Street Art: Hello City!

Simply adorable art showcased at the Lever House in New York by artist Tom Sachs. His "Hello Kitty Wind up" Collection is very pop and different from his past works. We love it! 

Auction: Wall Street can't touch Art...

New York Times called it a "bull market" and was just that... the day after Wall Street tanked, Sotheby's of London had a record auction of over $200.7 million in sales, for 223 works by artist Damien Hirst. This has been a record auction for a single artist, since a Picasso sale of 88 works in 1993 that reached $20 million. Sotheby's high estimate for the auction was $177.6 million, but art works like the "Fragment of Paradise" was sold for $9.3 million... three times more than its high estimate of $2.9 million. And to top things up, the highest bid of the two-day event went to "The Golden Calf" for $18.6 million... Looks like art weathers the storm no matter what... 

Innovation: Cruising Art...

One last bit of art summer dreaming before the season fades... Jeff Koon's greatest work to date now is undeniably a yacht, named "Guilty". The concept is based on the dazzle patterns used on warships during WW1. The yacht, owned by major Greek art collector Dakis Joannou and architecturally designed by Ivana Porfiri, brings to art a novelty like no other... Read more here.   

Exhibition: Art to feel proud of...

Greek contemporary artists are showcasing their love for their country's best asset... it's Sea! In the greek island of Poros, the picturesque gallery CITRONne is exhibiting the blue that each of these artists have in them. Among them is Maria Filopoulou with  her infamous "Swimmers",which after exhibitions in London, Paris and New York, they finally found their way home. Tasos Matzavinos, a true Greek, gives a darker note on his interpretation of Greece's heritage and focuses more on the traditional aspect that goes with it. Kostas Papanikolaou celebrates its light... its power of colour... un voyage dans le passe... while Nana Vetta uses waves to travel back to memory lane... The gallery is situated on a beautiful building of the 18th century on the promenade of the island. Even though it just had its one year anniversary, it has already gained an international momentum and loyal destination-art- travelers thanks to its Founder, Director and Art Historian Tatiana Spinari-Pollalis.   

Exhibition: It's all about Murakami these days...

The japanese pop-artist, Takashi Murakami, is taking NYC by storm... From the latest and well-publicized exhibition in the Brooklyn Museum (which includes an inhouse Louis Vuitton store just for the visitors), his art sculpture in the IBM building in Madison Ave to his big Shout-out from Kanye West. Mr. Murakami has designed the graphics of Kanye West's album, "Graduation", so it was no surprise that we saw him letting loose at the Glow in The Dark Tour last night...

Art Fair: The Armory Show

Galleries from London, Paris, Berlin and New York are showcasing their big guns at the Armory show in Pier 94 of New York City this weekend. The walk is enjoyable and some of the classics stand out like the dots and the diamond skull of Damien Hirst of the Paragon Press gallery in London, the Gilbert & George antics of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac of Paris, and the new addition of Ryan McGinley in the Alison Jacques gallery of London. However, the nouveau art is the reason one goes to these venues and what gains all the excitement... So check out the Hermes over-sized bag, priced at $75,000, by Jonathan Selligen from Jack Shainman Gallery of New York and the Idris Khan painting "Hearing Voices... Schumann's Violin concerto 2007" from Galerie Thomas Schulte in Berlin... among many others.

Exhibition:Destination... Modern Art

That is what the DIA Foundation has created with its old factory-turned museum in Beacon, Upstate New York. For the modern art enthusiast, DIA: Beacon is a real haven, all filled with the artworks of Andy Warhol, Agnes Martin, Gerhard Richter, Sol Lewitt and the out-of-this-world sculptures of Richard Serra. The art forms are given so much strength and volume because of the incredible space of this museum... it's a must-see!  

Photography: Animal Instinct...

The great Gregory Colbert launches his famous already "Ashes and Snow" exhibition at the Nomadic Museum - a building designed by Simon Velez- in the Zocalo, in Mexico City. Colbert captures unspoiled interactions between animals and people with the end result being dramatically spiritual. Colbert has recently created a nature bank, the Animal Copyright Foundation, which will collect 1% of any marketing budget involving animals to distribute between different animal organizations.

Exhibition: From New York to Athens

The Benaki Museum in Athens is exhibiting Stephen Antonakos's Retrospective... a collection of his work from 1954 till today. Each art piece is unique and remarkably contemporary. His latest works on neon are a must-see... Undoubtedly its the best exhibition on contemporary art in Athens at the moment!

Street Art: Athens' Bansky

has been gaining real momentum as he paints his way around the city of Athens. The 25 year old is calling himself b. and has been creating an awe to anyone that passes by his graffiti, as well as an enigma towards his identity... The artist completed an 80-pages book, named "this is my b world" recently showcasing his work done in Athens and Berlin since 2002. For more images, click here.