HelioArt Report
HelioArt Report no.206
April in Italy: Art Travel Guide - Venice
April Week 3, 2024
All eyes in the art world are turning to Venice, Italy, in 2024. The Venice Biennale opens on April 20th and run until November 24th at the 'Giardini Park' and the 'Arsenale' exhibition area in Venice, Italy. Celebrating its 60th edition since its inception in 1895, this year's theme is 'Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere'.
How Is the Art World Responds to the Black Lives Matter Movement
June 12, 2020
Artist-led or founded by famous artists, here are ten black and POC artists initiatives that aim to foster the careers of aspiring black creatives in a variety of ways.
Museums, Curators, and Artists Find Innovative Solutions for Showing Art
March 13, 2020
We’re several weeks into the COVID-19 crisis, and by now, most art institutions worldwide have either already closed or are about to close for the indefinite future.
February 28, 2020
The new digital initiative will offer exhibitors an additional platform to showcase artworks to Art Basel's global network of patrons, as well as new collectors and buyers.
February 7, 2020
After a successful sophomore edition of the Taipei Dangdai fair, Taiwan's art community is angling for a bigger slice of the market pie.
Louvre Hired a Nazi Loot Expert to Investigate Its Collection
January 31, 2020
The Louvre could soon be restituting looted works from its collection to their former. Emmanuelle Polack is tasked with looking into suspect acquisitions made by the museum during the Vichy regime.
January 17, 2020
It seems that 2020 will be a bumper year for major art events, as it will see a variety of new museums opening all around the world.
Iranian Leaders Condemn Trump’s Threat to Strike Iran’s Cultural Site
January 10, 2020
Tensions have rapidly escalated between America and Iran following an airstrike in Iraq on Friday which killed Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s top commander and the nation’s second-most powerful figure.
Five Leonardo Scholars Selected Their Favorite Work by Italian Master
November 6, 2019
Leonardo fever is taking hold this season. Last month, the Louvre opened its hotly anticipated Leonardo da Vinci retrospective, and timed tickets are already selling out fast.
October 10, 2019
A work by the Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara sold for nearly $25 million at Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale in Hong Kong on Saturday, smashing the artist’s previous auction record by a factor of five. As protesters flooded the streets of central Hong Kong over the weekend
Frieze London 2019
03 Oct 2019 - 06 Oct 2019
October 2, 2019
Frieze London 2019 will bring together more than 160 galleries from 36 countries, representing the fair’s most international edition since its launch. Introducing new curators and sections showcasing performance, emerging artists and the contemporary significance of complex art.
5 Essential Tips for Collecting Drawings
September 25, 2019
While prints are a common entry point into the art market, there may come a day when a budding collector yearns for a unique artwork, rather than an edition. Works on paper, specifically drawings, can be a fruitful place to start: a way to access an artist’s intimate process.
Des Moines artist sues Hy-Vee for using his mural in Super Bowl ad
September 11, 2020
The 35-year-old Des Moines artist painted the colorful collection on squares and rectangles at Sixth and College Avenues in 2018. It was part of a community project in the Riverbend neighborhood. He is now suing Hy-Vee for copyright infringement.
People Who Attend Cultural Events Are Happier with Their Lives
October 23, 2020
Research commissioned by Arts Council England makes the case for why smaller towns should amp up and promote their arts offerings. And as it turns out, the presence of arts and culture overwhelmingly affects our well-being and satisfaction,
KAWS Painting of ‘The Simpsons’ sold in Sotheby's for $14.7 Million
July 17, 2019
Today, the artist’s auction record was shattered when a 2005 painting, titled THE KAWS ALBUM, sold for HK$115.9 million ($14.8 million) at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong—nearly 15 times the high estimate
Monet, Modigliani & Miró Lead the Charge in London Impressionist Sale
June 26, 2019
The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale saw masterworks from the 19th and 20th Century offered in Sotheby’s New Bond Street galleries, where an enthusiastic crowd engaged in competitive bidding on a number of works fresh to the market.
Art Basel in Basel Galleries Look beyond Booths to Close Big Sales
June 17, 2019
Last weekend, during Zürich Art Weekend, Hauser & Wirth opened a new headquarters for its publishing arm in the city, which is a quick train ride away from Basel.he new facility expanded the gallery’s footprint in Switzerland’s biggest city.
The Fashion World Is Better at Recognizing the Next New Thing Than the Art World
June 5, 2019
Hedi Slimane is fashion’s perennial cool kid. His models are skinny, unsmiling, and seemingly always in a rush. While presenting his Celine Men’s Spring 2020 collection in Paris last June, he sent just that brand of model, decked out in ‘70s-inspired clothes.
Forget millennials —the art market should be looking at Gen Z
May 28, 2019
While the art market has been fretting over how to attract millennials, a new generation has risen up and looks to be much more challenging. Gen Z—defined as those now aged between seven and 22—account for 32% of the population.
8 Marketing Tips from Successful Working Artists
April 30, 2019
You can read tons of theoretical marketing articles and often none of them make sense for your art career. Sometimes it’s nice to hear tips from artists who’ve been in the trenches, tested the theories, and come out successful on the other side.
‘A vision over the water’ — Claude Monet’s Le Palais Dario
April 19, 2019
In October 1908 a 68-year-old Claude Monet) made his first and only journey to Venice. During his 10-week stay, Monet painted 37 canvases: works prized today for their evocation of the city’s distinctive light as it plays across canals and stone buildings
SFMOMA Is Selling a Painting by Mark Rothko at Sotheby’s
April 16, 2019
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is selling a color-block painting by Mark Rothko from 1960 with a hefty estimate of $35 to $50 million. The work carries a guarantee. The museum will use the proceeds to fill gaps in its collection
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2019: A Post-mortem
April 9, 2019
Although Art Basel in Hong Kong is the youngest of the Art Basel fairs, and a relative newcomer to the international art fair circuit, it has now become a major attraction for collectors and galleries from around the world.
Powerful collectors open up in Tefaf Maastricht's Chinese art market
March 26, 2019
Some of China’s most influential private collectors reveal how much they have spent and what they plan to collect in the latest Tefaf art market report published today as the 32nd edition of the Maastricht fair opens to the public (16-24 March).
The Piece that Started My Collection: Tiqui Atencio
February 20, 2019
In the first of a new series exploring the art that kicked off the world's most exciting collections, author and philanthropist Tiqui Atencio looks back over her collecting career, her active role in global museum acquisitions and the piece where it began.
Report calls for France to return art taken during colonialism to Africa
January 3, 2019
President Emmanuel Macron announced Friday that France would return 26 works of art to Benin, hours after he was presented with a report calling for thousands of African artworks in French museums and taken during the colonial period to be returned.
Anish Kapoor Forced by French Court to Remove Anti-Semitic Vandalism
December 27, 2018
Anish Kapoor returns to Versailles tomorrow, September 22, to commence his artistic intervention on the sculpture Dirty Corner, which has been vandalized three times since its installation in the gradens of Versailles in June.
How the Art Market Can be Revolutionized by Blockchain
November 13, 2018
As one of the latest technologies, blockchain technology is guaranteed to be one of the key drivers of the next industrial revolution. Blockchain technology was first introduced as a solution for ultimately eroding and hijacking the power that financial institutions
Paul Allen, Microsoft Cofounder and Art Collector
November 7, 2018
While best known as a pioneer in the technology industry since the mid-1970s, Allen developed a reputation as a ferocious art collector, building a highly regarded collection that was notoriously guarded—for many years, he demanded that his employees keep quiet about his holdings.
4 Tips To Help You Buy Fabulous Art Pieces
November 1, 2018
More people are inclined towards buying art because the kind of varieties and quality that you can get from markets are not available at such good deals at the physical stores. There is a vast market for online art pieces and you are sure to be confused amongst the various options.
Museums, ‘Experiences,’ and the Year of Big Fun Art
September 24, 2018
Last year, the day after the election, the headline of the New York Times blared “TRUMP TRIUMPHS.” Below the fold, another story was teased beneath the heading “FAILED PREDICTIONS,” whispering something else: “Media Didn’t See It Coming.”
AI Art at Christie’s evening sales sold for $432,500
September 13, 2018
Last Friday, a portrait produced by artificial intelligence was hanging at Christie’s New York opposite an Andy Warhol print and beside a bronze work by Roy Lichtenstein. On Thursday, it sold for well over double the price realized by both those pieces combined.
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Boom amid the bust: 10 years in a turbulent art market
September 1, 2018
The morning of the sale, Lehman Brothers announced it was closing its doors with more than $600 billion in debt, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history and the beginning of a financial crisis that would cause unemployment to top 200 million for the first time in history.
Martin Puryear: the cross-cultural artist picked to represent America
August 31, 2018
Last week, after over 25 countries announced the artist list for the 58th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia, the state department finally unveiled the American artist selected to represent the United States pavilion.
Cindy Sherman: ‘I enjoy doing the difficult things that people can’t buy’
August 22, 2018
Perhaps the most intriguing exhibit in Cindy Sherman’s forthcoming retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery is the first, Cindy Book, a family photo album she began making when she was just six years old.
The Mysteries of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Peasant Paintings
August 18, 2018
Regardless of Bruegel’s intentions, scholars agree on one thing: The paintings were commissioned and purchased by wealthy patron. More interesting than Bruegel’s objectives, perhaps, desired these types of scenes in the first place.
Art Collection of actor Robin Williams Is Headed to Sotheby’s
July 20, 2018
Sotheby’s will sell the art collection of late actor and comedian Robin Williams and his former wife Marsha this fall. The sale will include a wide range of objects, from a Harry Potter robe to blue-chip contemporary artworks.
5 Essential Tips for beginners collecting Prints
July 13, 2018
Artist have long supplemented their larger practice by making prints: original works, usually on paper, created in numbered editions and produced in collaboration with some kind of press. For would-be collectors intimidated by the impenetrable price
May 24, 2018
A donation of eighteen artworks by Gerhard Richter will help finance the purchase of one hundred housing units for the homeless across the North Rhine-Westphalia state of Germany, where Düsseldorf and Cologne are located.
Meet the Four Nominees for the 2018 Turner Prize
April 26, 2018
Today, the nominees were announced for the always closely watched Turner Prize, awarded annually to a British artist on the merit of a show seen in the previous year. As usual, the selection of the finalists can be read as a referendum on trends in contemporary art
May 17, 2018
Magnum Photos recently launched a free newspaper series called Magnum Chronicles that will explore key topics of modern times. The first issue, A Brief Visual History in the Time of ISIS. ncludes over 40 images from the Magnum archive that explore the history and effects of ISIS and their actions.
Pop art pioneer Eduardo Paolozzi in Berlin: 'innovative and irreverant'
February 26, 2018
The Berlinische Galerie's show, is held in collaboration with London's Whitechapel Gallery, which in 2017 hosted a Paolozzi retrospective that showed the artist's complete oeuvre. The exhibition in the German modern art museum is the first monographic show in Germany in over thirty years to be devoted to this artist.
Artist Niki de Saint Phalle Becomes a Dior Muse
February 16, 2018
When the renowned designer Maria Grazia Chiuri debuted her first collection for Christian Dior in September of 2016, it was a big deal: She became the first woman to lead the iconic French label since it was founded in 1946 Since that time, she’s used her collections not only as occasions for exceedingly refined design.
The very Victorian nymphs of J.W. Waterhouse
February 16, 2018
J.W. Waterhouse (1849–1917) wanted his painting Hylas and the Nymphs (1896) to attract public attention, and so it has for much of its existence – not least in the last month following the work’s temporary removal from public display at Manchester Art Gallery. But its premiere did not go as planned.
January 11, 2018
As a genre that exists beyond the boundaries of the widely perceived, studied, accepted, and exhibited, Outsider Art is, in its essence, something that cannot be confined to a simple categorical definition.
Cézanne wouldn’t do what portrait painters were expected to do
December 18, 2017
Curated by John Elderfield, Chief Curator Emeritus at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Cézanne Portraits reveals how the artist’s radical experiments in form and colour appeared in his many representations of friends and family.
December 15, 2017
Contemporary Asian art specialist Clara Rivollet reflects on the excitement generated by the reappearance of a large work that had been considered ‘missing’. When it sold in Hong Kong in May, it fetched a word-auction record for the artist
Missing Magritte, Solving an 85-Year-Old Mystery
November 22, 2017
Researchers in Belgium have come upon a René Magritte painting that harbors a long-sought secret. The work was unearthed at none other than the Magritte Museum, in Brussels, Belgium, where researchers were inspecting all the paintings in the collection
August 9, 2017
The Museum of Modern Art’s photography department—the oldest of its kind in the US—plans to sell more than 400 works from its collection at Christie’s over the next nine months. The cache is expected to realize more than $3.6 million, and the proceeds will go toward the department’s acquisition fund.
Who Are the Most Influential Artists of the Last Century?
October 13, 2017
It’s not an easy question, and there is no perfect answer. But a group of leading curators, artists, critics, and dealers were equal to the challenge, weighing in with their choices for artists whose legacies have defined the last 100 years nd continue to reverberate in the work of artists today.
Street art goes home: museum of graffiti opens in Berlin
October 18, 2017
For some it is the largest and most democratic art movement the world has ever seen, for others it is unwanted visual pollution. But street art now has a permanent claim on the art world: an entire museum dedicated to the genre. Urban Nation in Berlin is the world’s first major
September 15, 2017
Art collectors will have the chance to snag not one, but two exceptional pope paintings by Francis Bacon at the Post-War & Contemporary Art auction at Christie’s next month during Frieze Art Fair in London. The first is the last pope painting the artist ever created, Study of Red Pope, 1962, 2nd version (1971).
Louvre Abu Dhabi Will Officially Open in November
September 6, 2017
At long last, officials have announced an opening date for the Louvre Abu Dhabi: November 11, 2017. The inauguration comes a decade after France and the UAE signed a 30-year, €10-billion agreement that set the project in motion. French president Emmanuel Macron is expected to attend the ribbon-cutting.
It’s a Giant Robo-Buddha: See the Most Mind-Blowing Art
September 1, 2017
This year, Burning Man asked artists to create work inspired by the theme “Radical Ritual.” The resulting 320 registered pieces—some of which are huge light and fire installations—are formidable. The ambitious projects include a Temple of Gravity by Zachary Coffin, which precariously suspends huge stones
August 22, 2017
ProjectArt, the non-profit turning libraries across the country into active art spaces, has appointed Chana Budgazad Sheldon its new director for Miami and national program advisor. In the latter role, Sheldon will oversee the expansion of ProjectArt’s
The Getty Museum Spends Over $100 Million on Old Masters
July 21, 2017
The museum calls it the most important acquisition in the history of its drawings department, but it also likely ranks as one of the institution’s largest ever, reportedly worth upwards of $100 million. Getty reportedly stands at a hefty $6.5 billion.
August 22, 2017
Photography is bigger than ever—now you’ll find an ever-increasing array of fairs, exhibitions, auction sales and study options, including our Master's degree elective modules on photography, all dedicated to the medium.
$98 Million Museum Project Brings Contemporary Art to Nantes
June 23, 2017
It took six years of renovation that cost $98 million, as of today, the public can once again visit the 19th century palace, complete with its newly renovated façade and a significant extension designed by British architectural firm Stanton Williams.
May 29, 2017
Le moissonneur (d’après Millet), which features in Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in London on 27 June, was among the first works that Van Gogh painted as he recovered. At that point access to Saint-Paul-de-Mausole’s grounds was forbidden, which is to say, the scope for new work was limited.
Rockefeller's Art Treasures to Be Sold at Christie's Auction
June 7, 2017
Rockefeller’s estate is selling more than 2,000 objects, including modern art masterpieces, Chinese export porcelain, American paintings and European furniture, according to Christie’s. Its results could be the largest tally in auction history, according to current and former auction specialists
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Renoir’s Summer Home Will Open to the Public as a Museum
May 24, 2017
Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s former family home in Essoyes, France will open to the public as a museum on June 3, following four years of major restoration. It will join Renoir’s studio—already open for 20 years and located at the bottom of the home’s garden as a tourist attraction in the small French village on the Seine.