Newly Revised & Updated!
While most who read this volume will have visited a museum, few will have gained entry into the inner sanctums of art appreciation. Barbara Guggenheim has lived her life in those occluded quarters — she has a doctorate in art history from Columbia and has worked at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and the Whitney Museum… Read more...
Think Armory Week is overload? Frieze in May will be yet another gathering place for the global elite.
By Barbara Guggenheim
Brace yourself. Here comes another art fair! This time it’s Frieze. In London’s Regents Park every October for the past nine years, Frieze has gathered nearly 200 galleries that strive to present their most attention-grabbing artists,
Red-letter day for forgers … or no big deal?
By Barbara Guggenheim
The Warhol Authentication Board is disbanding. So is the Basquiat Authentication Committee.
And there are whisperings that others are not far behind.
You needn’t be a rocket scientist to understand why. The work is interesting and the members enjoy tremendous perks, but the fun is gone. The
Barbara Guggenheim offers hints on how to benefit from an uncertain art world.
SINCE LAST FALL’S MARKET CRASH, I’ve been swamped with calls from art collectors seeking advice. Buy? Sell? Hold? And more than once I’ve heard, “If only I’d bought the painting you offered me last summer, I’d have lost less in the … Read more...
By Barbara Guggenheim
Because I’m an art consultant, I’m constantly asked what’s happening in the art world these days. Like most business, it’s been affected by the plunging economy. More than one client has called, crying, “I wish I had bought that painting you offered me six months ago.… Read more...
Sotheby’s launched a new era in art auctions with a single sale in 2004.
By Barbara Guggenheim
We have no Circus Maximus today, no chariot races. But we do have the art auction, which – far from being the staid and reverent affair of popular imagination – furnishes us with one of the few winner-take-all, life-or-death spectacles to be found… Read more...
by BARBARA GUGGENHEIM
You’ve got a sofa with a big, blank wall behind it. Or you’ve moved to a new house or apartment with lots of empty wall space. Either way, you need a painting.
Buying your first piece of art can be a downright daunting task. The stark white art galleries are intimidating, and there are so many of them that it’s hard to … Read more...
By Barbara Guggenheim
Guggenheim Is a partner In the art consulting firm Barbara Guggenheim Associates, Inc. Her clients Include Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg.
If your ten-year college reunion has come and gone but that dorm-room Water Lilies poster is still with you, it’s time to get your feet wet as an art collector. Many of my clients decorate … Read more...