Sotheby’s London Confirm Private Sales Gallery – artmarketblog.com The Art Market Blog has obtained confirmation that Sotheby’s London will be taking a space at 31 st George Street in London that will be dedicated to hosting private selling exhibitions. In the Autumn of 2011, Sotheby’s New York launched a newly-constructed gallery space within their York [...]
Ex-Sotheby’s Heavyweights Launch New Online Art Auction Site – artmarketblog.com Two former high-ranking Sotheby’s employees have joined forces to launch a the online art auction venture The Auction Room, a middle-market venture catering to buyers and sellers of antiques, paintings, and other collectible items. Founded by George Bailey and Lucinda Blythe, The Auction Room (http://theauctionroom.com) [...]
Christie’s Claims First Independent Art Auction in Mainland China – artmarketblog.com Christie’s will become the first international art auction house to operate independently in China when they hold their first auctions in Shanghai beginning autumn 2013. The announcement by Christie’s comes six months after Sotheby’s were granted a license to conduct auctions in China in [...]
Sotheby’s to Help TEFAF Launch China Art Fair – artmarketblog.com How does a global art fair infiltrate a notoriously insular art market without appearing to tread on the toes of local businesses? Develop an initiative with a business that has already developed a presence in China, that’s how. World renowned art fair TEFAF have just [...]
Istanbul Leads Turkish Art Market Explosion – artmarketblog.com Considering that Forbes magazine reports that there are 35 billionaires in Turkey (2012), it is perhaps no surprise that the Turkish art market and the market for Turkish art is developing at a rapid pace. Take, for instance, the painting by Turkish “Ecole de Paris” artist Mubin [...]
Why Works on Paper Sparked Bidding Frenzy – artmarketblog.com Looking back over auction records there is a very distinct trend that links increased demand for works on paper with the peak of an art market boom. This makes sense because prices for major works by the most highly sought after artists reach a point where [...]
20×200 Suspended and Haunch of Venison Abandoned – artmarketblog.com Well, what a week it has been. First of all, art dealer extraordinaire Jen Bekman is rumoured to be in the process of disconnecting herself from the online limited edition print sales website 20×200 she founded in 2007. Visiting the 20×200 reveals a message that says [...]
Paddle8 Launch Changing The World Through Art Auction – artmarketblog.com Changing The World Through Art is the single most important source of funding for the life-changing opera & art programming that The Time In Children’s Arts Initiative provides to some of the country’s youngest and most at-risk children as part of their regular school day. [...]
A More Mature American Art Market Emerges, Pt. 2 – artmarketblog.com As I wrote in my last post, over the last year or so the American art market has shown significant signs of development and maturation evinced by a greater focus on the work of artists (painters mainly) active during the early to mid 20th [...]
A Period of Maturation for the American Art Market, Pt. 1 – artmarketblog.com Although the art market in America has showed signs of strength and resilience over the past couple of years, the focus has been mainly on the sort of globally fashionable contemporary art that is typically pursued by wealthy socialites and celebrities. One [...]
