$35m collection given to NSW gallery Apr 3, 2008
The collection, which has been built up by the prominent Australian art patron John Kaldor over 50 years, contains 260 works by a who's who of contemporary artists including Christo, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Sol LeWitt and Andreas Gursky. The Kaldor collection has been described as the nation's most important assembly of late 20th-century avant-garde art. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Benefactor makes record art donation Apr 3, 2008
"To collect was my way of participating in the excitement, in the creative energy of contemporary art," he said, surrounded by a newly-donated piece by photographer Andreas Gursky, a sculpture by LeWitt and one of Christo's signature wrapped objects. "My home began to be filled with art. "My children grew up with some very strange objects for instance a 20m wrapped gum tree down the corridor by Christo which blocked a couple of bedrooms for about 10 years. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
In Bologna, a 'Factory of the Arts' blooms Mar 1, 2008
The inaugural show, "Vertigo," was curated by Germano Celant, a curator at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and featured an impressive array of contemporary artists, from Anselm Kiefer and Bill Viola to Enzo Cucchi and Andreas Gursky. Current exhibitions include a solo show of the Italian artist Luigi Ontani and the collaborative works of American artists Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker. (International Herald Tribune)
The Red Campaign Comes to Sothebys Feb 18, 2008
Andreas Gursky, Pyongyang IV, image of mass meeting in North Korean capital, $1. 375 million. (New York Times)
'The collection is central' Jan 28, 2008
It is also a collection short on the sort of grand-scale pictures that have become familiar in the last decade by the likes of Thomas Struth and Andreas Gursky. But the museum's general ambition is the same, on a smaller scale, as the Eastman House: encompass the history of photography reaching back to its invention in 1839. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Deutsche Bank's Chief Art Collector Can't Afford Works by Hirst, Richter Dec 22, 2007
Gerhard Richter, Georg Baselitz, Sigmar Polke and Andreas Gursky all feature in the collection, which began in the 1970s. Yet Huette, 50, laughs when asked whether the bank would spend millions on a work by the U.K. artist Damien Hirst. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Art Basel Miami Beach Dec 16, 2007
Art lovers stop to look at Andreas Gursky's Cocoon, a5 ... There were rain forests shot by Thomas Struth and a monumental disco picture by Andreas Gursky and fresh produce from the studio of Jeff Wall. (Globe and Mail)
Fashion magazines go countercultural Aug 21, 2007
One Half-Revolution and everything turns red/With Andreas Gursky in North Korea, in: 032c, Energy Experimentation, Summer 2007. (Copyright Andreas Gursky/VG Bild-Kunst, via Monika Sprth/Philom). (International Herald Tribune)
Affaire in the Gardens to Feature Works by Peggy Nichols May 21, 2007
An incomplete world features paintings and photographs by leading international artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Sarah Morris, Damien Hirst, Andreas Gursky, Ed Ruscha, Lucian Freud, Gerhard Richter and Cindy Sherman. Selected from The UBS Art Collection, one of the finest international corporate art collections, An incomplete world will open at the Art Gallery of New South Wales before travelling to the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Capitalism's bargain basement image worth millions May 17, 2007
The work, by the German photographer Andreas Gursky, forms the centrepiece of a new exhibition of contemporary art - An incomplete world - opening at the Art Gallery of NSW on Saturday. But its title is not, says the curator of the exhibition, Wayne Tunnicliffe, an ironic reference to the outlandish price. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Going, going, gone for ... how much? Feb 12, 2007
The highest price ever paid for a Francis Bacon (14 million), for a photograph (an Andreas Gursky, 1 ... A photographic diptych of an American supermarket by Andreas Gursky became, at 1 ... 7m The record price for a photograph sold at auction (Andreas Gursky's 99 Cents II, Diptychon sold last week at Sotheby's, London). (The Observer)
