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I'll be listening to Miserere by The Cat Empire all day today...
"have you ever told a lie
that was true more than truth
because truth it had lied
all its life when it spoke to you?"
I've been following the story in the NY Times on Damien Hirst's decision to circumvent his dealers (Larry Gagosian and Jay Jopling) and hold an auction of his works directly with Sotheby's. The auction took place yesterday and proved very successful, despite the simultaneous financial downturn.
I find the fact that an artist (even a major one like Hirst) is taking his art directly to the buyers very interesting in terms of what it means for the art market and the importance of dealers - will more artists start selling this way? Although the possibilities are limited, there are certainly more than Hirst who could. And in terms of what it means for the relationship of the art market to the economy - is Tobias Meyer, the worldwide head of Sotheby's contemporary art division, right when he suggests that Hirst is so important as an artist that he's able to defy economic trends? Or is Jose Mugrabi, a New York dealer, right when he says, “Today people believe more in art than the stock market. At least it’s something you can enjoy”?
Read the two articles here and here.
image: Tom Fecht for The New York Times
Something I would definitely do if I had the cash is commission my own custom perfume. I find something about the images that come into my head so appealing and luxe: crushed rose petals; bright sprigs of green leaves; lavender bunches; test tubes in a crisp white laboratory.
Le Labo is the next best thing - after choosing, a perfumer mixes your scent for you on the premises and stamps it with your name and the date, creating a custom feel - for much less than the price of a bespoke scent.
home.
Back on Wednesday. Have a great weekend!
I saw Man on Wire on Sunday. Beautiful, suspenseful, incredible and very touching. If this movie is playing near you, I highly recommend going to see it.
"When I see three oranges, I juggle; when I see two towers, I walk."
Some of the best TV during the Olympics was Nike's commercials. Check this one out.
Wishing for rain....playing Fleet Foxes and longing for a reason to curl up on a cozy couch with a good book in front of a fireplace.
Photo via Flickr, from +lyn
Totally craving a Chocolate Chip Walnut cookie from Levain Bakery.
On repeat today: Sincerely Jane by Janelle Monae
Object of Lust: Ooooooooooh I want this Left Bank Chair from Nightwood.
On repeat today: I Will by Paul McCartney
Moon & Stars melon image via the New York Times, from Seed Savers.
Jean Luc Godard's Bande à Part is one of my favorites. I love that dancing scene...
Object of lust: The Root from Grain Surfboards.
Earlier this summer I had my first surfing experience in Maine, and was immediately hooked. Now I want this 9' longboard from Grain, made from local and sustainable wood - also available in kit form so you can build your own. You know - if you're handy like that.
The first fish
I ever caught
would not lie down
quiet in the pail
but flailed and sucked
at the burning
amazement of the air
and died
in the slow pouring off
of rainbows. Later
I opened his body and separated
the flesh from the bones
and ate him. Now the sea
is in me: I am the fish, the fish
glitters in me; we are
risen, tangled together, certain to fall
back to the sea. Out of pain,
and pain, and more pain
we feed this feverish plot, we are nourished
by the mystery.
Mary Oliver
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