The previously unidentified seller (behind the paywall) of this lovely Francis Bacon triptych is none other than Baron Norman Foster (he got an upgrade in title for everyone who missed out). The estimated range is 47-75M US.
Christie's has guaranteed the sale, which means Foster is going to get a motherlode of a pay day.
The morale of the story kids? Buy art. And crypto. Cause, apparently, that's the new "art".
randomised
Feb 15, 22 4:37 pm
I'll just save these images and turn them into NFT's...$$$
SneakyPete
Feb 15, 22 4:46 pm
NFTs are a bigger fool scam.
Non Sequitur
Feb 15, 22 5:35 pm
I thought this was about tasty bacon.
monosierra
Feb 15, 22 6:07 pm
Foster was already worth a few hundred million pounds when he sold his firm to that PE investor didn't he?
Gregory Walker
Feb 16, 22 10:38 am
indeed. look - i respect the guy. he's made it on his own. no silver spoons in his past.
monosierra
Feb 16, 22 12:04 pm
Better business sense than his starchitect peers too. I remember reading about terrible financial management at Jean Nouvel's office. Foster ran a much tighter ship in comparison, while maintaining a prestigious brand.
BIG also had cash flow issues until they hired an external CEO to run the business.
Gregory Walker
Feb 16, 22 2:04 pm
I think any "successful" firm - anyone 100+ people who's still solvent - has someone running the business who's not doing design. foster has his; Bjarke - as they say often - found Sheela; Gehry turned the finances over to his wife and a COO. you need someone in that role.
monosierra
Feb 16, 22 2:43 pm
Indeed. OMA has one partner who runs the business side while dabbling in (their more gimmicky) projects. ZHA I think has a CEO who used to be an architect but who now focuses on running the firm. SHoP is an unique one - a firm whose leaders pride themselves as both entrepreneurs and architects, but who also worked in Wall St before switching to architecture.
JLC-1
Feb 16, 22 4:30 pm
I would pay that much if I could.
Gregory Walker
Feb 16, 22 5:21 pm
for that particular triptych? i really like bacon and there's some i might. not that particular one.
midlander
Feb 17, 22 6:11 am
this one would go in the conference room for meetings with problem clients
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The previously unidentified seller (behind the paywall) of this lovely Francis Bacon triptych is none other than Baron Norman Foster (he got an upgrade in title for everyone who missed out). The estimated range is 47-75M US.
Christie's has guaranteed the sale, which means Foster is going to get a motherlode of a pay day.
The morale of the story kids? Buy art. And crypto. Cause, apparently, that's the new "art".
I'll just save these images and turn them into NFT's...$$$
NFTs are a bigger fool scam.
I thought this was about tasty bacon.
Foster was already worth a few hundred million pounds when he sold his firm to that PE investor didn't he?
indeed. look - i respect the guy. he's made it on his own. no silver spoons in his past.
Better business sense than his starchitect peers too. I remember reading about terrible financial management at Jean Nouvel's office. Foster ran a much tighter ship in comparison, while maintaining a prestigious brand.
BIG also had cash flow issues until they hired an external CEO to run the business.
I think any "successful" firm - anyone 100+ people who's still solvent - has someone running the business who's not doing design. foster has his; Bjarke - as they say often - found Sheela; Gehry turned the finances over to his wife and a COO. you need someone in that role.
Indeed. OMA has one partner who runs the business side while dabbling in (their more gimmicky) projects. ZHA I think has a CEO who used to be an architect but who now focuses on running the firm. SHoP is an unique one - a firm whose leaders pride themselves as both entrepreneurs and architects, but who also worked in Wall St before switching to architecture.
I would pay that much if I could.
for that particular triptych? i really like bacon and there's some i might. not that particular one.
this one would go in the conference room for meetings with problem clients