In previous articles on Collecteurs, we have addressed the role and responsibilities of institutional directors. Tasked with representing an institution, securing funding, and important organisational structures, the position of director is a demanding task. What happens when it all goes wrong? In this series, we uncover stories of crime, desperation, political defiance, or corruption in museum leadership.
On the 27th of January, Swiss artist Julian Charrière published a video of his work And Beneath It All Flows Liquid Fire (2019). The image features a three-layered fountain ablaze with flames against a dark background. In the caption he reveals that Instagram users tagging him on a recent campaign by the luxury fashion brand Zadig & Voltaire had alerted him to the striking resemblance of this piece to the company’s current marketing campaign.
The man who stole three works from Greece’s national Gallery in 2012 has been sentenced, Jewish heirs ask the Guggenheim for their ancestor’s painting back, and a luxury fashion brand rips off an artwork.
The ‘A Day in the Art Life’ series is meant to convey a sense of the life of an art world figure. What we’re hoping is to have a bit of the flavour of one’s routine , or perhaps an idealised version of a day in your life in the city in which you live and work, sprinkled in with more philosophical musings.
Mishaps in museums! An artist proposes a deal with the British Museum, a museum director steps down, and an interim director is actually an external consultant, not a staff member.
Forgery, theft, homophobia, and possibly murder are all on the Agenda today.
Art’s relationship to radical politics is more fraught than many people think. Making art directly serve revolution is old fashioned. In many instances, this reduces art to propaganda. And there’s no guarantee that the aims of any revolutionary movement, past or present, match up with reality or turn out the way people imagined them in the beginning.
Collecteurs is pleased to bring you Agenda, a wrap-up of the art industry’s latest news.
What do you imagine when you think of a sale? Maybe you envision a wealthy individual in a shiny outfit within a fancy gallery space sipping a glass of champagne and speaking with the dealers about an artist and their works. The artist is not present to represent their work. The reality might differ in various ways, yet in most situations, art collecting does involve two unequal parties: those who purchase it have many more resources and privilege than those who produce it.
The ‘A Day in the Art Life’ series is meant to convey a sense of the life of an art world figure. What we’re hoping is to have a bit of the flavour of one’s routine , or perhaps an idealised version of a day in your life in the city in which you live and work, sprinkled in with more philosophical musings.
Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are over. The crypto market has crashed, and pictures of monkeys or pixelated punks will forever be a symbol of the failed NFT market. For the foreseeable future, we can stop pretending “fungible” is a common term in our vocabulary.
This year has signaled a shift for many out of pandemic lockdown conditions and back into the regular grind. At Collecteurs, it has been a transformative year as we change with the times and circumstances. That’s why you can now experience our newly designed look and functions as well as Collecteurs’ digital marketplace CollecteursX. With exhibitions back in full flare - we recall the world’s major art events including biennales and fairs that have relaunched with puissance. Ecology remains an important subject in a now non-negatable visible global crisis which inevitably affects art and mobility. Digital solutions have rocked headlines year-round with the fall of NFTs and economic collapses. As we work through all of this from Collecteurs, we are proud to continue offering you a digital base for exhibitions, collections, research, and discussion open 24/7 with no need for costly transport or installs and with open access for all.