Museums directors and their curators are out in force at Art Basel and its satellite fairs this week but, with limited acquisition budgets, they are more dependent than ever on collectors and patrons prepared to provide the funds to make any…
 | It was standing room only at a crowded Art Basel on the VIP opening day. Guests were ‘champing at the bit’ to get in and be the first to see and potentially purchase the art work on display.There was a frenetic buzz around the fair today, seemingly… london. Anish Kapoor has cancelled plans to present his sculptures at the National Museum of China in Beijing, in protest against the continuing detention of Ai Weiwei. He had been asked by the British Council to consider a show at the newly… Continue reading Anish Kapoor rejects China show in support of Ai Weiwei BASEL. Despite appearing in 15 international public collections, including the Tate’s and the Hirshhorn Museum’s, hyper-realist sculptor Ron Mueck has never appeared at an art fair—until now. He debuts this week at Hauser & Wirth gallery (2.0/B12… BASEL. Offering an alternative to the rows of stands in the main fair, Art Parcours returns to Basel this year for its second edition. Ten site-specific works—including a series of 500 photographic portraits by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei hung on the… • Unique 2-year programme with September and January starts in Florence (in collaboration with the British Institute) and Buckingham • Hands-on study of art with frequent study visits • Scholarships and bursaries available,… Continue reading Art History & Heritage Management BA Honours degree When Christie’s reported its 2010 sales, one of the few areas to be virtually flat was its department of Russian art. At a time when the whole art market was sturdily recovering from the financial crisis, with Asia growing, for example, by 111%,… Continue reading Art market analysis: Are domestic collectors ready to take on the world? NEW YORK. Art.sy, the online art database, which includes Google chairman Eric Schmidt, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, venture capitalist Jim Breyer and Wendi Deng Murdoch, as well as Russian heiress Dasha Zhukova and gallerist Larry Gagosian… Continue reading Website could be holy grail of private market prices This full-time paid editorial internship from August to October requires someone with a serious ambition to build a career in journalism, especially art journalism, allied with enthusiasm, reliability and willingness to work hard…. LOS ANGELES. Few would argue that “Art in the Streets”, the current exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (LA Moca, until 8 August), has been a failure. The show is on track to break the museum’s attendance records with 22,000… |        DISCLOSURE: SOAR/Art Matters! has affiliate relationships with the providers of great products and services below. If you make a purchase from one of the sites below, it helps defray the cost of promoting Southern Oregon Artists, so please use our links!  Utrecht's online discounts have been updated, though the graphics remain the same. The link above saves 40% off your highest priced item (coupon code AP1), the one below gets you 15% off any order of $100 or more AND Free Shipping! (coupon code AP3) 
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