No Images? Click here Johann Garber, Ein Boot DAVID BOWIE SOTHEBY'S AUCTION Almost 51,500 visitors attended the pre-sale exhibition of the sale of David Bowie's art collection at Sotheby's in London, the highest attendance for any pre-sale exhibition in London. The Outsider Art pieces in the collection drew extremely high prices. The three sessions lasted over 12 hours and were attended by over 1,750 bidders, with new records for over 50% of the 59 artists represented in the sale. The overall sale total was £32.9m / $41.1m. Bowie visited the Gugging Haus der Künstler (House of the Artists) at Klosterneuburg Psychiatric Hospital near Vienna with Brian Eno in 1994, prior to their production of the 1995 album Outside. Many of the artists in Bowie’s Outsider collection were patients there, where their creative sides were allowed to flourish. August Walla, Ewigkeitendegottt, Sein Engel All ten lots by outsider artists soared over their high estimates, reaching £211,875 (est. £17,300-24,900). The top lot of the group, August Walla's monumental Ewigkeitendegottt, Sein Engel, sold for a record £68,750 / $86,419, over ten times the low estimate (est. £6,000-8,000). Other top sales included Augustin Lesage (£35,000 / $43,995), Johann Garber (£30,000 / $37,710) and Johann Fischer (£23,750 / $29,854). A spokesperson for the Estate of David Bowie said: “David always enjoyed sharing the works in the collection, loaning to museums and actively supporting the art and artists that were part of his world. While the family have kept certain pieces of particular significance, now was the time for others to share David’s love for these remarkable works and let them live on.” Oswald Tschirtner, Menschen (Man) THE HICKORY MUSEUM OF ART Nov 18, 2016 – Mar 5, 2017 The Hickory Museum of Art, in cooperation with Grey Carter-Objects of Art, will present the work of self-taught artist Paul Lancaster in Ethereal & Innocent: The Visionary World of Paul Lancaster. THE HICKORY MUSEUM OF ART ARTICLE PREVIEW: VASLAV NIJINSKY Scott Rothstein discovers little-known paintings and drawings by one of the twentieth century’s most influential ballet dancers For a short time, from 1918–19, not long before mental illness completely overtook his life, Vaslav Nijinsky (1889/90–1950) created a group of drawings and paintings. In contrast to the volumes written about Nijinsky as ballet dancer and choreographer, there has been very little consideration given to these works. Image top: Vaslav Nijinsky photographed at Krasnoe Selo, summer 1907. Unknown photographer. RAW VISION 92RV92 will be available in December, and will include the following features... |