New York City private dealer Charles Nes has announced the opening of a new gallery featuring fine contemporary and vintage photography called NES / NESGODA. It is located at 195 Chrystie Street (Stanton and Rivington Streets), Studio 801G, New York City, 10002. Hours are Wednesday to Saturday from noon to 6 pm, and by appointment. The gallery will open a Group Show, featuring the work of Richard Ballarian, Robert Mann, Ian Paterson, and Ian Wolff, this Wednesday, May 22, from 5 to 8 pm...
Glitzy but often difficult to use contemporary photo website EYESTORM has apparently bit the dust, reportedly falling into receivership according to former employees. While the site is still up on the web, some of the components do not seem to be functioning. Reportedly the company has also closed both its NYC and London offices. What its backers will now do with the website and gallery store remains to be seen...
SOTHEBY'S continues to bleed money. Just reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2002 include a net loss of $23.1 million, or 38 cents per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $22.5 million, or 38 cents per basic and diluted share, for the first quarter of 2001. While operating costs were lower in this quarter, so were sales. Actually William F. Ruprecht, President, pointed to the Jammes photography sale as one of Sotheby's "successful sales". Sotheby's Internet results were somewhat better than the previous year's same quarter, showing a loss of only about $1.23 million versus a loss of $3.55 million in 2001, due to severe cuts in operating expenses (sales were actually down for the period)...
The Baer Faxt Report, a weekly art newsletter, says that Sotheby's London auction expert Philippe Garner is bolting to PHILLIPS. Garner himself has refused to discuss his future plans until the end of June, when he will leave Sotheby's. He does say he will continue to be involved with photography...
Paul Gottlieb, who headed Harry N. Abrams, Inc., has been named executive director of APERTURE FOUNDATION. He succeeds Michael Hoffman, who died suddenly late last year. This year the Aperture Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary...
According the Knight-Ridder newspapers, a made-for-television movie on the rise and fall of SOTHEBY'S former chairman Alfred Taubman is being filmed for HBO by producer David Yudain. Apparently former Top Gun screenwriter Michael Thomas is at work on the script. Sigourney Weaver has been cast to play Diana Brooks, the former chief exec at Sotheby's. The rest of the acting crew has not been cast...
And don't forget to visit the I Photo Central website http://www.iphotocentral.com. Besides the over 2250 images for sale on the site at http://www.iphotocentral.com/search/search.php, you can also find all the past newsletters archived there and completely searchable at http://www.iphotocentral.com/news/news.php . Also check out the Calendar of Photography Events http://www.iphotocentral.com/calendar/calendar.php to find out what is going on your area of the world. There are also many articles to help you with your Photography Collecting at http://www.iphotocentral.com/collecting/collecting.php . Plus four Special Exhibits with all items for sale are up on the site. The Special Exhibits now include: 19th Century Master Works by Master Photographers; Eugene Atget--Haunted Paris: Trees, Parks and Architecture; Saharan Visions: Early Images of the Orient; and The Photo-Secession and Stieglitz's Camera Work--all at http://www.iphotocentral.com/showcase/showcase.php .
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