Degas's The Little Dancer to be Auctioned

Posted on January 6, 2009 at 3:16 PM.

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January 6, 2009

Degas's The Little Dancer On The Market (London UK)

The bronze figure, one of only a handful of casts remaining in private hands, is expected to fetch £9-12 million when it is auctioned at Sotheby's on February 3. Lily Howes, a 14-year-old student of the Royal Ballet School, today posed alongside the sculpture which was originally modelled on a ballerina of the same age. The Little Dancer shocked contemporaries when it was first exhibited for its vivid depiction of the strain of ballet training on a barely adolescent girl.
The Daily Telegraph (UK)

If We Can't Recycle One Way, We'll Do It Another (Trends)

As the price for recycled materials falls along with the economy, some artists are taking advantage. One crochets strips of plastic shopping bags (she prefers Target's) into baskets; another has made a bra from old TAB cans; a third transforms frozen orange juice containers into surprisingly attractive lanterns.

Wall Street Journal (slideshow)

One Thing The Downturn Won't Kill: The Art Fair (Art Fairs)

The fair phenomenon, which grew out of the need for dealers to compete with the ever-expanding range of the auction rooms, is now deeply entrenched as a concept for convenient one-stop shopping and has become a key source of income for dealers." While "there may now be too many fairs, and some may fall by the wayside, those that adapt to the new economic reality can survive.

The Telegraph