Kendell GEERS

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: William Wegman, “Sometimes it’s the dog who makes the picture” – A work from Pascale Marthine Tayou blown up – Marlène Dumas, The Image as Burden.

The first decade of the new millennium saw the emergence on the global art market of contemporary art from Latin-America, China, Korea, Japan, Russia, Turkey and the Middle-East. By comparison, African art has been very slow to emerge… but for how long?

The 8th Contemporary Art Biennial in Lyon is open to the public from 14 September to 31 December 2005. Entitled “Expérience de la Durée”, this year’s event exhibits the work of 61 artists and includes 25 pieces commissioned by the organisers. This collection will essentially be displayed at 5 different locations: La Sucrière, the Museum of Contemporary Art, The Institute of Conteporary Art at Villeurbanne, le Rectangle and fort Saint-Jean.