Art Market Revolution Unlikely – artmarketblog.com Since Damien Hirst announced that he would be bypassing the normal dealer route and selling his work directly at auction through Sotheby’s there have been more than a few people who have speculated that Hirst has set a precedent that will result in artists bypassing their dealers left right [...]
Urgent Meckseper Buy Alert – artmarketblog.com Hi all, US based, German born artist Josephine Meckseper has just been named as one of two artists to be included in the New Photography 2008 exhibition at Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. According to the website “Since its inception in 1985, the annual New Photography [...]
Americans Ditch Art Market – artmarketblog.com One of my very reliable Sotheby’s insiders has just revealed to me that a large majority of the buyers at the Damien Hirst auction were Russian and MIddle Eastern with very few American buyers which one would presume would have to be a result of the recent financial problems [...]
New Photo Editions from Blind Spot – artmarketblog.com The awesome people at Blind Spot are celebrating their 15th anniversary and to celebrate they are offering a selection of new limited edition prints from some of the biggest names in contemporary photography. Fantastic new works by Alec Soth, Lawrence Beck, James Welling, Larry Sultan, Richard Misrach [...]
Hirst Painting Only Worth Signature – artmarketblog.com I hate to have to write about Damien Hirst again because, quite frankly, I have had more than enough of Damien Hirst to last me a lifetime. The Sotheby’s Hirst sale is, however, an important event in the art market regardless of what one things of Hirst and [...]
Same Damien Hirst for 25 times less – artmarketblog.com While traveling home on the train this evening I had an epiphany of epic proportions. An epiphany that could change the way people view Damien Hirst’s work and the market for his work forever !!! What was this great epiphany I hear you ask??? Well, let [...]
Please Don’t Buy Hirst – artmarketblog.com One could be mistaken for thinking that the media attention and excitement surrounding the impending Damien Hirst auction at Sotheby’s would have had a positive impact on the auction house’s share price unless of course, like me, you were sceptical about this sale from the beginning. The drop in [...]
Artnet Charity Silent Art Auction – artmarketblog.com Artnet Online Auctions are hosting an online silent auction to benefit the Children’s and Cancer Blood Foundation. Founded in 1952, Children’s Cancer and Blood Foundation (CCBF) is the first and largest charitable organization dedicated to supporting the care of children with cancer and blood diseases. They do this [...]
Photography by Henning Bock – artmarketblog.com A little while ago I was watching an episode of Antiques Roadshow, one of my favourite tv shows, when a fantastic painting of several menacing looking rams (can’t remember who painted it) standing proudly on a ledge with a spectacular mountainous landscape in the background came up for valuation. [...]
Jeremy Clarkson on Fine Art – artmarketblog.com I think that Jeremy Clarkson is one of the funniest people on tv so when I found an article by Jeremy on fine art I just had to share it with you all. From The Sunday Times April 27, 2003 Comment: Jeremy Clarkson: We have the galleries, but [...]
