First Outing to Sotheby's

Hey Everyone! This is your blog-captain updating. It was great meeting Joe and learning a lot about contemporary Asian art, especially how modern artists imitated Westernized works and made them "Asian" (refer to the image on the left of Michelangelo-style sculptures with Mao jackets).

If you want to see an album of photos that I took, click here!

I'm currently working on a collage to put all those pictures up together, so check for updates soon. Can't wait to see you all in our first meeting at the Guggenheim museum!

MoMA!

WHEN: Saturday, March 29th, 2-4pm.

WHERE: 4 West 54th Street. We’re meeting in the lobby, on the side where there is a bunch of benches (☺ fun alliteration). This is not the main entrance of the Museum. It is the Education and Research Building.

Directions: MoMA is next door to where we met for the Kick-Off. For detailed directions go to MoMA web site. Call me if you get lost.

WHY: Because we’re going to look at tons of great artworks! We will walk through the astonishing permanent collection galleries of the best modern art museum in the world and also visit a fun temporary exhibition dedicated to color, Color Chart. 

Sotheby's on Thursday!

Your first outing with be the day after the Kick-Off, to Sothbey's - Where Art is for Sale in NYC.

You will meet Joe Martin Hill, a Sotheby's consultant, who will give you a preview of the contemporary Asian art auction and tell you about works on display as well as behind-the-scenes facts about the hottest contemporary art market.

The Address:
334 York Avenue at 72nd St (on the eastside)

Take the 6 Train to 68th Street - Hunter College Station. Walk north to 71st Street and turn right. Walk 4 Avenues to New York Ave to Sotheby's.

Try to get there by 4 o'clock. If you miss Anna at 4, she will be back outside to bring anyone else in at 4:30. Make sure you have her cell phone number (and mine), just in case!

Click here to take a look at the Asian Art catalog (then scroll down for a preview of the works for sale.)

Happy art buying!

~eric