arts-culture

Eden Rock Villa Nina Art Gallery Tour

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Art

You can't experience the Eden Rock resort in St Barths without running into art. In addition to an on-property art gallery with an exciting artist-in-residence program, there is carefully selected artwork throughout the resort. When you get into the villas, however, a new level of care and attention is attained. One of Eden Rock's premier accommodations, Villa Nina comes with a five-figure a night price tag and is adorned appropriately. In this video, gallery director Natalie Clifford takes us on a tour of the unique Villa Nina art holdings.

Gallery: Villa Nina, Eden Rock, St Barths

Disclosure: Eden Rock picked up the tab for this trip, and it didn't influence my coverage.

Tags: art, Art Gallery, arts-culture, artwork, eden rock, St Barths, villa

May Art Auctions Likely to Bring Back Excitement

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Art

The May art sales are coming, and I, for one, can't wait to see what happens. The art market took an exciting turn at the end of 2009. Prices appeared to be on the mend, though nobody was willing to believe it fully – not after the tumult experienced for the year and a half before it. Tentative steps gave way to optimism at the beginning of this year, leading many to accept that the art market is coming back. Collectors opened their wallets. Auction houses put better works on the block. Everything looked good.

Unfortunately, there hasn't been much action in the major categories since February. This is strictly a function of the auction seasons. Sure, we've had the Armory Show in New York and Phillips de Pury's anemic sex-themed auction, but this doesn't scratch the big-money art market itch. At the beginning of March, Sotheby's moved Andy Warhol's "Self Defense" for $420,000, well ahead of the presale estimate of $250,000 to $300,000. Christie's pushed "Two Jackies" for $446,500, more than 10 times more than the low-end presale estimate of $40,000. Yet, without piercing the million dollar mark, it's hard to capture anyone's imagination.

So, we've had to wait – and will have to continue to do so until May. In the meantime, anticipation has been mounting. What's coming up next?

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Tags: andy warhol, art, art auction, art auctions, art market, artist, Artists, arts-culture, auction house, auction houses, Christies, Pablo Picasso, Sotheby, sothebys