Outing the Outsider Art Market – artmarketblog.com I have written about self-taught of “outsider” artists before but was prompted to revisit the topic after sensing an increase in the attention being shown to a number of self-taught “outsider” artists from both an art historical/curatorial perspective and an art market perspective. Just this week at the [...]
The Coming Out of Private Art Sales – artmarketblog.com As I am writing this post I receive an email from Bonhams with the headline “BONHAMS OFFERS UNIQUE 17th CENTURY “MUGHAL MIRROR DIAMOND” NECKLACE FOR PRIVATE SALE – NECKLACE HAS ASKING PRICE OF US $20 MILLION”. According to the email “One of the most important and [...]
The Future of Online Art Sales: Q&A With Artnet Director Hans Neuendorf – artmarketblog.com The number of websites that facilitate the online sale and purchase of fine art has increased significantly over the last few years as collectors and investors become more confident in the ability of online art sales portals to provide a sufficiently [...]
Top Ten Israeli Artists to Watch – artmarketblog.com The demand for art by Israeli artists has increased significantly over the last couple of years. In a recent post, titled Israel Takes Art Investment Seriously, I wrote about the Israeli interest in art investment and the art market. With this post I have chosen ten Israeli artists [...]
Israel Takes Art Investment Seriously – artmarketblog.com Estimated to have an annual turnover of US$50 million dollar, the Israeli art market is fast becoming a serious player on the global art market stage. There is obviously a growing interest in the art market as evinced by the ArtFi fine art and finance conference being held [...]
CNBC Highlights TV Art Auction Portrait Fraud Case – artmarketblog.com Fine Art: A Portrait of Fraud, an investigation into a television art auction scam that sold bogus and unauthorized art and duped viewers out of millions of dollars, was aired by CNBC on Wednesday 14th March. See more info here: http://www.cnbc.com/id/45555935/ Document: Evidence Seized from [...]
Has the Market for Street Art Matured in Paris? – artmarketblog.com The link between high auction prices, gallery representation and career longevity all suggest that the market for street art has reached a point of maturity. This market maturation was on display during a recent auction held in Paris where works by some of the [...]
VIP Online Art Fair Gallery Rankings – artmarketblog.com The ability to sort the galleries exhibiting at the VIP online art fair into a list of the most popular is a useful tool for anyone wanting to know what is hot. Here is a list of the galleries from most popular to least popular as of [...]
Latest Art Market Internet Startups – artmarketblog.com Here is a list of the best new art market internet startups: my-artmap http://www.myartmap.de my-artmap is a social network and the social network for art & the art market. Members are persons or institutions who deal professionally with art and the art market (auction house, commercials, galeries, museums, [...]
Jan 2012 Art Market Blog Press Update – artmarketblog.com Just a few recently published articles that I wrote. Hope you enjoy !! In Recognition of an LA-Centric Art Market Trend http://www.fabrikmagazine.com/content/in-recognition-of-an-la-centric-art-market-trend/ Latest London Contemporary Art Auction Roundup http://www.arterynyc.com/2011/12/october-2011-london-contemporary-art-auction-roundup/ Pearls prove a collectors best friend http://www.worthpoint.co.uk/2012/01/pearls-prove-a-collectors-best-friend/ image: Painting by Frederick Hammersley **Nicholas Forrest is [...]
