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AK Files: Big Cock Bothers Brits

The installation of a giant French blue cockerel which is scheduled to take pride of place on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in July, has received a formal objection.

Art collectors of ArtKabinett social media network suspected that many Londoners might object to a huge cock thrusting skyward in this historic London locale.

The complaint was filed at Westminster Council, ahead of the final planning permission decision, this past Tuesday. The plans for the sculpture were drawn up in 2010, and the rooster was picked as the plinth’s commissioned artwork for 2013.

The cock replaces the giant golden boy on a rocking horse by Elmgreen and Dragset.

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Sotheby's Art Institute in London

Posted: Friday, 03-05-2013

AK Files: Sotheby's Opens First Retail Store

Sotheby’s will be opening a gallery for private sales close to its branch in London.

Art collectors of ArtKabinett social media network observe an increasing conflict between auction houses -- which have been historically wholesale venues --and retail art galleries.

The company has taken an undisclosed amount of space in a five-story block at 31 George Street, opposite the back entrance of its New Bond Street auction rooms, the company said in an e- mail.

The 1980s steel and brick building, shown here, incorporates a ground floor gallery. The space will be dedicated to hosting private selling exhibitions.

Billionaires often prefer buying big-ticket items through unpublicized private sales rather than in the glare of competitive public auctions.

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Colossal Collection of Frank Cohen

Posted: Wednesday, 24-04-2013

Trafalgar's 4th Plinth

Posted: Saturday, 13-04-2013

AK Files: Thatcher Sculpture Suggested for Trafalgar

London - Several prominent figures including Mayor Boris Johnson and Lord Norman Tebbit have called for a permanent statue of Baroness Thatcher to be erected on the Fourth Plinth site in Trafalgar Square.

Art collectors of ArtKabinett social media network have enjoyed the many temporary installations of important artworks which have been displayed in this busy square.

The statue would be located on the site of the violent 1989 Poll Tax Riots, which caused such controversy and division in this country.

The Fourth Plinth program is one of the most high profile art events in London. Its succession of avant garde artworks assures that everybody becomes an instant art critic.

For the last 13 years, the empty ‘fourth plinth‘ in Trafalgar Square has rarely been seen empty.

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Raphael's Famous Apostle

Posted: Saturday, 06-04-2013

Artistic Eggs at Covent Garden

Posted: Sunday, 31-03-2013

London Graffiti Culture

Posted: Saturday, 30-03-2013

AK Files: Green Girl Gets Big Bucks

London - The Green Lady a painting considered a masterpiece of Kitsch by the Siberian/ South African artist Vladimir Tretchikoff was sold this past week at Bonham's for $1.5 million.

Art collectors of ArtKabinett social media network know this work to be the most copied image of all time -- more so than the Mona Lisa!

The hammer price was nearly twice the estimate. It is thought that it was purchased by the billionaire jeweler Laurence Graff .

The painting is considered to be the most widely reproduced and recognizable picture in the world. From the 1950s onward, prints of this famous work sold widely in South Africa, Britain, Europe and America.

The picture was bought directly from Tretchikoff by an American woman in Chicago when he was touring the US in the 50's.

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