Art dealer Larry Gagosian on the cover of Art Review
DAY 8 Today is Friday, June 10th and we are taking a closer look at the contemporary art market through the
work of Don Thompson (the $12M Stuffed Shark), Robert Hughes' BBC 4 documentary, the Mona Lisa Curse,
and selected high powered art dealers, such as Larry Gagosian. As you consider the assigned readings and film,
choose a contemporary art dealer to report on with regards to their philosophy of working with artists and collectors,
but please don't all choose Larry Gagosian. At the end of the FT interview and throughout the WSJ article several
other high-powered international art dealers are mentioned for you to choose from. You might also consider the
practice of branding and its effect on artists, their work, its value and marketing, and, of course, dealers. Have fun
and remember to include links to videos, images or indices that help to explicate your post!
Readings
Read the following short chapters from Don Thompson's The $12M Stuffed Shark (Palgrave/MacMillan, 2007): Branding and Insecurity; Branded Dealers; the Art of the Dealer; and Art Fairs: the Dealer's Final Frontier. ThompsonChapters.pdf
Read the recent Wall Street Journal article about global art wheeler-dealer Larry Gagosian, "The Larry Gagosian Effect": http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703712504576232791179823226.html
Watch the acclaimed BBC Channel 4 documentary the Mona Lisa Curse, narrated by art critic Robert Hughes, 2008, 75 min. It is available below in twelve six-minute segments:
http://art-for-a-change.com/blog/2009/11/the-mona-lisa-curse.html
Highly Recommended: Read the FT interview with Larry Gagosian and note the list of ten art world gallerists/dealers in competition with Gagosian for the head of the pack: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c5e9cf78-dd62-11df-beb7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Om9FVW97
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Consider & comment:
What did you think of today's readings and wiki features? What issues if any did they raise for you? How did the audio visual material provided support your understanding of this topic? Comment on your classmates' posts. Leave your comments in the box below.