auction house Phillips de Pury not want to be "younger brother" of the giants of the art market Sotheby's and Christie's: the main distinction, according to the company's strategy is unusual "curator" approach to tendering. This November, Phillips will open the new premises on 57 th Street in New York for this event is timed to launch the new project entitled "Carte Blanche" - a series of auctions will be hosted by museum curators, collectors, dealers and artists.

«premier" a sale will provide an art consultant Philip Segal (Philippe Ségalot), former head of Contemporary Art Christie's (1998-2001). He has already begun preparations for the auction. It is known that the number of lots will "Mechanical Pig" California artist Paul McCarthy (Paul McCarthy) - sculpture pig lying on some sort of device with wires. Thanks to technological trick animal "breathes". The sculpture, owned by Chicago collector Stefan Edlys (Stefan Edlis), estimated at 2,5-3,5 million dollars

still a member of Christie's, Segal made his name on the bidding , includes strong works of art stars, such as Maurizio Cattelan (Maurizio Cattelan) and Jeff Coons (Jeff Koons). It was he who brought this process to the authors that the time was unheard of innovation - always believed that artists with disdain to the auctions. In 2004, Segal helped Phillips to prepare an auction of contemporary photography from the collection of Baroness Marion Lambert (Marion Lambert), which was very successful. His result was 12.4 million dollars

Phillips diligently strives to create an image "other artists" and "space for experiments. The catalogs of the house can often see the works of young and trendy artists. In addition, the company cooperates with cultural institutions, such as London's Saatchi Gallery. The head of Simon Phillips de Piura (Simon de Pury) had ruled jointly with Daniela Luxembourg (Daniella Luxembourg) gallery in Zurich, where occasionally exhibited a very bold artists, including renowned Canadian Hooligan Terence Koh (Terence Koh).

It is not known whether the auction Segal isolated event or part of the normal evening auction of contemporary art. According to De Piura, some trades in the series may be held in London. Perhaps the buyers would be invited not only to contemporary art, and design - everything depends on the willingness of "guest curators.
Another bit of news related to Phillips: last week's auction house has finally opened an exhibition of paintings Alexander Melamid , which were to last year, but postponed because of disagreements with the artist's investors. Read more in material Ekaterina Guseva .

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Source: artinfo.com , nytimes.com , artinvestment.ru