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 [...]
Shame About the Bonhams Contemporary Art Sale – artmarketblog.com Unable to build on the relative success of their first contemporary art sale last year which achieved a sale total of £2,042,700 with 70% of the lots sold, Bonhams only managed to sell 13 out of the 20 works on offer for a sale total of [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Indonesian Art Soars at Hong Kong Auction – artmarketblog.com On the 26th of November 2011, an auction was held in Hong Kong of Modern and Contemporary Art that produced results which allude to a continued desire for the work of the top modern and contemporary Indonesia artists. The auction was held by United Asian Auctioneers, [...]
Merry Christmas from Nic Forrest @ artmarketblog.com A big thank you to everyone who has supported the Art Market Blog over the last year and helped the site to grow and prosper. Wishing everyone a merry Christmas and a fantastic new year !!! Kindest Regards, Nic Forrest (CEO and author or artmarketblog.com) ‘A Christmas Dole’ [...]
