What the Art Market has to say about William KENTRIDGE (1955)

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New Perspectives for South African Artists [30 Jul 2019]

In auction terms, the bulk of the African art market is focused on the continent’s southern tip in Cape Town and Johannesburg via local sales companies such as Aspire Art Auction, Stephan Welz & Co., Strauss & Co. and Russell Kaplan Auctioneers. Although there is talk of a “boom” in activity, it is worth remembering […]

The African art Top 10 [23 Jun 2017]

Discover the best sales every Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. At a time when African contemporary art is making its mark internationally, our Top 10 focuses on African artists and notably on a young female artist who has achieved top sales in just a few months… Rank Artist Hammer Price […]

Flash News: A masterpiece by Max Beckmann – Art / Afrique in Paris [02 Jun 2017]

A masterpiece by Max Beckmann Bird’s Hell is a rare work, considered as one of the most beautiful and powerful paintings Max BECKMANN (1884-1950) created during his exile. This masterpiece, begun in Amsterdam and completed in Paris, offers a heart-rending vision, a real descent into hell, where monstrous birds of ill omen torture humans and […]

Flash News: Herb Ritts – David Bowie / Collector – William Kentridge exhibition in London [22 Sep 2016]

Herb Ritts under the spotlight… Work by one of fashion photography’s major figures, the Californian Herb RITTS (1952-2002), is on show in a retrospective exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la photographie in Paris until 30 October 2016. A master in exalting body lines and skin textures, Herb Ritts brought sensuality and finely composed sophistication […]

Contemporary African art, in France and elsewhere [14 Oct 2014]

African art has enjoyed major exhibitions since the late 80s, a higher level of exposure since the early 2000s, the constitution of a number of important collections, the development of local institutions in Africa…

Flash News: #ARTVIDEO – Serge Poliakoff – Jean Rustin [10 Jan 2014]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: #ARTVIDEO – Serge Poliakoff – Jean Rustin

Art Basel lands in Hong Kong. [30 May 2013]

The first edition of Art Basel Hong Kong proved to be a great success with public and dealers alike, attracting 60,000 visitors.

Focus on Video art between June 2010 and May 2012 [25 May 2012]

Every second Friday, Artprice provides an auction results ranking. This week our focus is on video art and the ten best auction results in this segment between June 2010 and May 2012.

Video Art [04 Oct 2011]

Unlike the photography segment, the other New Media are not yet proposed in specialised sales or followed by specialised art departments at the auction houses.

Contemporary African art – mixed auction results [23 Nov 2010]

In 2010, contemporary African art has been the theme of numerous sales. However, despite new records for certain African artists, the high unsold rates made for only partially successful results.

African art in New York [21 May 2010]

Phillips de Pury & Company’s New York Africa sale on 15 May 2010 confirmed the rising price trend for African art and not just for the internationally recognized headline artists whose works already enjoy “global” demand. However, with total income from the sale at $1.1m and a bought-in rate of 38.4%, the sale was only partially successful, even in the less than $10,000 price bracket.

Contemporary African art [11 Jan 2010]

The first decade of the new millennium saw the emergence on the global art market of contemporary art from Latin-America, China, Korea, Japan, Russia, Turkey and the Middle-East. By comparison, African art has been very slow to emerge… but for how long?

The leaders of the contemporary art market [12 Jun 2005]

Against the backdrop of the Venice Biennale, Artprice has compiled an original ranking of the contemporary artists who have generated the largest volume of turnover on a country by country basis. To this end, Artprice has identified the contemporary artist (born after 1940) who has generated the highest revenue at auction in each of the world’s principal art markets.

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