The most spectacular moment in “Gilbert & George”, the naughty but natty British art duo’s retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum, is the first moment, at the show’s entrance.
On the walls circling the museum’s rotunda are 23 large- scale, romantic drawings in charcoal on paper. Gilbert & George call them “sculptures on paper”.
Now, this is the Gilbert & George who dress like stuffy prep-school boys and have been cohabitating and collaborating since 1967. This is the Gilbert & George who call themselves “Living Sculpture”.
And so they are: one entity, “Gilbert & George”, hewn from the material of everyday action and experience.
They invented the idea that sculpture could be made of something other than solid materials. That was their breakthrough move, and it has stuck. Now everyone seems to think life can be art. (Bloomberg)

In the last few weeks, London city has proved to be the European capital of the art market. With sales dedicated to the modern and impressionist sector, Sotheby’s and Christie’s have confirmed the good state of the market. Indeed, the “Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale” held on 24th June fetched 144 million pounds (284 million dollars), achieving the highest total for a European auction and giving “Le bassin aux nymphèas” by Claude Monet the new world record for the artist, selling the piece for 41 million pounds.