The Weekly Art News Round-up
Orla O'Brien, Friday, 19th December 2008
Shepherd Takes Gold.
A small collection of Winnie the Pooh drawings from Winnie the Pooh, children’s
Books fetched a whooping £1.26 million, at a recent auction in Sotheby’s. This is a record, for the artist EH Shepherd. The illustration ‘He went on tracking, and piglet… ran after him’, which is one of Shepherd’s most famous illustrations, reached £115,250 another well known drawing, ‘Bump, bump, bump – going up the stairs’, sold for £92,250. Out of the 44 lots in the sale, all but two sold.
Blake at the Tate
The Tate Britain has decided that in 2009, they will recreate the only ever solo exhibition that was staged by the poet and artist William Blake. Blake’s first solo exhibition took place 200 years ago, in London. The original show, held in 1809, was in a shop in Soho, owned by Blake’s brother, and was the subject of little to no acclaim. The exhibition had a profound effect on Black and led him to leave the public eye and fuelled his hatred for the British art scene. The exhibition is set to include works from the Tate’s Blake collection and also, collections from other museums and galleries around the UK. In total, there will be 16 works in the show.
Madoff Fraud.
A massive $50-Billion fraud has managed to suck in some of the art world’s most prominent patrons. Boston based Carla and Ruth Shapiro and family Foundation, one which focuses on the arts and culture, as well as education and hospitals has been one of Madoff’s most prominent victims. The foundation is said to have been swindled out of $145 million. Another alleged victim is Miami based art collector, Norman Braman.
Asian Art Fair
New York’s annual Asian Art Fair has been cancelled. The event, which was due to take place from March 11-15th 2009 at the Armory on Park Avenue, was cancelled due to the current global economic downturn. Many dealers who were due to partake in the fair withdrew, and so the organisers decided that it would be best to cancel. They hope to have the fair up and running again in 2010.
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