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Commercial goes pastoral: the draw of showing art in the open air

The Art Newspaper

In 1994, Madeleine Bessborough moved the New Art Centre , the sculpture gallery she established in London in 1958, to Roche Court in Wiltshire, built for Lord Nelson in 1804. But Hauser & Wirth is not alone in realising that a commercial gallery can take on a whole new character, audience and purpose in a rural location.

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In tough times for dealers, Art Basel debuts a section for new works

The Art Newspaper

Among the highest prices seen in this section are Lonnie Holley’s sculptures, brought by Edel Assanti, at $85,000. Basel Social Club, the sprawling and boisterous selling event now in its fourth edition, continues to draw not just crowds but galleries: participation fees range from €10,000 to free, depending on a gallery’s age.

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A quartet of key art market players join forces to form ‘super group’ consultancy

The Art Newspaper

There were relatively few clients, but they were very committed clients of a certain age who were collecting classic 19th- and 20th- century art,” Dolman says. Over the past 20 years, we’ve seen that completely disintegrate in front of our eyes—much to the benefit of the volume of sales. It’s certainly not going to go away.”

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In Basel, alternative art fairs spring up in new places

The Art Newspaper

Staged across a peeling, four-storey villa in central Basel, the show presents work by 46 artists—most of whom are not signed to the gallery—including Kayode Ojo’s polished chrome sculptural assemblages for $20,000, and Jasmine Gregory’s $12,000 pyramid of stained canvases.

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Building a Collection and Art as an Investment

Artifactual History Appraisal

Maybe sculptures make your hands itch to throw clay on a potter's wheel, or portraits help you feel a connection to the past. Once you have a sense of why you feel drawn to build a collection, the next step is to pay attention to what style of art attracts you. Do landscape paintings sooth you, or do you enjoy Impressionist cafe scenes?

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The tale of a French psychiatric asylum that harboured Second World War resistance fighters—and where patients became artists

The Art Newspaper

Foremost among those works were sculptures—carvings and assemblages—by Auguste Forestier (1887-1958), who arrived at the asylum at the age of 14 and remained. This led to mass exile to France, mostly in the south, eventually numbering half-a-million people.

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Amid geopolitical tensions, Pakistani and Indian art worlds unite in London exhibitions

The Art Newspaper

While Giacometti's ragged, attenuated sculptures reflect the horrors of the Second World War, Bhabha's totemic hybrid figures address the permanence of global warfare in the modern age. "Works by both artists powerfully summon the repercussions of ongoing conflicts on everyday life," Jhaveri says.