Became known that the new owner is installation Tracey Emin "My bed" until you deprive the British people of the opportunity to see this striking example of contemporary art. German collector Christian duerkheim (Christian Duerckheim) who paid for this work a record $ 4.3 million, provided its lease to the Tate gallery for the next 10 let@

70-year-old duerkheim — known collector of modern German and British art. In 2011, he sold most of his collection of German artists, including works by Georg Baselitz, Gerhard Richter and Sigmar Polke, at Sotheby's. He explained that the desire to expand the collection: "we can't continue buying 10-11 th Baselitz or Richter, — it becomes merely a financial investment. I wanted something else." About buying installation Tracey Emin said: "I always admired the honesty of Emin, but "My bed," I bought more because it is a metaphor for life, where the problems begin and logics die".

duerkheim cares for good relations between Germany and Britain — especially in the year of the centennial anniversary of the First world war. At Christmas he donated 34 works of German artists as a gift to the British Museum and now made such a generous favor That@

collector thereby fulfilled the dream of the Emin. Before the auction, the author of the installation expressed hope that it would be great if a future owner  donated work to the Museum is the best of all the Tate gallery. Better place than Tate, for "My bed," can not imagine, but to afford the installation, the gallery would not have been able. Tate Director Nicholas Serota expressed its great appreciation to the Dürkheim, because he gave them the installation "for at least 10 years".

while in the Tate rejoice in the new exhibit, in the capital of Australia is waiting the appearance on the streets of dozens of bronze birds authorship of the same Tracey Emin. This will presumably happen in 2017 in the city program on introduction of public art to the streets of Sydney. Installation Emin "The Distance of Your Heart" ("the Remoteness of your heart") will include 60 small bronze birds that "fly up" to the poles, awnings and window cornices and will entice the passers-by on the busy streets. With the help of these small and brooding birds Tracey Emin wants to convey the feeling of loneliness, nostalgia and longing for loved ones. The work is based on my own experience Emin, on the feelings that she experienced during an extended stay in Sydney, away from doma@

Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Источники: telegraph.co.uk, telegraph.co.uk, cityartsydney.com.au, artinvestment.ru