Jon Kuhn, a leading glass artist, has teamed up with the Bösendorfer to jazz up this musical instrument with his trademark glass work. The Kuhn-Bösendorfer model, sports more than 200 geometric patterns. Each of them is put together with 100-500 pieces of lead crystal glass which comes in varied shapes and sizes. This classy-glassy edition is as grand as the …
Swiss man sells back tattoo to gallery
A man has sold an elaborate tattoo of the Virgin Mary, which is still on his back, to an art collector who plans to ‘exhibit’ him three times a year. The extraordinary transaction – which Zurich gallery owner Jutta Nexdorf claims is the first of its kind, earned the vendor, Tim Steiner, 150,000 euros ($218,000). The tattoo was designed by …
A Priceless Lucian Freud Painting Destroyed
Lucian Freud is universally acclaimed as Britain’s most famous and expensive living artist. A Freud painting when it goes on the market is now guaranteed a seven figure reserve price and in May, the portrait “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping” sold to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich for $33 million, setting a new world record for a living artist ! However, the 85-year-old …
DNA Portraits
DNA 11 is a company that will transform a swab of your DNA into a contemporary-looking canvas with an artistic image of your DNA on it. “Web consultant Adrian Salamunovic came across a DNA imaging brochure that his friend, molecular geneticist Nazim Ahmed, had brought with him. Adrian felt the DNA images were a piece of art, and asked Nazim …
World’s Most Expensive Female Artist
South African born artist Marlene Dumas set a new record this month for the most expensive living female artist, when her painting The Visitor, fetched £3.1 million ($6.2million) at a Sotheby’s auction. Dumas’s painting was sold at the Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale held in London on the 1st of July. The £3,177,250 million bid for the painting surpasses Dumas’ …
World record price for Jeff Koon
Christie’s sold last week Jeff Koon’s Ballon Flower (Magenta) for $25,752,051, a world record price for the artist at auction. This work is one of five unique versions: Magenta, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Red and was executed between 1995 and 1999. Balloon Flower (Magenta) 1995-2000 is from a top Dallas art collector who paid less than £600,000 for it seven years …
