Art Boom or Art Gloom: Art Market Reporters Indecisive – artmarketblog.com I have written quite a few posts recently about the Australian art market due mostly to the fact that the art market reporters for the major newspapers here in Australia seem more concerned in attracting attention to their stories than accurate analysis of the [...]
Interview with Sculptor Herb Williams, Winner of Next Star Artist Competition – artmarketblog.com Since winning the inaugural Next Star Artist competition (see http://www.nextstarartist.com) in June of this year, sculpture Herb Williams (http://www.herbwilliamsart.com) has been busy promoting his extremely successful show at Monsoon Galleries and preparing for a sols show at the prestigious RARE gallery in [...]
The Art Subscription Project – artmarketblog.com I received an email a week or so ago from a company called The Present Group who wanted to let me know about their art subscription service. To be honest I was rather sceptical about the purchasing art by subscription but after further investigation I have to say that [...]
Hi all, Today marks the start of a new series of posts that will deal with various issues in the art market, however, instead of writing my own views on the subject I am going to ask readers to post their opinions. All opinions can be written in the comments section below the post. If [...]
Danger of Careless Art Market Talk – artmarketblog.com A Sotheby’s auction here in Australia on the 26th of August did not go as well as was anticipated with just less than half of the works selling and a final sales figure of AUD$5.77 million without buyers premium against an estimate of $9-$12 million. According to [...]
Damien Hirst Screws Himself – artmarketblog.com On the 15th and 16th of September a total of 223 previously unsold works by Damien Hirst will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s. The collection consists mainly of different versions of Hirst’s most iconic concepts including versions of his spot paintings, spin paintings, butterfly paintings, medicine cabinets, formaldehyde [...]
Oz Artist Resale Royalty Boost – artmarketblog.com For those who regular readers of my blog, you will be aware that I am an Australian and that I am a strong supporter of the implementation of an artist’s resale right in Australia. Just because the current Australian government made the decision to introduce a resale royalty [...]
Indian Art Fair and Summit 08 – artmarketblog.com Today marks the start of the Indian Art Summit, India’s modern and contemporary art fair, which is taking place from the 22nd to the 24th of August. According to the Indian Art Summit website (http://www.indiaartsummit.com) the “India Art Summit™ 2008 has received an overwhelming response with over [...]
Hirst Art Auction Reality Part 1 – artmarketblog.com The upcoming auction of new works by Damien Hirst to be conducted by Sotheby’s (see here) has generated a huge amount of hype that is sure to result in a packed saleroom and at least a few major results. According to the Sotheby’s website the auction, which [...]
Affordable Investment Art August 19 – artmarketblog.com In 2007 Britain’s Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) launched a new project called All Tomorrow’s Pictures in conjunction Sony Ericsson which involves a number of high profile artists using the state-of-the-art Cyber-shot TM mobile phone manufactured by Sony Ericsson to produce an image which has been made available [...]
