Rationalising Art Market Movements – artmarketblog.com If you were to ask the art market where it was heading it would most likely say “I don’t know” and tell you to ask again at the beginning of next year. I don’t think that there is any doubt that an art market correction is well overdue and [...]
Street Art Goes Mainstream – artmarketblog.com Works by Banksy may have struggled to find buyers of late due to issues regarding authenticity but in general, urban graffiti and street art continue to attract plenty of attention and money. The NY Times recently featured an article about the street artist Shepard Fairey titled Closer to Mainstream, [...]
German Expressionism: aggression with a brush – artmarketblog.com Copyright@Artprice.com The price index for German expressionist masters has been particularly dynamic over the past 2 years. Underpinning this price progression: a rarefaction of the offer; some exceptional works coming to market and plenty of recent exhibitions. For example, Emil Nolde is currently being honoured with a [...]
Art as Alternative Investment – artmarketblog.com The interest in alternative investments which are those investments that are not one of the traditional investments such as bonds, stocks, cash, money markets etc. has been on the increase in recent years as people seek safer and more stable alternatives to the highly volatile stock market and money [...]
Gerhard Richter Buy Alert – artmarketblog.com Ever fancied owning an original artwork by Gerhard Richter?? With Richter being one of the most important post war artists and one of the most expensive living artists it is hard to think of a reason that anyone wouldn’t want one of his works in their collection. If you [...]
2008 Art Auction Records – artmarketblog.com The art world gurus at artnet.com have compiled a list of new art records set between the 1st of January 2008 and the 30th of June 2008 and ranked according to sale price all the way down to $100,000. According to artnet “Overall, the sprawling list of almost 1,000 [...]
New Oz Art Resale Royalty Scheme – artmarketblog.com The details of the Australian resale royalty scheme for visual artists were announced by the Australian government yesterday which are due to take effect from July 1 2009 if the bill is passed when introduced to the parliament. The defining and most controversial characteristic of the proposed [...]
Sotheby’s Transparency Scandal – artmarketblog.com Sotheby’s is currently embroiled in a scandal involving several paintings sold at auction to CNET founder Hasley Minor who is refusing to pay for the works because Sotheby’s allegedly failed to disclose the fact that they had a direct economic interest in the works purchased by Minor. Last month Sotheby’s [...]
Art Auction for Barack Obama – artmarketblog.com A group of artists who wanted to provide some financial support for the Barack Obama presidential campaign have got together and organised an auction of donated artworks the proceeds of which will be donated to Obama campaign. According to the website for the auction (www.artforobama.net) “ART FOR OBAMA [...]
Limited Edition Print Market Update – artmarketblog.com Our good friends at the Humble Arts Foundation have just launched their new website which I have to say is absolutely fantastic. To kick off their new site, Humble Arts Foundation have released a new photo edition by Brooklyn based photographer Amy Elkins. The work, titled Justin, Brooklyn, [...]
