection at Design Miami 2008 originally appeared on Luxist on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>bavariadesigndesign miamiDesignMiamimossTracy ChaitSat, 29 Nov 2008 15:02:00 ESTEli Broad Offers $30 Million to Floundering MOCAhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/26/eli-broad-offers-30-million-to-floundering-moca/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/26/eli-broad-offers-30-million-to-floundering-moca/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/26/eli-broad-offers-30-million-to-floundering-moca/#commentsFiled under: ,


In the wake of MOCA's public outcry for help, Eli Broad has stepped up to offer $30 million to the museum. Earlier this month, Deidre Woollard reported that Broad (above with his wife Edythe) might have been planning a contemporary art museum of his own in Beverly Hills, after an acquisition spree that included pieces by Jeff Koons, Ed Ruscha and Robert Rauschenberg.

Perhaps he's refocused his efforts towards saving a contemporary art museum instead. I wrote recently about art critic Christopher's Knight's open letter to MOCA's board, ordering it to raise $25 million pronto. Looks like Broad got the memo -- though in his statement of intent in the LA Times, he urges his fellow philanthropists to take part.

"This is not a one-philanthropist town," he writes, though in the contemporary art world, the Broad name is growing awfully familiar.

Eli Broad Offers $30 Million to Floundering MOCA originally appeared on Luxist on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>artbig giversBigGiverscontemporary artContemporaryArteli broadEliBroadmocaTracy ChaitWed, 26 Nov 2008 18:01:00 ESTArt + Giving = Photo Mentorshiphttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/25/art-giving-photo-mentorship/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/25/art-giving-photo-mentorship/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/25/art-giving-photo-mentorship/#commentsFiled under: ,


It girl Alexa Chung has teamed with Ctrl.Alt.Shift and Vice mag to host a photo contest that will raise awareness about issues of gender, poverty and injustice around the world that will become a striking online photo essay.

The deadline closed yesterday, so a selection of photos is up on Ctrl.Alt.Shift -- check them out and vote for your favorite. The winners will receive mentorships with professional photogs -- an esteemed group including Nan Goldin, Alex Sturrock and Chung herself -- and the support to continue exposing injustice through their own unique lens.

Art + Giving = Photo Mentorship originally appeared on Luxist on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>alexa chungAlexaChungcult.alt.shiftphilanthropyphoto essayPhotoEssayviceTracy ChaitTue, 25 Nov 2008 17:06:00 EST$1.8 Million Munnings Stars in Sporting Art Salehttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/24/1-8-million-munnings-stars-in-sporting-art-sale/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/24/1-8-million-munnings-stars-in-sporting-art-sale/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/24/1-8-million-munnings-stars-in-sporting-art-sale/#commentsFiled under: ,


A foxhunting portrait painted by British master Sir Alfred James Munnings in 1925 could fetch up to $1.8 million at Christie's Sporting & Wildlife Art sale in New York on Dec. 3. Titled F.H. Prince and the Pau Foxhounds, the painting (above), depicts American financier Frederick Henry Prince riding to hounds at Pau, his estate in the foothills of the Pyrénées. Prince had a stable of over sixty horses at the château, where King Henri IV of France was born in 1553. There are several other Munnings works in the sale as well.

$1.8 Million Munnings Stars in Sporting Art Sale originally appeared on Luxist on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>ChristiesEquestrianFoxhuntingHorsesSir Alfred MunningsSirAlfredMunningsSporting artSportingArtJared Paul SternMon, 24 Nov 2008 19:03:00 ESTOpen Letter to MOCA Trustees: Write Checks. Many Zeros.http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/22/open-letter-to-moca-trustees-write-checks-many-zeros/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/22/open-letter-to-moca-trustees-write-checks-many-zeros/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/22/open-letter-to-moca-trustees-write-checks-many-zeros/#commentsFiled under: ,


In an open letter to the board of trustees at Los Angeles's Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Christopher Knight of the Los Angeles Times is hardly circumspect about his message: give money, and give a lot of it.

MOCA's endowment is rumored to have fallen a startling $40 million or so in the past several years, and the museum has publicly contemplated renting or even selling its significant collection of art, functioning merely as an exhibit space in the future.

It's also mentioned folding in to LACMA, making the city of LA -- population nearing 4 million -- a one-museum town (yes, the Getty is nearby, as is the Norton Simon, but neither of those specialize in contemporary art nor are they geographically LA proper).

Mr. Knight urges board members to gather together and "stay in that room until you have cobbled together at least $25 million." Interestingly, that was the amount Mercedes Bass gave to the Metropolitan Opera two years ago after it announced its own financial woes. "It's really the duty of a board member to support the institution in a time of need," she told The New York Times.

I'm sure Mr. Knight and art lovers everywhere hope MOCA's board will remember those words.

Open Letter to MOCA Trustees: Write Checks. Many Zeros. originally appeared on Luxist on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>art philanthropyArtPhilanthropymercedes bassMercedesBassmocaTracy ChaitSat, 22 Nov 2008 10:02:00 ESTNew Yorkers Raise $350,000 in Auction for RxArthttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/21/new-yorkers-raise-350-000-in-auction-for-rxart/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/21/new-yorkers-raise-350-000-in-auction-for-rxart/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/21/new-yorkers-raise-350-000-in-auction-for-rxart/#commentsFiled under: ,

RxArt held its big bash/silent auction at the Milk Gallery in Chelsea earlier this week, drawing a crowd that took its time bidding but ended up supporting the non-profit group to the tune of $350,000. RxArt installs art exhibits in children's hospitals to relieve stress and create inspiring environments.

Founded in 2000 by well-known gallerist Diane Brown (at right with board member Cynthia Rowley), the non-profit tries to de-institutionalize hospital spaces with original art, usually colorful exhibits by artists like William Wegman and Frank Stella that stretch across every wall and ceiling possible.

The group produces coloring books for patients drawn from every installation, so kids can focus on emotional healing while docs aim to do the rest.

New Yorkers Raise $350,000 in Auction for RxArt originally appeared on Luxist on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>artauctionsmilk galleryMilkGalleryrxartTracy ChaitFri, 21 Nov 2008 19:02:00 ESTNude Moss Snap's a Steal at Christie's Salehttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/21/nude-moss-snaps-a-steal-at-christies-sale/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/21/nude-moss-snaps-a-steal-at-christies-sale/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/21/nude-moss-snaps-a-steal-at-christies-sale/#commentsFiled under: ,


Last week we wrote about Christie's Nov. 19 photo auction starring a slew of naked supermodels including Albert Watson's 1993 nude of Kate Moss in Marrakech, which was estimated at $23,000 - $31,000. On Nov. 26 in London the auction house is staging another photo sale, with another equally appealing (in our opinion) photo of Kate in her birthday suit. The photo (above), taken by one-named lensman Tesh in 2005, may not have the pedigree of Watson's pic, but at only $1,500 - $2,000, it's a real steal. There are some other good deals to be had in the London sale, including portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Coco Chanel, James Dean, Andy Warhol and more.

Nude Moss Snap's a Steal at Christie's Sale originally appeared on Luxist on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>ChristiesKate MossKateMossLondonPhotographsSupermodelsJared Paul SternFri, 21 Nov 2008 10:03:00 ESTBaas for Champagne Ruinart $100,000 Centerpiecehttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/21/baas-for-champagne-ruinart-100-000-centerpiece/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/21/baas-for-champagne-ruinart-100-000-centerpiece/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/21/baas-for-champagne-ruinart-100-000-centerpiece/#commentsFiled under: ,


At Art Basel Miami Beach next month, renowned French champagne house Ruinart will offer a one-of-a-kind surrealistic sculpture by Dutch artist Martin Baas. Designed as the ultimate centerpiece for a champagne-lover's table, the artwork (detail above) was inspired by an elaborate 18th century Venetian chandelier. Constructed from clear Murano glass and silver, the piece was designed to appear as if a chandelier has fallen from above and is melting into the table, along with bottles of Dom Ruinart and specially designed flutes. The piece will be offered for sale at $100,000.

"Maarten's piece is all at once elegant, complex, delicate and powerful," says Ruinart's Jean Christophe Laizeau. "It is the perfect physical representation of the Dom Ruinart universe. We could not have collaborated with a more innovative and inspiring artist to express the stirring sensory experience of vertigo." Founded by Nicholas Ruinart in Reims in 1792, Ruinart was introduced to the U.S. in 1831 by Viscount Edmond Ruinart, and has been a favorite of conoisseurs ever since.

Baas for Champagne Ruinart $100,000 Centerpiece originally appeared on Luxist on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>Art BaselArtBaselChampagneChandelierFranceMartin BaasMartinBaasRuinartJared Paul SternFri, 21 Nov 2008 09:01:00 ESTEli Broad Plans His Own Art Museumhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/19/eli-broad-plans-his-own-art-museum/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/19/eli-broad-plans-his-own-art-museum/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/19/eli-broad-plans-his-own-art-museum/#commentsFiled under:

So maybe now we know why billionaire art collector Eli Broad was so busy at the contemporary art shows in New York last week. Bloomberg reports that Broad is interested in building a public museum in Beverly Hills, California. The news comes after a year in which he got his own building at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art but then decided not to give his collection to the museum. Broad's new museum would display works from his charitable foundation and personal collection and would hopefully open in about three years. It would be located near the corner of Santa Monica and Wilshire boulevards and unseat a Starbucks. The foundation already has a headquarters and private museum in Santa Monica.

Broad's foundation is heavily contemporary with photographs by Cindy Sherman, paintings by Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol's 1986 silkscreen of the Statue of Liberty, Damien Hirst's 1994 lamb in formaldehyde, and Charles Ray's 1973 collection of 16 Kodachrome self-portraits called ``All My Clothes.'' Last week he picked up Ed Ruscha's 1969 mustard-hued ``Desire'' for $2.4 million, Donald Judd aluminum and Plexiglas sculpture for $1.1 million, a small Robert Rauschenberg painting for $2.6 million, and a Jeff Koons sculpture for $2.2 million.

Eli Broad Plans His Own Art Museum originally appeared on Luxist on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>artart museumArtMuseumbeverly hillsBeverlyHillseli broadEliBroadDeidre WoollardWed, 19 Nov 2008 19:02:00 EST1800 Tequila Ltd. Edition Essential Artists Serieshttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/19/1800-tequila-ltd-edition-essential-artists-series/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/19/1800-tequila-ltd-edition-essential-artists-series/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/19/1800-tequila-ltd-edition-essential-artists-series/#commentsFiled under: ,


1800 Tequila, the high-end 100% blue Agave tequila brand that takes it name from the year in which the spirit was first aged in wood, recently embarked on an ambitious and inspired campaign centered around around nine cutting-edge artists it considers to be "Essential." The Essential Artists and their artwork were featured as part of a national advertising campaign including print, billboard, internet, and radio; now each piece of artwork is featured on brilliant 1800 limited edition tequila bottles, available nationwide in stores or online here.

Each artist is different, with work that could have been found spray painted on a city street, in the best art gallery, or both. These chosen artists are willing to follow their independent vision, and adapt it to a bottle of great tequila. The nine artists are: Glenn Barr, one of Detroit's most celebrated and successful underground artists; San Francisco-based illustrator and designer Hannah Stouffer; Jorge Alderete, a pop illustrator, who uses trash culture, 50's science fiction films, wrestling and surf music imagery in his psychotronic illustrations, animations and comics; Josh Ellingson, whose work has been featured on everything from handheld games to custom vinyl toys.

Atlanta-based husband and wife design duo UrbanMedium; Artillery, whose hand-cut stencil designs feature candy-coated colors and an "almost Warhol-esque twist on banal imagery"; Jeremy Bacharach, whose work includes painting, drawing, photography, and digital media; Dosa Kim, whose art can be best described as "whimsical, dark and sometimes minimal"; and Chris Dean, whose "synthesis of offbeat imagery and stereoscopic process has brought the nostalgic of medium of lenticular pictures to a new level of artistry".

See the gallery to view their impressive bottles. 1800 is now on the search for the next essential artists, via an innovative interactive project taking place on their website. Any aspiring artist or fan can upload their art on a custom 1800 bottle and join the competition to win $10,000 and be featured in a national advertising campaign, just like the original avant-garde nine. How come no one ever thought of this before?

The site allows fans to log in and in three simple steps join the competition and also spread the word through a custom artwork widget to embed on their own site. Connoisseurs can also view the gallery and vote on the thousands of submissions. Fans can upload up to five pieces of art until the contest ends in mid-December. Competition is sure to be fierce, and we can't wait to see the results.

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]]>1800 Essential Artists1800 Tequila1800EssentialArtists1800TequilaTequilaJared Paul SternWed, 19 Nov 2008 08:02:00 ESTThe Macallan Rankin Editionhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/17/the-macallan-rankin-edition/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/17/the-macallan-rankin-edition/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/17/the-macallan-rankin-edition/#commentsFiled under: ,

Scottish whiskeymaking and Scottish photography combine with the launch of The Macallan Masters of Photography Rankin Edition. Rankin is a famed Scottish photographer and he was chosen to Easter Elchies House, the "spiritual home of The Macallan." He spent a summer interpreting the The Macallan Estate through his camera lens. The result is 1,000 unique bottles of The Macallan Fine Oak 30 year old single malt whisky each bearing an original Rankin image, captured on Polaroid. Since Polaroid was discontinued this year,The Masters of Photography represents the end of an era. The black-and-white pictures include artistic studies of the lovely Tuuli, Rankin's muse, shown on this bottle, as well as pictures of Easter Elchies House, shots of craftspeople at the distillery, and still life images of the surrounding flora and fauna at the estate. Each bottle comes in a black leather box lined with velvet and containing an original Rankin Polaroid. Each bottle will have an individually printed label which matches the specific Polaroid contained within the box and a booklet of authenticity signed by Rankin. Each bottle sells for around $1,300.

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The Macallan Rankin Edition originally appeared on Luxist on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>macallanphotographyrankinscotlandwhiskyDeidre WoollardMon, 17 Nov 2008 15:01:00 ESTAnother Rough Night For The Art Auction Markethttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/14/another-rough-night-for-the-art-auction-market/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/14/another-rough-night-for-the-art-auction-market/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/14/another-rough-night-for-the-art-auction-market/#commentsFiled under: ,

Another day, another day of art auction misery, the third in a long week for art sellers. At the Phillips de Pury & Co.'s New York auction the sales were far below event the low estimate of $23 million, coming in at $9.6 million with two-fifths of the lots not selling. Even usual hot sellers like Damien Hirst whose `Beautiful Artemis Thor Neptune Odin Delusional Sapphic Inspirational Hypnosis Painting,'' was part of a series that appeared in September 2007 during a runway show of his collection for Levi Strauss & Co. at the Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea couldn't find a buyer at $1.8 million.

So what artists are still alluring? The star of the Phillips de Pury auction was Donald Judd's 1977 vertical progression of 10 blue, stainless steel stacks, shown at right, which sold for $3.2 million, lower than presale estimate range of $4 million to $6 million but still a good showing in this market (and a Judd sculpture also sold earlier this week to Eli Broad). While the works may have been of a lower tier than comparable Christie's and Sotheby's auctions, the risk was also smaller. Bloomberg reports that Phillips de Pury guaranteed just one work in the auction, a glowing neon text by Kendell Geers, which had a low estimate of $60,000 and sold for $56,250.

Another Rough Night For The Art Auction Market originally appeared on Luxist on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This week's dismal art auction returns continued with the sale at Christie's New York on Wednesday night in which close to one third of the 75 lots found no buyers. The savvy shoppers were out in hordes though, Bloomberg reports that tennis star and collector John McEnroe, Salma Hayek and the ever art-hungry Eli Broad were in the room checking out the lots. The sale brought in $113.6 million which was around half its presale low estimate. Francis Bacon has been quite the hot seller of late, fueled to some extent by the buying habits of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. But last night a self-portrait by Francis Bacon that Christie's had estimated would sell for about $40 million couldn't find a new home.

And that collection of 16 drawings sold by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Richard S. Fuld Jr. and his wife, Kathy, brought in $13.5 million a bit below the low estimate of $15 million for the collection. More than half, a full 52 percent of the lots sold below the low estimate and Christie's guaranteed the sale of 39 lots, 12 of which didn't sell, which had a combined low estimate of $48 million. This means Christie's is on the hook for those works.

But every evening has its bright spots, Gerhard Richter's 1989 eight-foot-tall ``Abstraktes Bild (710),'' painted with a squeegee sold for $14.9 million. And you can't keep a good Basquiat down, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich sold a 1982 Jean-Michel Basquiat painting ``Untitled (Boxer)'' for $13.5 million, above the $12 million estimate.

More Unhappy Returns In The Art Market originally appeared on Luxist on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>artbasquiatchristiesfrancis baconFrancisBaconDeidre WoollardThu, 13 Nov 2008 20:02:00 ESTEli Broad Snaps Up Cheap Arthttp://www.luxist.com/2008/11/12/eli-broad-snaps-up-cheap-art/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/12/eli-broad-snaps-up-cheap-art/http://www.luxist.com/2008/11/12/eli-broad-snaps-up-cheap-art/#commentsFiled under:

Here's a sign the art market might really be in trouble, famed collector Eli Broad was one of the eager buyers at the contemporary art sale at Sotheby's last night in New York City. He's quoted in Bloomberg as calling it "a half-price sale." Perhaps he was also delighting in being right, he'd been predicting a slowdown for a while now. Broad, along with permatan and permafabulous fashion designer Valentino were two collectors hoping to get good deals on great art. It certainly worked for Broad, he picked up Ed Ruscha's 1969 ``Desire'' for $2.4 million, 40 percent under the $4 million low estimate. He also scooped up several other pieces including a Donald Judd sculpture, a Robert Rauschenberg and a Jeff Koons sculpture, some of which were for his Broad Art Foundation. That's one smart billionaire. Valentino's no slouch himself, he nabbed a couple of Warhols.

The auction was the latest in a dismal chain. The 43 lots that sold in the 63-lot auction rang up $125.1 million, not even within spitting distance of the low estimate of $202.4 million. Even worse, of those 20 unsold lots, several were guaranteed which means Sotheby's is left holding the bag on some pricey art that no one is feeling like buying right now. The top lot for the night was supposed to be Roy Lichtenstein's 1963 ``Half Face With Collar" which had a $15 to $20 million estimate. No buyer.

Still, there are always bright spots.John Currin's voluptuous ladies are selling well lately. His 1999 ``Nice `N Easy" sold for a record $5.46 million, pretty sweet considering his previous auction record of $847,500 was set at Christie's International four years ago with a painting of two men making pasta. Currin may just want to stick with painting his nubile nymphs.

Tonight we get to see how much money Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Richard S. Fuld Jr.'s will make off his drawings at Christie's.

Eli Broad Snaps Up Cheap Art originally appeared on Luxist on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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