Sigmar Polke at Editions Schellmann – artmarketblog.com German artist Sigmar Polke is undoubtedly one of the most important and influential artists of the post-war generation. Polke is often grouped with other important German artists such as Keifer, Penck, Richter and Immendorf all of whom were part of the Neo-Expressionist movement. The Neo-Expressionist movement developed in [...]
Australian Art Market 08 Review Part 2 – artmarketblog.com By the last round of auctions for 2008 in November and December it was obvious that the auction industry was still coming to terms with the art market correction taking place despite the fact that signs of a cooling market had been evident for several months [...]
Credit Suisse Charity Art Auction – artmarketblog.com Credit Suisse in conjunction with Phillips De Pury are holding a charity auction to benefit Room to Read who raise funds educate children in the developing world who otherwise wouldn’t have access to education. The works available for auction have been touring as an exhibition where people have [...]
Art Market Past and Present – artmarketblog.com If you believe that art auction results are the be all and end all of the art market and that art auction results tell the full story of the evolution of art prices then you should probably reconsider your point of view. What art auction results do reflect [...]
Awesome Online Photo Auction – artmarketblog.com Daniel Cooney Fine Art are auctioning a fantastic collection of photographs by masters such as Steichen, Steiglitz, W.Eugene Smith as well as works by more contemporary photographers such as Kate Breakey and Herb Ritts. The most important piece of information is that the auction ends in a few hours [...]
Art Sydney 08 Art Fair Report – artmarketblog.com A few weeks ago I attended the Art Sydney 08 Art Fair (http://www.artsydney08.com.au) which is Sydney’s largest annual art fair and is produced by Single Market Events who produced the event in association with International Concert Attractions (ICA) and the Affordable Art Fairs which take place annually [...]
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction – artmarketblog.com Sale Information: Sale 2048 post-war and contemporary art evening sale 12 November 2008 New York, Rockefeller Plaza Lot Description: Lot 10 Richard Prince (b. 1949) Lake Resort Nurse signed, titled and dated ‘Richard Prince 2003 LAKE RESORT NURSE’ (on the stretcher) ink-jet print and acrylic on canvas [...]
Winners of Abraaj Capital Art Prize Announced – artmarketblog.com Dubai, London – The selection committee of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize today announced the three recipient curator/artist teams of its first competition: Cristiana Perrella & Kutluğ Ataman; Carol Solomon & Zoulikha Boubadellah; and Leyla Fakhr & Nazgol Ansarinia. Their projects, which are being created this [...]
Art Auction Estimates Mean Little – artmarketblog.com While looking through the real-estate section of a newspaper the other day I realised how much more useful those listings were that included information (date and price) regarding the last time the property was traded as well as the estimated price. There is no doubt that it is [...]
Herb Williams’ Obama Portrait Video – artmarketblog.com “Obama Portrait In Thousands of Crayons” This is a short story on Nashville artist Herb Williams, who spent over four months making a large 3-d portrait of Barack Obama out of thousands of crayons. You can view more of the crayon sculptures at www.herbwilliamsart.com. See video here: http://www.wsmv.com/video/17916594/index.html [...]
