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 [...]
2008 Aboriginal Art Awards – artmarketblog.com Well, today is my last day in the extremely beautiful Darwin which, as well as being the capital city of Australia’s Northern Territory, is the centre of the world renowned Australian Aboriginal art movement. Last night at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, the winners of [...]
Investing in Print Makers – artmarketblog.com While browsing the array of amazing works of art on offer at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair I came across some prints by a range of Aboriginal artists from the Torres Strait Island. The Torres Strait Island artists are particularly well known for their etchings and screen prints which [...]
Celebrity Art Collectors Revealed – artmarketblog.com Having a celebrity purchase one of their works is a sure fire way for the value of an artist’s work to skyrocket, so keeping an eye on which artists celebrities are purchasing works by is definitely worth the time. Over the years I have received heaps of notifications and [...]
Don’t Judge an Art Auction by the Catalogue Cover – artmarketblog.com Have you ever wondered how the major auction houses manage to keep coming up with such fantastic works of art to include in their auctions?. If you haven’t then you should because the origin of that super duper painting on the front cover of [...]
Aboriginal Art Fair and Art Award 08 – artmarketblog.com On Wednesday the 13th of August I am heading to Darwin, which is the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, for the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair as well as the 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. The Australian Aboriginal Art movement is undoubtedly [...]
The Saville Sister Act – artmarketblog.com The name Jenny Saville may not be as well known as several of her other former YBA counterparts such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin due perhaps to Saville’s less in-your-face approach and her dedication to the more traditional practice of figurative painting. Saville’s work has, however, not gone [...]
Top Ten Art Video Sites – artmarketblog.com The more information you have about artists and the art market, the better your chances of being a successful art investor. Below are my top ten sources for videos on art, artists and the art market which should help you on the path to art market enlightenment. Enjoy [...]
Affordable Investment Art August 08 – artmarketblog.com At first glance the photographs by New York based artist Adia Millet appear to be extremely well executed images of rather intriguing and very appealing interiors of rooms. Upon closer inspection, however, anomalies begin to become apparent of which, for me, the most obvious were the very odd [...]
Oz Art Auction Crisis – artmarketblog.com A report into the questionable conduct of some of Australia’s top art dealers and auction houses by the current affairs program Four Corners has led to a formal complaint being made regarding the practices of Australia’s top art auction house. Rodney Menzies of Australia’s leading art auction house, Deutscher [...]
