ART PLEASE

"Many, many of my paintings have come from the first chapter of Moby Dick." Robert Indiana #tuesdaythoughs

What do Marilyn Manson, Marilyn Monroe, or Anthony Hopkin have in common? They all love to paint.. http://amp.gs/LQ6h

Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. Keith HaringApocalypse (VIII), 1988 by Keith Haring is available on http://amp.gs/LX1m

"I for one, believe the health crisis has created an exciting new landscape for art investment one which we should not let pass us by." Anita Choudhrie examines the impact of covid-19 on the art world. http://amp.gs/L2Z9

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. Pablo Picasso

A man walks past a painting "Lions" by Chinese artist Yue Minjun during the Sotheby's auction exhibition in Hong Kong Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. The work is estimated at US$232,000-361,000 and will be auctioned as part of the autumn sale. AP via http://amp.gs/LNnF

If you love Yayoi Kusama, you should check out the new graphic biography of Yayoi Kusama by Laurence King Publishing. It looks amazing. http://amp.gs/Lv4H

#tbt 2019 when fashion brand Simons paid tribute to Yves Klein and his love of vivid ultramarine blue.

Ada And Louise is an artwork by Alex Katz painted in 1987. Alex Katz’s wife Ada with her mother is captured sitting on the bench on a perfect spring day. The bench is facing the Lincolnville Beach, just down the road from the Katz’s house. The work was sold on March 7th, 2019 at Christie's London during their Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction for $1,017,512.

Happy Birthday, Peter Halley!

'Incredibly moving' Francis Bacon work to get first showing in the UK in January. The 2-metre high painting, Study of a Bull, is Bacon’s final work and was produced in the artist’s famously shambolic studio in South Kensington, London, just days before his death in 1992. http://amp.gs/Xcbz

KAWS recently unveiled a large-scale sculpture of his new WHAT PARTY figure at K11 Art & Cultural Centre in Hong Kong. http://amp.gs/X512

Christie's will auction a Pablo Picasso portrait of Dora Maar (Femme dans un fauteuil) with a $20 million estimate this fall. Picasso’s portraits featuring Maar are among his most prized paintings. The work will go up for sale at Christie’s New York location on October 6 alongside recently unveiled works by Paul Cézanne, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Joan Mitchell. http://amp.gs/XXOP