Record Rise for Orientalist Paintings – artmarketblog.com As the art market continues to rebound, and new buyers continue to emerge from the middle east, the demand for top orientalist paintings has risen significantly over the last twelve months. Exceeding the market high seen during the 2007/2008 boom, the prices being paid for the work of [...]
Singapore to Conquer French Contemporary Art Market – artmarketblog.com Having focused recent posts on the Southeast Asian art market, I found it particularly interesting that Artprice have announced that Singapore should soon overtake France in the field of Contemporary art sales. Although 2011 was a better year for France than 2010, the French art market [...]
Why Indonesian Artists are Hot Property – artmarketblog.com My previous post revealed some recent auction results that suggest that the market for the work of some of Indonesia’s top artists is gaining strength. One of the factors that has contributed to the strength and resilence of the market for Indonesian art is the existence of [...]
Cautious Optimism at Chinese Art Auctions – artmarketblog.com Although the latest round of auctions of Chinese art suggest that the rate of growth of the Chinese art market appears to have slowed somewhat, the results are far from disappointing. In fact, the sheer volume of works being sold combined with the prices being paid for [...]
Sotheby’s Clyfford Still Record Fails to Impress – artmarketblog.com Sotheby’s seems to have re-ignited confidence in the art market with the results of their Contemporary Art Evening Sale. But I for one won’t be celebrating just yet because all I see is a market that reacted to an extremely rare opportunity to acquire works by [...]
Blacklots Launches Curated Online Art Auctions – artmarketblog.com As artprice.com prepare to enter the online auction arena, and artnet.com struggles to make their online art auction platform profitable, another online art auction startup has joined the fray. Blacklots.com is an online curated art auction platform for the resale and acquisition of contemporary art that utilises [...]
Artprice to Launch Online Art Auctions – artmarketblog.com Thanks to recent changes made to the French Code de Commerce, the France based art auction price database company artprice.com are now free to offer an online brokerage service. According to the Art Media Agency: “Problems faced on the Internet relating to the differences between brokerage and [...]
Contemporary Art Market Karma at Phillips de Pury Pt. 2 – artmarketblog.com My last post was the beginning of my analysis of the auction house Phillips de Pury and their status in the current market. I finished that post by revealing one method that Phillips use to try and maintain as strong a presence as [...]
Exposing the Chinese Art Market With 6 Questions Pt. 3 – artmarketblog.com See part 1 here: http://www.artmarketblog.com/2011/07/01/exposing-the-chinese-art-market-with-6-questions-pt-1-artmarketblog-com/ See part 2 here: http://www.artmarketblog.com/2011/07/11/exposing-the-chinese-art-market-with-6-questions-pt-2-%E2%80%93-artmarketblog-com/ 5. You’ve drawn comparisons between the present market climate, and the lead up to the Japanese crash in 1990. What are your fears for the Chinese market? Is a crash imminent and what [...]
Greek Financier Wins Picasso’s Lover in Art Auction Stoush – artmarketblog.com Greek financier Dimitri Mavrommatis added to his already impressive art buying history on the 21st of June when he purchased Picaso’s Femme assise, robe bleue at Christie’s London Impressionist and Modern Art sale for £17,961,250 against an estimate of 4,000,000 – 8,000,000. Bidding like a [...]
