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Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:22 am
by wub
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... llion.html
At Sotheby's contemporary art auction on Tuesday night, Barnett Newman's "Onement VI" fetched a record $43.8 million for the artist. The auction was seen as a qualified success, as the total haul of $293.6 million was above the estimate of $283.9 million. There was one major disappointment at the auction however, as “Study for Portrait of P.L.,” a painting by Francis Bacon of his violent, alcohol lover Peter Lacey failed to attract a single bid despite its suggested price tag of between $30-40 million.
Bargain.
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:24 am
by Forum
Not as good as Onement III.
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:26 am
by NickUndercover
Totally worth investing
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:26 am
by wub
southstar wrote:Not as good as Onement III.
Am noticing a theme here.
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:37 am
by Mason
Inb4 the abstract art bellends
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:39 am
by wub
b2b I could paint that
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:43 am
by Doozle
wub wrote:b2b I could paint that
Not saying I could paint it, but I don't think it would be too hard for someone to knock up an imitation.
But then that isn't art cos it's not creative or something
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:45 am
by NickUndercover
$$$$$$$$$$
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:46 am
by wub
Lines not straight, reduced value.
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:50 am
by Forum
Your base imitation lacks the emotion of the original Newmans
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:53 am
by Terpit
wub wrote:Lines not straight, reduced value.
You just don't get it, man
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:56 am
by wub
Went to a Dali exhibition on Friday. Saw The Peristence of Memory (melted clocks one), and that one where he'd put a plastic lobster on top of a phone. They were next to each other like the museum wanted to wind me up.
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:57 am
by Forum
wub wrote:Went to a Dali exhibition on Friday. Saw The Peristence of Memory (melted clocks one), and that one where he'd put a plastic lobster on top of a phone. They were next to each other like the museum wanted to wind me up.
How dare they soil the ambience of the lobster phone with that rag
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:58 am
by wub
southstar wrote:wub wrote:Went to a Dali exhibition on Friday. Saw The Peristence of Memory (melted clocks one), and that one where he'd put a plastic lobster on top of a phone. They were next to each other like the museum wanted to wind me up.
How dare they soil the ambience of the lobster phone with that rag
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:39 am
by skell1ngton777
i like the ones with the weird stairs?
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 11:27 am
by BonerJams04
wow y would anyone pay more than $10 for that OP painting
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 11:35 am
by ezza
fuck
large ups barnett newman
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 11:37 am
by magma
Best table tennis table ever.
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:34 pm
by hugh
people are real fucking idiots paying for that kinda stuff.
At least pay for art that makes an effort to actually be art!
Re: Yours, for $43.8m...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:36 pm
by wub
hugh wrote:At least pay for art that makes an effort to actually be art!
So some art is more art than other art? How much art must an art art before it can be considered art?
Show your working.