Bonhams Sale of Richard Diebenkorn Print Leaves Market Green With Envy – artmarketblog.com The sale of Richard Diebenkorn’s etching Green, 1986 for US$ 338,500 inc. premium against an estimate of US$ 200,000 – 300,000 by Bonhams in San Francisco on the 23rd of October was the second highest price achieved for a print by the [...]
On the 3rd of June auction house Phillips de Pury held their third ever sale of Modern and Contemporary Editions in New York after achieving good results for both auctions dedicated to Modern and Contemporary Editions in 2008.
Important New Limited Editions – artmarketblog.com Several new and important limited edition prints by some top artists have either just been launched or are about to be launched. The Black Rat Press will be releasing the latest print by the incredibly popular graffiti artist Nick Walker at the London Art Fair which starts on the [...]
Danger of Careless Art Market Talk – artmarketblog.com A Sotheby’s auction here in Australia on the 26th of August did not go as well as was anticipated with just less than half of the works selling and a final sales figure of AUD$5.77 million without buyers premium against an estimate of $9-$12 million. According to [...]
Damien Hirst Screws Himself – artmarketblog.com On the 15th and 16th of September a total of 223 previously unsold works by Damien Hirst will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s. The collection consists mainly of different versions of Hirst’s most iconic concepts including versions of his spot paintings, spin paintings, butterfly paintings, medicine cabinets, formaldehyde [...]
Oz Artist Resale Royalty Boost – artmarketblog.com For those who regular readers of my blog, you will be aware that I am an Australian and that I am a strong supporter of the implementation of an artist’s resale right in Australia. Just because the current Australian government made the decision to introduce a resale royalty [...]
Indian Art Fair and Summit 08 – artmarketblog.com Today marks the start of the Indian Art Summit, India’s modern and contemporary art fair, which is taking place from the 22nd to the 24th of August. According to the Indian Art Summit website (http://www.indiaartsummit.com) the “India Art Summit™ 2008 has received an overwhelming response with over [...]
Hirst Art Auction Reality Part 1 – artmarketblog.com The upcoming auction of new works by Damien Hirst to be conducted by Sotheby’s (see here) has generated a huge amount of hype that is sure to result in a packed saleroom and at least a few major results. According to the Sotheby’s website the auction, which [...]
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 [...]
