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Shanghai Contemporary 2012 [11 Sep 2012]

With more than ninety galleries from eighteen countries in attendance, the sixth edition of SH Contemporary came to a close this Sunday, 9 September.

Art Market News in Brief! [07 Sep 2012]

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

Edvard Munch – From disgrace to accolades [04 Sep 2012]

A pioneer of expressionism, Munch has never stopped influencing art and fascinating the public. Today, as a painter of the soul and of emotions, he continues to impose his revolution by shaking up the art market in 2012.

Best auction results in H1 2012 [31 Aug 2012]

Friday is Top day! Every alternate Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the top ten auctions since January 2012.

Gerhard Richter craze [28 Aug 2012]

Since the start of 2012, Gerhard Richter has signed four auction results above $15 million! Spearhead of Contemporary German painting, Richter has become the most expensive living artist of our time.

Art Market News in Brief! [24 Aug 2012]

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

30 under 30: painting [21 Aug 2012]

This summer, Artprice presents the future stars of the art market with a weekly ranking of the thirty top-selling artists under 30 in each artistic medium: today’s focus is painting.

Street Art artists under 40 [17 Aug 2012]

Friday is Top day! Every alternate Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week’s topic is the 10 best auction results Street Art artists under 40.

New 7-figure record for Jeff Wall [14 Aug 2012]

In May 2012, Jeff Wall’s Dead Troops Talk generated his latest auction record when it went under the hammer for the equivalent of $3.2 million. This sum would appear to indicate that the market is now willing to honour an artistic career and a critical spirit spanning 40 years.

Art Market News in Brief! [10 Aug 2012]

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

30 under 30: drawing [07 Aug 2012]

This summer Artprice will be presenting the future stars of the art market in the form of a weekly ranking of the thirty top-selling artists aged under 30 in each artistic medium: this week we focus on drawing.

Contemporary Iranian Artists [03 Aug 2012]

Friday is Top day! Every alternate Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week’s topic is the 10 best auction results for contemporary Iranian artists.

30 under 30: sculpture [31 Jul 2012]

This summer, Artprice presents the future stars of the art market with a weekly ranking of the thirty top-selling artists under 30 in each artistic medium: today we look at sculpture.

Art Market News in Brief! [26 Jul 2012]

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

30 under 30: photography [24 Jul 2012]

This summer Artprice will be presenting the future stars of the art market in the form of a weekly ranking of the thirty top-selling artists aged under 30 in each artistic medium: this week we focus on photography.

Women artists [20 Jul 2012]

Friday is Top day! Every alternate Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week’s topic is the 10 best auction results for female artists over the last year.

Georges Mathieu – The aesthetics of speed [17 Jul 2012]

Inventor of extraordinary geometric shapes inspired by calligraphy and oriental arts, Georges Mathieu, who died in June 2012 at the age of 91, was arguably one of the great masters of the second half of the 20th century.

Art Market News in Brief ! [13 Jul 2012]

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

Marlene Dumas – The body in its raw state [10 Jul 2012]

Among the most sought-after female artists on the market, Marlene Dumas has a special and unavoidable position on the Contemporary scene.  

Libanese artists [06 Jul 2012]

Friday is Top day! Every alternate Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we focus on the ten best auction results for Lebanese artists.

Beirut Art Fair: round 3 – from 5 to 8 July 2012 [03 Jul 2012]

The Lebanese capital has given itself many opportunities to establish itself as a cultural capital since 2009, when the 1st ever Lebanese Contemporary Art Center, the Beirut Art Center, opened in an industrial wasteland.

Art Market News in Brief ! [29 Jun 2012]

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

Vik Muniz – The Illusionist [26 Jun 2012]

For twenty years, Vik Muniz’s use of jam, chocolate, confetti, diamonds, garbage (and other surprising materials) to reproduce major artworks has questioned the nature of artistic representation and fascinated collectors worldwide.

American artists under 40 (June 2011 – May 2012) [22 Jun 2012]

Friday is Top day! Every alternate Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week’s topic is the Top 10 results for American artists under 40 in 2011.

The major London sales [19 Jun 2012]

Impressionist and Modern

On 19 and 20 June 2012, Christie’s and Sotheby’s will be holding their evening sales of Impressionist and Modern Art, followed, the day after, by sales of more affordable works from the same periods.

Art Market News in Brief ! [15 Jun 2012]

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

The largest paintings (January 2011 – May 2012) [11 Jun 2012]

Friday is Top! Every alternate Friday Artprice also posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we focus on the Top 10 largest paintings sold at auction between January 2011 and May 2012 (ranked by size).

Hong Kong … [05 Jun 2012]

With the spring auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s and the HK Art Fair, May has become one of the most active months of the years for the Hong Kong art market.

Art Market News in Brief ! [01 Jun 2012]

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

Double wammy for the Gunter Sachs collection at Sotheby’s [29 May 2012]

After the record Contemporary Art & Postwar art sales on 8 and 9 May, the art market’s dynamism has been confirmed by Sotheby’s sale of part of the Gunter Sachs collection.

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