Alias Arts

The Aperture Foundation Benefit and Auction is Coming! YES my little MAO-ettes.. one of the best art charities around is having their annual fund raising party. As every devoted MAO reader knows.. we can’t do enough to support this charity. Tickets are still available..for both the Auction, and the Dinner.Here are the details… Aperture Foundation Benefit & Auction – Honoring Joel Meyerowitz, Howard Greenberg, and Susana Torruella Leval Auction Featuring works by Diane Arbus, Bruce Davidson, Atta Kim, Malick Sidibé, and more MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 The Lighthouse, Chelsea Piers 6:30-8:00 pm Cocktail and Silent Auction 8:00-10:00 pm Dinner, Award…

Edward Burtynsky Photos.. Defied Recession Gravity. For those long time MAO readers.. it will come to no surprise that MAO is an avid fan of Canadian Photographer Edward Burtynsky. Yes.. we know.. Edward’s work is big, colorful, over-hyped, straightforward, expensive, often pretty, very “corporate”, safe, etc.. just about everything most fine art photography scholars and contemporary art snobs love to poke fun of.. but yes.. MAO loves his images. But.. here’s a little secret.. The auction world LOVES Burtynsky Too!! So while photo auction results have been poor.. some artist’s works are still breaking records. Check out this outcome from…

Emerging Photographer Show at the Randall Scott Gallery opens on Thursday. This is one not to miss. The show is curated by Art Blogger, Photolucida Juror, and totally crazed obsessed avid photo collector.. Ruben Natal-San Miguel… aka ArtMostFierce. Ruben has scoured the earth to share with us, his newest, hot, amazing photo art discoveries. So for those art collectors interested in the bleeding edge, inexpensive cutting edge of Art Photography and to find out who’s going to be hot in 3 to 5 years.. you have to see this show. We’re sure there will be bargains to be had, and…

So MAO’s guess is most smart photo obsessed people missed this great story about collecting important Photobook in this weekends London Financial Times. Yes.. for those who don’t know.. even in these difficult art times.. Collecting Important Photobooks is now super Hot Hot Hot! Actually so hot.. even the newly opened NY Branch of Bloomsbury Auction House managed to get some serious interest in the photobook part of their recent disastrous photo auction. Bloomsbury only sold 17.8% of the Photos in their auction, OUCH!…yes..only 35 lots sold out of 197 photo lots..Yikes! 60 of their 95 Photobook lots sold, which…