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Yoshitomo Nara, Asia’s most expensive Contemporary artist [19 Dec 2023]
A leading figure in Japanese creation, Yoshitomo Nara has established himself in collections around the world with, as his only subject, a little girl with big eyes. Yoshitomo Nara became a famous artist with a single emblematic subject: an immediately recognizable child with stylized features, presented against a neutral background. His drawings are considered to […]
A new fair to support the Tokyo market [11 Jul 2023]
Tokyo Gendai, a new art market rendez-vous! The first international art fair in Tokyo Bay for over 30 years! From 7 to 9 July 2023, the Pacifico Yokohama will host 74 leading galleries from Japan, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States. Among the participants at this first edition, a number of prestigious international galleries including […]
Hokusai’s Great Wave reaches a new milestone [04 Apr 2023]
A few days before the opening of the exhibition Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (March 26-July 16, 2023), one of the finest known proofs of Hokusai’s Great Wave off Kanagawa revised the artist’s auction record by fetching $2.76 million at Christie’s during Asian Week (vs. an estimate of $500,000 […]
Auction market as builder and buffer for the NFT Market [05 Apr 2022]
Traditional auction houses have been playing a launchpad role in NFT trading, but they could provide greater stability for this growing market. By providing valuation estimates, they synthesize the current state of supply and demand; by selling an NFT, they provide a reference price that is independent of the prices practiced on peer-to-peer platforms (like […]
A number of well-known artists are getting into NFTs, including Damien Hirst, Takashi Murakami and Vhils. [11 Mar 2022]
A year ago, NFTs took the art market by storm with the major auction houses substantially boosting the phenomenon: first Christie’s, then Sotheby’s and Phillips. A number of art galleries were quickly seduced, some, like the Pace Gallery, developing their own platforms. Most of them, however, are still preferring to wait, even when their artists […]
Eli Broad: the unreasonable collector [25 May 2021]
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man” George Bernard Shaw. Eli Broad made this maxim his own; he even alluded to it in the title of his autobiography / success manual published in 2012, […]
Switch to online – part 2: Sotheby’s has a head start [05 May 2020]
An online“Hong Kong” sale that generated much better results than expected… a good level of transaction fluidity… new buyers… and online bids on the up – the switch to ‘online only’ is bearing its first fruits. Forging ahead of their competitors in the online sphere, Sotheby’s strategy and (good) results deserve a closer look. […]
Art, in augmented reality [25 Sep 2018]
“I must not hurt humans”… The repeated written sentence as punishment… for a robot! The installation Punishment (2017) by Filipe Vilas-Boas and Paul Coudamy features a large articulated arm “sitting” at a desk, busy copying the first fundamental law of robotics, as formulated by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. However, artificial ‘intelligence’ in the field […]
Japan: intense activity [05 Sep 2017]
The Japanese Contemporary Art Market has made a substantial and unexpected leap in recent months. The annual volume of turnover from Contemporary artworks on the country’s secondary market increased 48% from $6.7 million to $ 9.98 million between June 2016 and June 2017. Of course $9.98 million is a relatively small total compared with the […]
Auguste Rodin – Art Paris Art Fair – Murakami [31 Mar 2017]
Auguste Rodin, a centenary tribute A century after his death, Paris pays Auguste RODIN (1840-1917) a tribute worthy of his genius. The Musée Rodin and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux have joined forces to organise an exhibition at the Grand Palais bringing together nearly 200 works. The exhibition not only gathers together Rodin’s greatest masterpieces but […]
Flash News: Hays donation – Emmanuel Perrotin – Jean Dubuffet at the LaM – Maurizio Cattelan [04 Nov 2016]
An exceptional Hays donation to the Musée d’Orsay The list of major donors to French museums lengthens: to the Marcie-Rivière, Jacqueline Delubac and Pierre and Denise Lévy are now added Spencer and Marlene Hays. The Texan couple are about to give 187 works to the Musée d’Orsay. Remarkable for its consistency and high quality, the […]
Hong Kong opens up to Western Contemporary art [23 Jun 2015]
Sotheby’s is pleased with its Hong Kong sales, especially after the latest (June 11, 2015) entitled Boundless: Contemporary Art, which saw nearly 60% of the lots fetch above their high estimates.
The French art market and its affordable works [02 Jun 2015]
Over the last decade or so the top end of the art market has enjoyed an almost uninterrupted series of spectacular new records, largely fuelled by a growing population of international millionaires with strong appetites for trophy signatures.
New York: a city with a real appetite for art [12 May 2015]
This Tuesday, May 12, is the kick-off date for New York’s major spring sales of Contemporary and Post-War Art.
Big means expensive… [13 Jan 2015]
In the history of human creation, large-scale creations have always fascinated, and artists have long sought to exploit the awe that generous dimensions inspire. From the Lascaux cave drawings to
Flash News: Japan in Australia – Niki de Saint Phalle – ART.FAIR 2014 [03 Oct 2014]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: Japan in Australia – Niki de Saint Phalle in the line of sight – ART.FAIR 2014
Contemporary art: the choice of medium [09 Sep 2014]
Which artistic media are most appreciated by Contemporary art collectors: painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking or drawing? Auctions results clearly reflect the major trends as well as the most sought-after and most profitable artistic categories for auction operators.
Excellent results in Hong Kong [15 Apr 2014]
In the first week of April, Sotheby’s, global no. 2 and Poly, global no. 3 (established in Hong Kong since 2012) held a series of major sales devoted to Modern and Contemporary Asian art. The sales featured lots of works by charismatic artists whose prices are still on an ascending path. Below, some of the highlights of the two days of sales entirely dedicated to Asian art.
Sotheby’s: 40 years in Asia [08 Oct 2013]
An auction house – even one that has existed for 200 years – celebrates its birthday like everyone else, with irrational spending, a big party, compulsive shopping, and lots of alcohol!
Contemporary Art in 2012-2013: the most popular medium in the decade [04 Sep 2013]
Demand for Contemporary art is in many ways “bulimic”. But which media are the most sought-after? How has supply and demand for paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs and prints evolved and what are the most profitable segments for auction operators?
Art Market News in Brief! [01 Jul 2013]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.
Flash News [31 May 2013]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.
Giuseppe Penone – Sculptor of time [28 May 2013]
I went into the wood forest and began a slow, thoughtful and astonishing journey in time. Giuseppe Penone, 1969
Art Market News in Brief! [05 Apr 2013]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.
Highlights of the sales at Sotheby’s and Phillip’s de Pury & Company. [20 Mar 2012]
On 8 and 9 March, Phillips de Pury & Company and Sotheby’s held their prestige Contemporary Art sales in New York.
Christie’s sale: a quick look at some of the results [13 Mar 2012]
On 7 March 2012, Christie’s in New York held a major Contemporary Art sale. The catalogue contained 252 lots of which 78% sold (196) generating $8.7m in revenue.
Art market news in brief… [09 Mar 2012]
Every fortnight, Artprice offers a round-up of the latest art market news in words and figures.
Contemporary Belgian artists [02 Mar 2012]
Every alternate Friday ARTPRICE posts a new or updated ranking in its Alternate-Friday Top Series. Today’s TOP focuses on the 10 best auction results for Contemporary Belgian artists in 2011.
Repeat sales in Contemporary Chinese art… [29 Nov 2011]
Nearly two months after Sotheby’s, it was Christie’s turn to organise a major sale of Contemporary Asian art in Hong Kong.
FIAC 2011 – Notes from the fair [25 Oct 2011]
The 38th edition of the FIAC just ended. Nearly 21 countries represented, 168 galleries, close to 70 000 visitors… the 2011 FIAC was a tremendous success.
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