THE ART MARKET IS THE BEST JUDGE OF GOOD ART FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER 2011

SAATCHI GALLERY

 
 

 

DEBATE AT THE SAATCHI GALLERY: DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR GALLERY MEMBERSSaatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, London SW3 4SQ
Friday 7 October 2011
Doors open at 7pm. The debate will begin at 7.30pm and finish at 9pm.

Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust became the world's most expensive painting last year when it sold for £65 million. A stupendous price, but one that reflects Picasso's status as one of the giants – if not the overriding genius – of 20th-century art.

 

But do the high prices fetched at auction always indicate artistic merit? Aren't they often the result of a fraught bidding war between two super-rich collectors? Doesn't the $25 million stumped up for Jeff Koons' giant balloon model say more about the power of hype than the merit of the work itself?

 

Does the art market tell us only about fads and fashion and the egos of multimillionaires? Or should we overlook the hype and remember that in the long run the market rights itself and reflects the consensus on what great art really is?

 

Come to the debate and hear the International Director at Christie's and top critics and experts thrash out the arguments.

 

Tickets are £25 full price and £12.50 for students by as a Saatchi Gallery member we are offering you a 25% discount. To claim your discount go to http://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/art-market and enter IQ2SAATCHI as your discount code when you purchase your tickets.

 

 

SPEAKERS:

 

FOR THE MOTION

 

Francis Outred
International Director and Head of the Post-War and Contemporary Art for Christie's Europe

 

Georgina Adam
Writer on the art market and the arts for over 25 years, most recently for The Art Newspaper and the Financial Times

 

Scott Reyburn
Scott Reyburn writes about the art market for Muse, the arts and culture section of Bloomberg News.

 

 

AGAINST THE MOTION

 

Matthew Collings
Artist, writer and presented of award-winning television films about art.

 

Kenny Schachter
Curator, artist, art dealer, songwriter, designer, thinker, property developer, entrepreneur.

 

Richard Cork
Award-winning art critic, historian, broadcaster and exhibition curator whose critical writings on modern art are published by Yale.