Julian Stanczak ‘6th hottest artist’

Julian Stanczak ‘6th hottest artist’

Bloomberg recently teamed up with Artnet to analyse the sale prices for the works of around 1,000 artists (living and dead) in order to determine which artists’ works were increasing in value the most.

Cleveland based ‘first generation’ Op Artist Julian Stanczak came out 6th in their analysis with his works increasing in value over 3,000% over the last 12 years.

Stanczak was one of the artists who was featured in the groundbreaking ‘Responsive Eye’ exhibition that really brought Op Art to the attention of the mainstream in the mid 1960s.  He is currently 81 years old and is still painting. He lives in Ohio with his wife Barbara.

You can see the top 15 hottest artist list at Bloomberg’s site.

Bridget Riley @ Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands

Bridget Riley @ Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands

Bridget Riley was recently awarded the Sikkens Prize and in honour of her win the Gemeentemuseum in the Hague, Netherlands is putting on an exhibition of her work.

Riley will create a special mural for the exhibition that will be almost 25m long.  In addition to the new work, a further room will house a selection of her early work through to some of her most recent pieces.

Entrance to the Gemeentemuseum is €13.50 and the museum is open Tuesday to Sunday 11am to 5pm.  The exhibition will run until the 1st June 2013.

GEMEENTEMUSEUM DEN HAAG

Stadhouderslaan 41

2517 HV Den Haag

The Netherlands