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
Editor’s Note: Barbara Guggenheim is the founder of Barbara Guggenheim, Associates, Inc., one of America’s best known art consultant firms. She’s built collections for Coca-Cola and Sony, Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg, among many others. She holds a doctorate in Art History, has taught on the college level, lectured at the Whitney… Read more...
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
WE LIVE IN CHALLENGING TIMES.
Many are depressed, scaling back, or falling behind. Yet, there are some people who not only survive but thrive regardless of times and circumstances.
What do they know that the rest of us don’t? As I was pondering the question, I met Julie Chrystyn, a new girl in town. She’s written The Secret… 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
There’s almost nothing I like more than a good meal with friends. I may not be legendary Washington hostess Pearl Mesta , but I’ve thrown my share of luncheons, dinner parties, and cocktail soirees. Over the years I’ve noticed changes in friends’ eating habits – first it was guests waving off a warm… Read more...
Everyone claims to be perusing Proust, but who are they kidding? Confessions of a literary faker.
By Barbara Guggenheim
It’s a recurring nightmare. Dewar’s calls. They’re interviewing me for a whiskey ad and everything’s going well until the final question: “What’s the last book you’ve read?” If … Read more...