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Flash News : Joan Miro – Gaetano Pesce – Comic Books in Paris [07 Feb 2014]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: Joan Miro – Gaetano Pesce – Comic Books in Paris

Five De Staël paintings in February… [04 Feb 2014]

Sotheby’s and Christie’s London sales of Post-War & Contemporary Art will be heeld on 12 and 13 February respectively. Among the big names, the catalogues contain four paintings by Nicolas DE STAËL, three of which are late works from his most popular (and most expensive) period 1953-1955.

Top 10 ups and downs of Chinese artists [31 Jan 2014]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: resales of contemporary Chinese artists who sold for more than $100,000 in 2008.

Urban Art in Paris: new records expected… [28 Jan 2014]

Now that BANKSY has become a social and art market phenomenon, a lot of art buyers have become convinced that Street Art is a new manna, and certain auction houses have positioned themselves to exploit this conviction. In France, we have Leclerc in Marseille and Artcurial in Paris. The latter – which has specialised in this field since 2007 – is organising a sale dedicated to Urban Art on 5 February 2014.

Flash News : Joseph Cornell – Francis Bacon – Gerrit van Honthorst [24 Jan 2014]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: Joseph Cornell – Francis Bacon – Gerrit van Honthorst

Eighty-five Miro works at Christie’s… [21 Jan 2014]

Christie’s London sales in early February 2014 will offer no less than 85 works by Joan Miro over three sessions. These Surrealist treasures belong to the Portuguese government which acquired them from a bank in difficulty.

The Singapore Top Ten [17 Jan 2014]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the top ten auction prices achieved in Singapore.

Art Stage Singapore: 4th round! [14 Jan 2014]

The fourth edition of Art Stage Singapore at the San Marina Bay Convention Center on 16 – 19 January 2014 is expecting more than 40,000 visitors. Since 2010, Lorenzo Rudolf – Director of Art Basel, co-creator of ShContemporary in Shanghai, and creator of Art Basel Miami Beach – has managed to give Art Stage the aura of a major Contemporary art fair, and one that contributes to the cultural and economic development of the region.

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

Zao Wou Ki [07 Jan 2014]

Zao Wou Ki – one of the key figures of Lyrical Abstraction – is also one of China’s most cherished cultural icons. Driven by bulimic Asian demand, his auction prices have soared and in 2013, his works generated no less than 35 auction results above the million-dollar threshold.

Top Ten American Abstract Expressionists [03 Jan 2014]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the Top Ten bids for American Abstract Expressionists

Artcurial: records in Modern art [31 Dec 2013]

Leader in France for Comics and Old Masters, the French auction operator Artcurial has distinguished itself this year in the Modern art sector with three 7-figure results recorded respectively for Aristide Maillol, Nicolas de Staël and Gustave Caillebotte.

Flash News [27 Dec 2013]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.

Christie’s in Bombay: first sale… [24 Dec 2013]

On 19 December 2013, Christie’s opened a new chapter in its history with its first auction sale in India (Bombay). Although the Indian market is clearly promising, the multinational auction firm has made bold move by being the first international auction company to organise a sale in the country, paving the way the way for future high-end art sales.

Global Top Ten antique prints [20 Dec 2013]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the Top Ten antique prints.

2013 in review: Influential art market columnists [17 Dec 2013]

After the new heights achieved in 2013, we asked the most respected art market columnists from all around the world to tell us more about what is a surprise nowadays on the art market, and are they expecting more for 2014.

Flash News [13 Dec 2013]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.

Sales of American Art in New York: Hopper and Rockwell at their peaks [10 Dec 2013]

While Miami and its multitude of art fairs attracted all the elite of the Contemporary art scene, the Big Apple held its winter American Art sales*.

Top ten prints in 2013 [06 Dec 2013]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the Top Ten prints sold in 2013.

New price surge for Chinese art [03 Dec 2013]

After the extraordinary performance of its Post-War & Contemporary Art sale in mid-November, Christie’s started its sales of Contemporary Asian art on 23 November in Hong Kong. The same artistic period, but a different cultural field and a different marketplace… and yet almost a new record: USD 102 million

Flash News [28 Nov 2013]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.

Paris Sales – December 3 to 5 – the key works… [25 Nov 2013]

Christie’s and Sotheby’s are opening their series of Contemporary, Impressionist and Modern art sales in Paris, between 3 and 5 December at which a total of 320 lots of the best signatures on the French and international art scene will be offered with prices ranging from 1,000 to 10 million euros.

The Top Ten of Nouveau Réalisme: Yves Klein [21 Nov 2013]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week we look at the top ten of Nouveau Réalisme, which is dominated by just one name: Yves Klein.

Christie’s, 12 November: best auction total ever recorded! [19 Nov 2013]

November 12, 2013 will go down in auction history. Christie’s prestige sale of Post-War and Contemporary art already posted an unusual ambition before the auction took place, with an overall estimate exceeding $500 million … a figure far beyond any previous sales total.

Flash News [15 Nov 2013]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.

Treasures stolen by Nazis [12 Nov 2013]

History sometimes brutally resurfaces. The last few days in Germany is a case in point with information made public concerning over 1,400 works stolen by the Nazis and discovered in the Munich apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt in the spring of 2011. Among them, hundreds of paintings by modern masters including Max BECKMANN, Emil NOLDE, Franz MARC, Henri MATISSE, Pablo PICASSO, Pierre-Auguste RENOIR, and Paul KLEE among others…

Top 10: Indonesia – the new generation [08 Nov 2013]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the top best bids for Indonesian artists under 35.

Combas: spearhead of the Contemporary art market in France [05 Nov 2013]

Despite its 4th position in the global ranking, the French market only represents a very small share of the world’s Contemporary art auction turnover: a little less than 2.8%, behind the United States and China standing shoulder to shoulder with 33.7% each and the United Kingdom with 21.1%.

Flash News [04 Nov 2013]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.

The stars of American Contemporary art for under $5,000… [29 Oct 2013]

In terms of supply, the Contemporary art market is in fact very accessible for amateur art collectors, with thousands of works – about 60 % of the total number offered – selling for between a few hundred dollars and $5,000. This price range is mainly fuelled by prints,

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