Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Gardner’s Auction Gallery in London
I have just paid a visit to my friend Grant Gardner of Gardner’s Auction Gallery in London. Actually Gardner’s is just a five minute walk away. I was picking up my Via Rail tickets at the train station (across the street from Gardiner’s) for a trip to Toronto tomorrow and thought I would stop in. I knew that Grant was handling the sale of the Dow Chemical Corporation’s Canadian Art Collection and I was dying to see it.
The sale is not until Sunday March 1st 2009 but the work is already there. It is going to be quite exciting. There is a wonderful by William Kurelek that was commissioned by Dow Chemical for their Christmas Card in1971. There is also a wonderful piece by George Franklin Arbuckle. The most exciting aspect of the sale is, not only is it all Canadian, it has never really been seen outside the corporate offices of Dow Chemical. This is a classic example of social entrepreneurship whereby a major company put their money where their walls were. They supported Canadian Art which of course is an area dear to my heart as we are the largest Canadian ceramic gallery in the country I have a vested interest in the support of Canadian artists.
I think that another aspect of this auction and sale of Canadian Art is that much of it is accessible to the collector of modest means. Yes, there will be paintings that are going to fetch exciting prices. (The William Kurelek and George Franklin Arbuckle being two of them) There will also be paintings of a modest price for novice collectors as well. It is interesting to see a collection like this as it is, though corporate, at the same time very personal. They supported Canadian artists exclusively and I think that is pretty cool.
This collection is an example of corporate stewardship at its best. They bought the work thus supporting Canadian artists and now, for whatever reason, are seeing it go to another generation of collectors.
The collection is now on line and can be viewed at http://www.gardnergalleries.com/
As I said I am very excited about this auction and you should be too. The London Delta Armouries gives me a great rate for my out of town guests and I have decided to extend it to anyone arriving on Saturday for the Sunday Auction. Give yourself a nice treat, come to London, take Via, stay at the Delta and, by all means visit our gallery too! There is also a wonderful Innuit Art Gallery just around the corner from me. Want good food? There are some awesome restaurants around me as well. Want some suggestions? Email me and I’ll make some recommendations.
Speaking of Inuit Art and corporate stewardship, here is a great example. There are some incredible prints from Ellesmere Island that were given to The Dow Chemical Company in appreciation for a major donation to the community to build a hospital.
If you want more details of this great auction email Grant directly and tell him Jonathon sent you! info@gardart.com use Grant’s name in the subject line.
The sale is not until Sunday March 1st 2009 but the work is already there. It is going to be quite exciting. There is a wonderful by William Kurelek that was commissioned by Dow Chemical for their Christmas Card in1971. There is also a wonderful piece by George Franklin Arbuckle. The most exciting aspect of the sale is, not only is it all Canadian, it has never really been seen outside the corporate offices of Dow Chemical. This is a classic example of social entrepreneurship whereby a major company put their money where their walls were. They supported Canadian Art which of course is an area dear to my heart as we are the largest Canadian ceramic gallery in the country I have a vested interest in the support of Canadian artists.
I think that another aspect of this auction and sale of Canadian Art is that much of it is accessible to the collector of modest means. Yes, there will be paintings that are going to fetch exciting prices. (The William Kurelek and George Franklin Arbuckle being two of them) There will also be paintings of a modest price for novice collectors as well. It is interesting to see a collection like this as it is, though corporate, at the same time very personal. They supported Canadian artists exclusively and I think that is pretty cool.
This collection is an example of corporate stewardship at its best. They bought the work thus supporting Canadian artists and now, for whatever reason, are seeing it go to another generation of collectors.
The collection is now on line and can be viewed at http://www.gardnergalleries.com/
As I said I am very excited about this auction and you should be too. The London Delta Armouries gives me a great rate for my out of town guests and I have decided to extend it to anyone arriving on Saturday for the Sunday Auction. Give yourself a nice treat, come to London, take Via, stay at the Delta and, by all means visit our gallery too! There is also a wonderful Innuit Art Gallery just around the corner from me. Want good food? There are some awesome restaurants around me as well. Want some suggestions? Email me and I’ll make some recommendations.
Speaking of Inuit Art and corporate stewardship, here is a great example. There are some incredible prints from Ellesmere Island that were given to The Dow Chemical Company in appreciation for a major donation to the community to build a hospital.
If you want more details of this great auction email Grant directly and tell him Jonathon sent you! info@gardart.com use Grant’s name in the subject line.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Check out the Biz section of t...
Check out the Biz section of the LFP - great story about downtown London Businesses. We are in there!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Have you joined our VIP yet? G...
Have you joined our VIP yet? Get the inside scoope about artists, view work before the public and so much more: http://www.jonathons.ca
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Retweeting @bluewavemedia: Wis...
Retweeting @bluewavemedia: Wish I thought of this :) http://bewareofthedoghouse.com/
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