Is Uruguay the Art Market’s Next Big Thing? – artmarketblog.com On the 10th of January 2013, Uruguayan auction house Castells held a sale of Modern and Contemporary Art at their Montevideo saleroom which for all intense and purposes was a big success. The top price of the sale went to a marble sculpture by renowned [...]
French Art Market Growing in Leaps and Bounds – artmarketblog.com The French art market seems to have taken a turn for the best in 2012 with the Parisian gallery scene exhibiting a renewed vitality and vigour. The announcement that Larry Gagosian would be opening a second Paris space at Le Bourget airport and the opening [...]
Video: Skate’s 2012/13 Art Market Overview – artmarketblog.com Skate’s http://skatepress.com/ starts running a series of Art Industry Hangouts with art market experts, covering a range of topics and using the technology provided to us by Google with its recent Hangouts feature. Today’s conversation is a high-level overview of the trends and events that happened in [...]
The Lure of the Long Lost: A White Owl and William James Webbe – artmarketblog.com When British teacher Jane Cordy stumbled across a long-lost painting by the talented Pre-Raphaelite artist William James Webbe in her attic, she was shocked to find out from an expert at auction house Christie’s that it was worth upwards of [...]
A Penchant for Posters Leads to Auction Record – artmarketblog.com The recent publicity surrounding the depth of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec poster collection held by the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), which is currently being exhibited as part of their major Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition, got me thinking about the investment value of advertising posters. Providing the [...]
The Beautiful Art Revival: A Passion for the Pre-Raphaelites – artmarketblog.com For as long as I have been writing about the art market, the word “beauty” has been thought of by many as a sort of dirty word – especially to the cutting-edge contemporary art crowd many of whom would cringe at the its mere [...]
Top Christmas Gifts for Art Lovers 2012 Edition – artmarketblog.com It’s that time again so here are some awesome Christmas gifts for art lovers as chosen by Art Market Blog CEO Nicholas Forrest 1. Keith Haring iPad Case from Whitney Museum This stylish iPad case is the perfect way to protect your iPad and [...]
What Art Crime Says About South African Art Market – artmarketblog.com It is interesting how much of a connection there is between art thefts and global art trends. By analysing instances of art theft one can gain quite a substantial and valuable insight into the direction the global art market is taking and how different [...]
Financial Times/Global Fund for Children 2012 Photo Auction – artmarketblog.com Britain’s Financial Times are hosting an auction of pictures taken by some of the world’s most celebrated photographers with money raised from the auction going to the Global Fund for Children as part of their seasonal appeal. To be auctioned by Sotheby’s Adrian Biddell on [...]
Last Chance to Invest in Desirable Artists at Royal Academy Auction – artmarketblog.com Works of art by some amazing artists are currently being sold by Britain’s Royal Academy. RA Now is a major exhibition and sale of work by 121 current Royal Academicians and Honorary Royal Academicians. It offers a unique opportunity to buy work donated [...]
