What the Art Market has to say about FANG Lijun (1963)

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Flash News: Jérome Bosch – Berne – Amedeo Modigliani [26 Feb 2016]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: Jérome Bosch – Berne – Amedeo Modigliani

Flash News: My Buenos Aires – Sigg Collection – Gagosian – Nam June Paik [28 Aug 2015]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: My Buenos Aires – Sigg Collection – Gagosian – Nam June Paik

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.

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.

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!

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.

Hong Kong Art Fair – East and West [31 May 2011]

The ArtHK fair is impressive both in terms of size and diversity (260 galleries on three levels of the Convention & Exhibition Center and 38 countries represented)

All eyes on the autumn sales [05 Oct 2009]

The first September sales have produced lacklustre results. In a climate of serious prudency – with no room for over-bidding or risk-taking – only the safest bet on the contemporary market (Andy Warhol) has lived up to expectations. However, one exception to the market’s general gloom has been the thirty year-old Indian artist Jitish Kallah.

From Phillips to Phillips de Pury & Co. [21 Sep 2009]

Phillips de Pury & Co.’s inclination towards contemporary art, photography and design perfectly demonstrates the mutations of the art market during the last decade.The auction house experienced the exhilaration of the surge in prices and the violent contraction of the market… no matter what, Phillips de Pury & Co will stick with ultra contemporary art.

New markets and the crisis [01 Feb 2009]

The most speculative and volatile markets over the last four years, emerging art markets have propelled a number of Chinese, Indian, Russian and Middle-Eastern contemporary artists into the global limelight with extraordinary speed. But with so many young artists fetching such big figures at auctions, some kind of meltdown was inevitable.

Contemporary art in New-York – Confidence reigns… [19 Nov 2007]

Art market players had been worried by the idea of a market downturn after the mixed results from the impressionist and modern art sales in New York on 6 and 7 November. However, one week later, the strong sales in the contemporary art sector proved that the market remains buoyant.

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.

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