Tracey Emin 🇬🇧 New Release • Exhibition News • For Sale

[invisiblekid]

As a big fan, I'd be really interested to know what kind of prices Shrigley's stuff goes for... have looked before but found little information on the web...

[richmister]

Shrigley- yes ;D, Emin- no

[dmandpenfold]

Jun 18, 2008 20:05:36 GMT 1 felix said:

Shrigley is funny as f**k, do tell the story Graeme

yes do tell!

[graeme501]

sorry guys, was out last nite

yeah, i met him at a book signing for ants have sex in your beer, and had a wee chat, and the topic of POW came up, so i asked him how that came about, and basically he was saying how he was sitting about, and his phone went and (shrigley puts on a bad english accent) 'hey mate its banksy yeah yeah yeah, i want u to do a screenprint for me'

he said he had no idea how banksy got his number, and seemed to suggest that banksy was in charge of POW, so he sent down 3 drawings, and he's never seen the finished piece, or had 1 sent to him - hence why they are unlimited and u/s

but because he's from glasgow, i've been able to see his stuff quite a lot, and he is proper funny and a top artist

[robstar]

I love Emin and Shrigley! Especially Emin's drawings. Retrome, do message me with the info on the Emins you saw yesterday please!

[Pattycakes]

try www.bloomsburyauctions.com they have I think 4 Emins including anice unique polaroid in their 3rd July sale.

[robstar]

Cheers mate, yeah I saw those, I like that print actually!

[graffoto]

Hey Robstar - all two of those Emin Prints are still available from source at Counter Editions
No Substitute For Your Love - £650 and Dog Brains - £500 plus another - check them out if you don't want to gamble on an auction....

[robstar]

Oh yeah I meant the unique print, from Parkett, taken from a poloroid of herself. I like that one. The others are great but I'm not so into those... I like the Frida one. I used to have lot of them actually but sold them to get a unique work instead.

[sputnikeye]

www.schaefergrafik.dk has some pretty nice Shrigley screenprints, they are on the higher side of the price scale

[graffoto]

Jun 19, 2008 16:18:19 GMT 1 robstar said:

Oh yeah I meant the unique print, from Parkett, taken from a poloroid of herself. I like that one. The others are great but I'm not so into those... I like the Frida one. I used to have lot of them actually but sold them to get a unique work instead.

think you can still buy that too - got any pics of the unique works?

[Heavyconsumer]

Jun 19, 2008 11:20:44 GMT 1 richmister said:

Shrigley- yes ;D, Emin- no

I share your opinion mate. I vehemently dislike all of Tracey Emin's work that I've seen so far. In some cases I would be able to strongly respect that emotive response in myself as an effectiveness of the art, but sadly in this case I find myself totally bemused as to how she's so respected and accepted an artist. I think she's the most over-rated talent out there. I would buy Zbiok over TE - that's how poor I think much of her work is!!! Clearly people much more educated in art disagree, so I guess I'm missing the appeal or "quality" of her work. Oh well!

[robstar]

No no no!!! Haha!!! I love Emin!!! All of her stuff!!!

[woodsman]

She's got a great pair of tits.

[robstar]

Ah man....

[Daniel Silk]

Emin's bid to save Titians

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7586593.stm

Two British galleries have launched a public appeal to try to save a pair of Renaissance paintings by the Italian artist Titian.
Artist Tracey Emin explained why she thinks the paintings should stay in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.

[James Smith 77]

Way to go Tracey. I like her. She always has sex and orgies on her mind. ;D

[bullet]

Love the fact that on an art forum this has been completely ignored.

Maybe prices should be mentioned then people on here may get excited...

the fact that the gallery has got 2 titians for £100m but in the open market they would be worth 3 times that much, so flippers paradise then.

Many on here would have a wet dream over that...

[Deleted]

Thank you JBoy, i had missed that completely. Always liked Tracey Emin even if i did not understand some of her work i like the person, she is so passionate about everything.

[bradpitt]

Yeah, Tracey Emin would definitely get it. I don't care that she looks like a horse.

[slowmo]

Smell the fuckin coffee, Selling work like this provides trusts and grants that enable people like Emin to make a living (or indeed get emin to a position where she can make a living), no choice in the matter, there are loads of Titians in the world to look at, losing 2 for £100m would make an incredible difference to scottish art far outweighing the benefit of some undergraduate saving an air fare to Madrid to see hundreds if titians by viewing 2! FFS

[carlito]

hmmmmm 2 paintings or a whole heap of money towards ensuring people get medicine they need etc on the nhs....I'd rather see that money used to save lives .... I know it would just disappear in a big vat of public spending but I can be an idealist......I'd say this story has been totally missed because this kind of art is about as far removed from street art as you can get....

[robstar]

KEEP THE PAINTINGS! I agree with Tracey. Good on her! It's true these paintings are incredible and we deserve to have them. Don't let some collector take them home! It's madness!

[griffermans]

Sell them I say for 300m. Tell Kelly Sotherton she can keep the lot if she wins gold in 2012. Watch her train her lazy arse off. She might even learn how to throw a javelin!

[doublehelix]

Aug 28, 2008 23:38:55 GMT 1 @slowmo said:

Smell the f**kin coffee, Selling work like this provides trusts and grants that enable people like Emin to make a living (or indeed get emin to a position where she can make a living), no choice in the matter, there are loads of Titians in the world to look at, losing 2 for £100m would make an incredible difference to scottish art far outweighing the benefit of some undergraduate saving an air fare to Madrid to see hundreds if titians by viewing 2! FFS

Er, these are privately owned, they are only on loan to the gallery, so the money gained from the sale of the paintings will go to the private owner, not the gallery.

[carlito]

Leading article: Art for whose sake?
Friday, 29 August 2008


The Duke of Sutherland's decision to sell off his collection of old masters will set in motion the biggest fundraising effort in Britain's public gallery sector since the National Gallery set about acquiring The Madonna of the Pinks six years ago. London's National Gallery is involved again, along with the National Galleries of Scotland. They have joined forces in an effort to buy two sublime works by Titian for £100m.


But should the Government get involved and use public money to help acquire the works for the nation? It is a more finely balanced argument than many cheerleaders for the acquisition are prepared to admit. We should not underestimate the inspirational power of great art in national collections. Hundreds of thousands of Britons have been able to enjoy these two paintings for free because they have been on long-term loan to the National Gallery of Scotland. It would be a grave loss indeed if future generations were to be denied that opportunity. And, unlike The Madonna of the Pinks, the Titians in question are indisputably first-rate examples of the artist's work.

Yet there are also counter-arguments to using public money in this way. One is that great art moves around the world much more than ever. "Blockbuster" shows, themed around a single master's work, are greatly in vogue among the world's premier galleries and museums. There is a growing likelihood that great works sold abroad will come back on tour at some stage. There is also something distasteful about a wealthy aristocrat such as the Duke of Sutherland effectively forcing the taxpayer to stump up millions for such works; especially as their market value has often been vastly boosted by their long-term display in public galleries. The duke claims these two works are being offered to the nation for considerably less than he could expect on the open market. But when one considers the tax he would have to pay if he sold them to a private bidder, the offer begins to look rather less generous.

In the end, the outcome of this appeal will depend largely on how much cash can be extracted from the heritage charity sector. The Treasury is not going to stump up all the cash on its own. But ministers might look at whether the tax regime might be further reformed to make it less easy (or desirable) for the holders of these great collections periodically to hold the nation to ransom in the name of art.

[Prescription Art]

This Duke, already with more money than anyone could know what to do with, holding the country to ransom is disgraceful.

However it's essential that works like these are kept for the nation. They're the top works in the Scottish National Gallery, and they should be kept without doubt.

I think the government should contribute a fair whack of this price, but I also think that the galleries should raise funds themselves by selling some lesser works from their collection... much as we do ourselves. They have huge amounts of art 'under the bed' that will never be on public view even allowing for the rotation of the permanent exhibitions. I'm sure a few of these could go without causing any great loss, especially if it helps keep the Titians.

[topper007]

I wonder if this debate will be had over a couple of Banksy's in 450 years time?

[bullet]

the world would have imploded by then

[slowmo]

Aug 29, 2008 10:22:08 GMT 1 @doublehelix said:

Aug 28, 2008 23:38:55 GMT 1 @slowmo said:

Smell the f**kin coffee, Selling work like this provides trusts and grants that enable people like Emin to make a living (or indeed get emin to a position where she can make a living), no choice in the matter, there are loads of Titians in the world to look at, losing 2 for £100m would make an incredible difference to scottish art far outweighing the benefit of some undergraduate saving an air fare to Madrid to see hundreds if titians by viewing 2! FFS

Er, these are privately owned, they are only on loan to the gallery, so the money gained from the sale of the paintings will go to the private owner, not the gallery.

Oh s**t, you're right. Well in that case f**k it, let em sell it, lots of things you could do with £300m of public money other than 2 paintings, artists & art lovers can still fly to madrid for Titian.