Southeast Asian Art Takes Auction Spotlight – artmarketblog.com The countries of Southeast Asia, in particular Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia,Vietnam and The Philippines, have a particularly rich and varied artistic heritage thanks partly to the strong presence of Western cultures in the region that existed for many centuries. As a consequence of the interest shown by the [...]
An Art Market Bubble Chinese Style Pt. 3 – artmarketblog.com It seems that most people associate an art market boom with a sudden and rapid increase in the prices being paid for works of art combined with an increase in the number of works of art being sold on either a market-wide scale or within [...]
An Art Market Bubble Chinese Style Pt. 2 – artmarketblog.com My last post generated quite a lot of discussion and debate surrounding the current state and future potential of the Chinese art market ,which I hoped it would. I used my last post to address some of the concerns I have regarding the way the [...]
An Art Market Bubble Chinese Style Pt. 1 – artmarketblog.com There can be no doubt that the global art market is currently experiencing a period of increased confidence and positive sentiment that is being defined and driven by an influx of wealthy Chinese buyers who are not only having a significant influence on the western [...]
Chinese Art Market Matters from thedaily.com – artmarketblog.com I was recently interviewed by a journalist from the online ipad newspaper TheDaily.com regarding the Chinese art market boom. To see the full article visit: http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/04/10/041011-biz-chinese-art-market-2-2/ My opinions were also mentioned in this article from Art Throb: http://www.artthrob.co.za/News/China-tops-rankings-for-art-auction-revenue-by-Katharine-Jacobs-on-09-April.aspx# **Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art [...]
The Ai Weiwei Interview – artmarketblog.com In 2008 I filmed Ai Weiwei’s ‘Under Construction’ exhibition at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) in Sydney, Australia as well as a brief interview with Ai, but because the gallery was so noisy and the lighting less than ideal I decided not to use the footage. Considering that [...]
Recent results from auctions of Asian art conducted by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong show that there is high demand for modern and contemporary Asian art
