Category Archives: Art

Orgasms of Sneezes

March 6, 2012 – 8:02 pm

Der Speyer by FX Messerschmidt. Franz Xavier Messerschmidt stunned the Baroque Age with his sculptureS of contorted facial expressions. The artist lost favor with the Viennese court and he retreated to Swabian Alps to complete the 64 studies while studying necromancy under the influence of the pagan prophet Hermes Trismegistus. My Art 101 professor at […]

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Banksy On Advertising

March 1, 2012 – 9:58 am

Banksy the radical graffiti artist wrote this short treatise about the ceaseless assault of advertising on our senses. I have ripped off the labels of my toiletries and wash products to prevent the further contamination of my mind. This morning I washed my hair with bath soap. It did the job. There is no truth […]

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Munch’s SCREAM For Sale

February 21, 2012 – 1:30 pm

Sothebys will auction off a version of Edvard Munch’s The Scream on sale in New York to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth. Experts say the iconic pastel could reap over $80 million. The painting will be exhibited in London and New York before its sale. Of course if you want The Sctream […]

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SHOCKINGLY HOCKNEY by Peter Nolan Smith

January 27, 2012 – 2:18 pm

On a cool October afternoon I ran into a Swedish art dealer in Mayfair. We hadn’t seen each other in years. Sven invited me to his gallery. Judging from his size and paintings of the walls business was booming in London. Over a cup of tea we spoke about old times and cleared up why […]

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The Touch Of Art

December 5, 2011 – 5:22 am

Famed ad exec and art collector Charles Saatchi lambasted the present hideousness of the art market on the UK Guardian’s commentary pages on the art market. “Art critics mainly see the shows they are assigned to cover by their editors, and have limited interest in looking at much else. Art dealers very rarely see the […]

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