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 [...]
Guide to International Art Markets – artmarketblog.com If you are an art investor, an art collector or are thinking about becoming either of these things then do I have the book for you. The International Art Markets – The Essential Guide for Collectors and Investors by James Goodwin is an incredibly detailed and comprehensive analysis [...]
Kate Moss Art Market Mess 1 – artmarketblog.com So, the papers are full of doom and gloom reports of artworks that haven’t sold at auction or have sold for less than they were expected to sell for. It is kind of interesting that you don’t tend to hear about the more minor works of art [...]
Urgent Spencer Finch Buy Alert – artmarketblog.com Spencer Finch’s work is well worth the effort. And by well worth the effort I mean well worth taking the time to engage with. Ok, so it can take a bit of time to truly engage with Finch’s work which is something many people don’t like about contemporary [...]
More Free Online Art Magazines – artmarketblog.com Due to the level of interest in my last post that listed some free online art magazines I spent several more long (but enjoyable) hours slaving over my computer searching for awesome art magazines that are available. I managed to find a few more top quality digital publications [...]
Australian Art Auction News – artmarketblog.com Tonight (24th September) and tomorrow night (25th September) there will be art auctions taking place here in Australia both of which are being conducted by Menzies Art Brands who are the number one market leaders in Australian art auction sales. Tonights auction is the main event with three works [...]
