I was at a circus, nice seats, near a woman shepherding two impeccably turned out scamps. One of the short people asked if they could ride the elephant and, as God is my witness, the woman said "Oh no, those elephants are for children who have never ridden an elephant."
From Art Market Monitor:
Artnet’s news service discovers the long-standing trend in Picasso’s ceramics. For the sake of the broader art market, it would be gratifying to see the Picasso Ceramics as an alternative to the very high prices in his painting and sculpture market that brings in a different set of collectors. Alas, that doesn’t seem to be the case:“It is the most important masterpiece collectors in modern and contemporary art who are driving the higher prices you see,” Michelle McMullan, head of sales for Impressionist and modern art at Christie’s, told artnet News over email. “So many of the important collections we see now have ceramics. Someone who is into 1960s Picasso paintings will pair it with a few ceramics [the artist] made on the same day, even.” […]...MORE
Well la-di-effin-da.
