The Rise of the Value of Surrealism – artmarketblog.com There is no doubt that Surrealism is a highly undervalued and under appreciated movement that has the potential for a significant increase in desirability and value in the not too distant future for reasons that I will explain later on. The most famous Surrealist artist would [...]
November 2008 Art Market Review Video – artmarketblog.com **Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art critic and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of http://www.artmarketblog.com, writes the art column for the magazine Antiques and Collectibles for Pleasure and Profit and contributes to many other publications.
Art Market Correction Statistics – artmarketblog.com Copyright@Artprice.com Since the beginning of September, the art market has contracted for the first time since 1990. Although it survived 9/11, the meltdown of the global financial system has been too much for the “pleasure investment” market. The figures speak for themselves Compared with January of this year, the [...]
Awesome Online Photo Auction – artmarketblog.com Daniel Cooney Fine Art are auctioning a fantastic collection of photographs by masters such as Steichen, Steiglitz, W.Eugene Smith as well as works by more contemporary photographers such as Kate Breakey and Herb Ritts. The most important piece of information is that the auction ends in a few hours [...]
Ignore November Art Auctions – artmarketblog.com There seems to be a significant amount of concern regarding the outcome of the November art auctions to the point where those who follow what some journalists write about the art market might believe that the November art auctions are a crucial indicator of the current and future health [...]
Kate Moss Art Market Mess 2 – artmarketblog.com This post will continue on from my last post (see here) regarding the article “Art sale Moss-acre” (see here) due to the fact that I have even more issues with the content of this article and the way the related events have been reported. It is especially [...]
Limited Edition Print Market Update – artmarketblog.com Our good friends at the Humble Arts Foundation have just launched their new website which I have to say is absolutely fantastic. To kick off their new site, Humble Arts Foundation have released a new photo edition by Brooklyn based photographer Amy Elkins. The work, titled Justin, Brooklyn, [...]
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 [...]
