Six Super Art Investment Tips – artmarketblog.com 1. Know what to expect In recent times fine art has gained popularity as a hedge against the volatile fluctuations that have plagued the more mainstream financial markets such as the stock market. The fact that fine art is a tangible object and can be traded for money [...]
An Art Market Bubble Chinese Style Pt. 3 – artmarketblog.com It seems that most people associate an art market boom with a sudden and rapid increase in the prices being paid for works of art combined with an increase in the number of works of art being sold on either a market-wide scale or within [...]
Chinese Art Market Matters from thedaily.com – artmarketblog.com I was recently interviewed by a journalist from the online ipad newspaper TheDaily.com regarding the Chinese art market boom. To see the full article visit: http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/04/10/041011-biz-chinese-art-market-2-2/ My opinions were also mentioned in this article from Art Throb: http://www.artthrob.co.za/News/China-tops-rankings-for-art-auction-revenue-by-Katharine-Jacobs-on-09-April.aspx# **Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art [...]
War Artist George Gittoes at Station Museum – artmarketblog.com You know that game where you ask someone who they would have dinner with if they could choose 5 people either living or dead? Depending on whether you would be interested in hearing first hand accounts of human beings at their absolute worst, Australian born artist [...]
The Ai Weiwei Interview – artmarketblog.com In 2008 I filmed Ai Weiwei’s ‘Under Construction’ exhibition at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) in Sydney, Australia as well as a brief interview with Ai, but because the gallery was so noisy and the lighting less than ideal I decided not to use the footage. Considering that [...]
Towards a False Art Market Globalisation pt. 2 – artmarketblog.com Artprice.com has record of a total of 581 works by Hannah Hoch going to auction. Of those 581, about 97% were sold in Germany where works by Hoch appear at auction on a regular basis. What doesn’t appear in Germany are the sort of auction [...]
Towards a False Art Market Globalisation pt. 1 – artmarketblog.com One of the things that I find particularly interesting about the current progression of the art market is that although it is often said that the internet has globalised the art market, I often come across circumstances where geographical and cultural boundaries still have a [...]
What Price Art Auction Philanthropy? – artmarketblog.com Christie’s 16th of February Post War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction saw a staggering new auction record for a living French artist when Martial Raysse’s “L’année dernière à Capri (titre exotique), (Last Year in Capri (Exotic Title))” sold for €4,851,241 against an estimate of €1,000,000 – 1,500,000. The [...]
Avoiding a 2011 Art Market Armageddon – artmarketblog.com Don’t get me wrong, I am very glad that the art market has rebounded so quickly, but I am also extremely concerned about the way the art market is progressing. As I have mentioned many times before, the long term stability and viability of the art market [...]
Shrewd Art Buyer Calls First Dibs on Marini Sculpture – artmarketblog.com One of the most important aspects of successful art investment is knowing what is happening in the cultural sphere. It is the cultural sphere that will, at the end of the day, dictate the desirability and rarity of a work of art in the [...]
