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02.07.2010

Today's Featured Article Contemporary Art Sales in London Christie’s and Sotheby’s apparent price optimism for their Impressionist and Modern sales on 2 and 3 February 2010 is equally visible in the catalogues for their Contemporary Art sales on 10 and 11 February. The two majors are expecting a combined total of £69m from their evening sales, a figure which would represent a 54% more than February 2009 high estimate. Despite the 42.8% price contraction of contemporary art over 2008 / 2009, the encouraging results from their October / November 2009 sales have prompted the two auctioneers to post price estimates corresponding to a distinctly rising market. Sotheby’s will be the first to test the market with a weighty catalogue of 80 works on 10 February (vs. 52 in the Christie’s catalogue the following day). Its evening sale (from which a total of £32m is expected) will be divided into 2 sessions, the first of which will offer 49 lots from the Sammlung Lenz Schönberg collection, all of which have one particularly rare and sought-after quality: they have never been auctioned before! No less than three works by Yves KLEIN, including one IKB (£500,000 - £700,000), one Monogold (£800,000 - £1.2m) and one scorched anthropométrie painting (£2.8m - £3.5m). There will also be four Concetto Spatiale works by Lucio FONTANA of which two on copper (£1.5m - £2m), one on canvas and one rare “portrait” from 1956 (£1m - £1.5m). Among the works on offer in the second session there will be five paintings by Lucian FREUD including the star lot Self-Portrait with a Black Eye advertised at £3m to £4m. The last high-quality self-portrait by the artist to be auctioned came from his “surrealist” period (dated 1943). The work fetched £3.3m at Sotheby’s on 22 June 2005. Remember that on 13 May 2008 Lucian Freud earned the title of “most expensive living artist” after his Benefits Supervisor Sleeping fetched the astonishing sum of $30m at Christie's in New York. There will also be two works by Peter DOIG including the large Saint Anton (Flat Light) estimated at £2m - £3m, one Abstraktes Bild byGerhard RICHTER (est. £2m - £3m), one refined and lyrical abstract piece by Willem KOONING de (Untitled XIV, est. £2m - £3m), one monumental photo of a Madonna concert by Andreas GURSKY (£900,000 - £1.3m) and a sad portrait of Jackie the day of JFK’s burial signed Andy WARHOL (est. £800,000 - £1.2m). At more or less £350,000 - £450,000 the large “Butterfly painting” by Damien HIRST entitledPor and Tor of distances is carrying an attractive estimate considering the £270,000 fetched by a much smaller and less dense work (91.4 x 182.9 cm) on 12 November 2009 at Sotheby’s For its part, Christie’s is hoping to generate £37m (excl. fees) on the evening of 11 February. Like its rival’s, its catalogue contains a number of works by Yves Klein and notably the magnificent Relief éponge or (RE 47 II) with its excellent date (1961). The gold sponge work (gold had a highly immaterial value for Yves Klein) is carrying a steep estimate of £5m -£7m. However, the rarity of his reliefs in gold (compared with those in blue) and the excellent quality of the work justify this expectation. Again, like its rival, Christie’s will also be offering a work by Peter Doig: Concrete Cabin West Side is carrying the same price tag as the artist’s Saint Anton at Sotheby’s (£2m - £3m). In effect, having sailed unscathed through 2009 (five 7-figure sales during the year, and in sterling…), demand for Peter Doig’s work is still strong. On 10 November 2009 Christie’s fetched the explosive sum of $9m (approx. £5.38m) for his piece Reflection (What does your soul look like) against a price estimate of $4m - $6m. Among the other star lots at the Christie’s sale: another Anthropométrie (ANT 5) by Yves Klein (est. £1.5 - £2m), a Dollar Sign painting by Andy Warhol (est. £1.2 – £1.8m) and a Very Private Nurse #1 by Richard Prince (est. £1.2 - £1.8m). The only “Nurse” sold in 2009 fetched £1.5m (30 June 2009 at Christie’s). The colossal price paid for Andy Warhol’s 200 One Dollar Bills ($39m… four times the estimate) at Sotheby’s on 11 November 2009 has clearly given a strong boost to the top-end of the contemporary art market. The outlook for the first round of Christie’s and Sotheby’s 2010 prestige sales is therefore looking very promising indeed. (Artprice Copyright). Celebrating 25 Years as an Independent Academic Publisher. The Broadview Anthology of British Literature The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: The Medieval Period, 2nd edition, published by Broadview Press in 2009. Publication of the 1st edition in 2006 was widely hailed as an exciting achievement, with many academics conclusions that its consistency, comprehensiveness, visual appeal, and fresh approach. New volume also taking a fresh approach. Broadview Press plans to publish a new edition of one of the six volumes each year. Each volume will appear in a new edition every 6 years. In this 2nd edition of this volume, a number of changes have been made. In the preparation of the new material the authors have received invaluable assistance from a number of academics. Among them M. Calabrese, M. Feletra, J. Findon, D. Hayes, and others. Fully grounded in sound literary and historical scholarship, this book includes wide-ranging coverage of the worldwide connections of British literature. This important account also included a free access to the passcode-protected website for the Broadview Anthology of British Literature. The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: The Renaissance And The Early Seventeenth Century, Vol. 2nd, was published by Broadview Press in 2006. The very expansion of the discipline has made the task of assembling and editing an anthology that fully and vibrantly reflects the ways in which the British literary tradition is studied and thought an extraordinarily daunting one. Number of Broadview authors have acted as contributing editors to this volume, providing material from other volumes that has been adapted to suit the needs of the present anthology. The Broadview Anthology of British Literature embodies a consistently fresh approach to the study of literature and literary history. General editors: J. Black, L. Conolly, K. Flint, I. Grundy, D. LePan, R. Liuzza, J. J. McGann, A. L. Prescott, B. V. Qualls, and C. Waters. The book included a free access to the passcode-protected website for the Broadview Anthology of British Literature. The web materials are an integral component of the anthology itself, and have been edited, annotated, and designed according to the high standard as the material in the printed book. Continue...

In The News Pine Forge: New Books On Immigration And Sociology Beyond A Border: The Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Immigration by Peter Kivisto and Thimas Faist published by Pine Forge in 2010. This book included the most up-to-date analysis of today’s immigration issues and examines contemporary immigration across the world. Noted scholars Peter Kivisto and Thomas Faist explore the theories of migration using a historical perspective, provide clarity concerning the controversial matter of immigrant incorporation and refer to the ways immigrants come to be part of a new society, and much more. You will read about state and immigration control, a demographic overview of today’s cross-border movers. This title encourages to rethink traditional views about the distinction between citizen and alien and suggests paths for the future research and new theoretical developments. This book is a part of the Sage/Pine Forge Sociology for a New Century Series. Peter Kivisto is the Richard A Swanson Professor of Social Thought and Chair of Sociology at Augustana College and Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Turku. Thomas Faist is Professor of Transnational and Development Studies at the Department of Sociology, Bielefeld University. He formerly directed International Studies in Political Management at the University of Toron. Our Social World: Condensed Versionby Jeanne H. Ballantine & Keith A. Roberts published by Pine Forge in 2010. Two leaders of the Teaching Sociology movement encourage of the sociological imagination through role-taking. Readers will learn to re-envision their global society, an innovative and integrated framework provides core sociological concepts. This title presents the perspective of students living in the larger global world. A global perspective is integrated into each chapter, inspiring to begin thinking of global society as a logical extension of own micro world; boxes highlight volunteer and career opportunities available now and after graduation for students with a background in sociology; the text highlights sociologists’ influence on policy issue so that you can see the impact of sociology on the “real world”; the Social World Model in each chapter provides an organizing framework to help understand the interrelatedness of core concepts … A companion website at www.pineforge.com/oswcondensed features password-protected instructor resources and open-access study materials. Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference Through February 28, 2010, The Getty Center: Scores of unsigned drawings were found in Rembrandt's studio after his death. How do we know who made them? Scholars have long struggled to distinguish drawings by Rembrandt's students—many of which rival his in beauty and execution—from those of the master himself. Inspired by recent breakthroughs in art historical scholarship, this exhibition tells this fascinating story and invites you to try your skills at deciphering the subtle but essential differences that separate Rembrandt from his talented pupils. Visual Arts (ArtPrice): The Best Results At Paris Auctions Parisian results for the year 2009 also included a world record €2.56m ($3.5m) for a Auguste RODIN Penseur on 17 June 2009 at Drouot Richelieu (Mathias, Baron Ribeyre & associés, Farrando-Lemoine) beating the previous record of $2.7m for the same subject. That was the world’s 20th best auction result in 2009. During 2009, Sotheby’s decided to take advantage of Parisian global ambitions in the photography segment by switching its specialised sales from London to Paris. The first results at its 20 November sale were mixed with 54% of the photographs remaining unsold, but a world record for Eugène ATGET. The work in question (Femme) fetched €370,000, substantially beyond its estimate of $555,000. Five days later the same auctioneer, generated a record €420,000 ($630,000) for an extendable table by Charlotte PERRIAND, a unique piece estimated at between €250,000 and €400,000. Jossey-Bass: New Books: Change Philanthropy and Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times Change Philanthropy: Candid Stories of Foundations Maximizing Results Through Social Justice by Alicia Epstein Korten published by Jossey-Bass in 2009. This book is a critical contribution to the debate about the role of philanthropy at time of global economic turmoil, declining foundation assets, and increasing need and suffering in the U.S. and around the world. Philanthropy has a critical role to play in supporting grantees as they move social change forward. This title is the timely entry in a debate about how philanthropy can address the challenges of our times and represents the effort to show the power of moving beyond alleviating symptoms of inequality to aiming funding at changing the underlying structural arrangements that result in those symptoms. Author Alicia Epstein Korten is CEO of ReNual LLC, a consulting firm that supports foundations. Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times: What Good Causes Need to Know to Survive and Thrive by Kim Klein published by Jossey-Bass in 2009. This title offers social justice nonprofits a road map for meeting the challenges of fundraising in time of economic uncertainty. The author outlines the steps an organizations need to make to create a disciplined and systematic fundraising program. and explores fundraising from the point of view development. Kim Klein is an important figure in the field of fundraising, author and practitioner. Continue