What the Art Market has to say about Peter DOIG (1959)
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Gérard Garouste: painting between madness and the quest for knowledge [28 Jun 2010]
Gérard GAROUSTE is one of those artists who appears to have resisted the ebb and flow of artistic fashions and intellectual trends by continuing to express himself through ‘traditional’ painting.
Peter Doig – An invitation to travel [10 May 2010]
Nature, as seen by Peter Doig, is an invitation to enter the mirror. On the other side, a journey through the subconscious… The collector Charles Saatchi, known to the public for his promotion of morbid works by the Young British Artists, is also an owner of Doig’s chimerical paintings, which resulted in an immediate escalation of the artist’s price index.
Contemporary Art sales in London: excellent results [15 Feb 2010]
With a total revenue figure up 255% compared with February 2009, Christie’s and Sotheby’s Contemporary Art sales have confirmed the recovery of the top end of the art market (combined revenue of $79,5m in February 2010 vs. £22.3m from the same sales in 2009).
Contemporary Art sales in London [01 Feb 2010]
Christie’s and Sotheby’s apparent price optimism for their Impressionist and Modern sales on 2 and 3 February 2010 is equally visible in the catalogues for their Contemporary Art sales on 10 and 11 February. The two majors are expecting a combined total of £69m from their evening sales, a figure which would represent a 54% more than February 2009 high estimate.
Antony Gormley – work on a grand scale… [02 Nov 2009]
Antony Gormley was 31 when London’s Whitechapel Art Gallery opened its doors to his first solo exhibition. That was in 1981, the year Gormley created his first hominoid sculptures (Three Ways). In 2008-2009, Gormley was the n° 3 contemporary British artist ranked by auction revenue.
Contemporary Art in convalescence [06 Jul 2009]
While London’s auctioneers congratulate themselves on the healthy sold rates at their June Contemporary Art sales (92.5% at Sotheby’s, 88% at Christie’s and 75% at Phillips de Pury & Company), bidders are continuing on a path of caution and sobriety.
London sales: second round [22 Jun 2009]
On 23 June, Christie’s will be offering 45 Impressionist & Modern works in London and the following day Sotheby’s will present just 27 pieces. The catalogues feature works by Picasso, Claude Monet and Giacometti. On 25 and 30 June, the two auctioneers will open their Contemporary Art sales
Mixed results in New York [26 May 2009]
At the end of the first quarter of 2009, the global art market price index showed a 10% contraction. But in New York City, host to some of the world’s most prestigious art sales, the crisis is being felt particularly hard: the same index shows a 35% local contraction since January 2008.
Contemporary art market: results from the spring/summer season of 2006 [02 Oct 2006]
This month the European art market will gyrate to the rhythm of the contemporary art fairs, with the Frieze Art Fair starting 12 October in London and then the Paris FIAC on 26 October and Art Cologne on 1 November. At the same time, the auction houses will capitalise on these events by organising major concurrent sales of contemporary art.Before the fall season begins, Artprice here provides a brief overview of the ebullient contemporary art market so far this year.
Contemporary art market: Christie’s beats the record for an art auction with USD 133.7 million [12 May 2005]
On 12 May 2005, Christie’s set a new record for a contemporary art auction, generating USD 31.7 million more than the existing record of USD 102.7 million also set by Christie’s last year. It only took 65 lots to reach USD 133.7 million. As spectacular, 17 records were beaten during this evening session alone. The record-breakers include notably Franz Kline, Edward Hopper, James Rosenquist, Elizabeth Peyton, Richard Prince and Peter Doig.
Contemporary art makes the running in 2002: auction trends [01 Oct 2002]
After a pause in 2001, contemporary art prices have taken off again. And yet, prices for the big-hitters have not experienced a spectacular explosion. During the first auction season 2002, prices for major league works were down on last year,
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