What the Art Market has to say about Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)

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Impressionist and Modern Art – Sotheby’s substantially outsells Christie’s in London [30 Jun 2015]

Sotheby’s pre-sale communication for its London sale of Impressionist and Modern art on 24 June 2015 suggested a “historic” sale was about to take place and, indeed, the final total of $282 million

The Top 10 Still Lifes [18 Jun 2015]

Fridays are the Best! Every other Friday, Artprice offers you a themed auction ranking. This week the ranking reveals the world’s 10 most popular Still Lifes and recognizes Western modern art as the most valued period.

The Top 10 sculptors sold for USD 5,000–15,000 [22 May 2015]

Fridays are the Best! Every other Friday, Artprice offers you a themed auction ranking. Beyond record hammer prices, the leader of information on the Art Market reveals the list of the ten most sold artists in the USD 5,000-15,000 price range.

Flash News: The highest possible quality [13 May 2015]

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

Artprice: the all-time highest-grossing Fine Art auction sets new world records (updated with the results of yesterday evening’s auction) [12 May 2015]

All of Artprice’s econometrics department’s forecasts and statistics -published in its press releases prior to the auction- have been confirmed by the results of yesterday evening’s historic auction,

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.

Artprice: the most impressive art sale ever to be held? [11 May 2015]

In its latest Global Art Market Annual Report, Artprice, the world leader in Art Market information, highlighted the exceptional growth of the global art market.

Artprice: the most impressive art sale ever to be held? [06 May 2015]

In its latest Global Art Market Annual Report, Artprice, the world leader in Art Market information, highlighted the exceptional growth of the global art market.

Picasso ceramics – a booming market [05 May 2015]

Pablo PICASSO’s ceramics represent one of his densest markets. Long neglected in favor of paintings, drawings and even prints, nowadays, it has emerged as a particularly interesting market segment.

Flash News: Picasso – Qi Baishi – El Greco [03 Apr 2015]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: New world record expected for Picasso. Record expected for Qi Baishi vs. Picasso. El Greco resurfaces

The Top Drawings for 2014 [13 Feb 2015]

Fridays are the best! Every other Friday, ArtPrice offers you a themed auction ranking. This week, ArtPrice discusses the 10 most expensive drawings in 2014. In the lineup: nine Chinese bids out of the 10!

The best prints [02 Feb 2015]

Fridays are the best! Every other Friday, Artprice offers you a themed auction ranking. This week, the leader of information on the art market discusses the 10 most expensive prints in the Western market.

Top 10 unsold [16 Jan 2015]

Friday is Top day!Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week, the leaders in art market information take a look at 10 lots with such over-ambitious estimates that

Flash News: Giuseppe Penone – An alchemist in Grenoble — Claude Rutault exhibiting in New York — Braque – Gris – Léger – Picasso [29 Dec 2014]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: Giuseppe Penone – An alchemist in Grenoble — Claude Rutault exhibiting in New York — Braque – Gris – Léger – Picasso

The world’s most ”profitable” artists [15 Dec 2014]

With the art market at an all-time peak, Artprice.com takes a look at artists who generate the highest annual auction totals in the world and who thus represent a handsome source of income for auction operators. The latter, remember, are remunerated from fees charged to both the seller and the buyer.

The Top Ten in Europe. Chapter 7: the UK [05 Dec 2014]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week, we reveal the ten highest bids ever registered in the UK, i.e. London, the heart of the European market and the third biggest marketplace in the world.

The Top Ten in Europe. Chapter 6: France [21 Nov 2014]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week, we reveal the top ten bids ever made in France – a true celebration of modernity.

Flash News: The Schieles of November – Christie’s in Shanghai – A Giacometti masterpiece at Sotheby’s [31 Oct 2014]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: The Schieles of November – Christie’s in Shanghai – A Giacometti masterpiece at Sotheby’s

Flash News: FIAC is back – Staying with Paris – the FIAC fringe – Paul-Durand Ruel: an art dealer in Paris [17 Oct 2014]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: FIAC is back – Staying with Paris – the FIAC fringe – Paul-Durand Ruel: an art dealer in Paris

The Top Ten Nudes [29 Aug 2014]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the top ten bids for nudes.

Female artists and big money results… [22 Jul 2014]

Women artists and the art market… Now there’s a difficult subject! For years art critics, historians, art market specialists, museum curators and even art fair directors have denounced the huge gap between the values of artworks produced by women and men.

Flash News : Picasso’s Ceramic – Claude Monet’s recent $53 million – One Vermeer surely makes a summer… [04 Jul 2014]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: How much for a ceramic by Picasso? – Claude Monet’s recent $53 million – One Vermeer surely makes a summer…

The Top Ten of the 1900s [06 Jun 2014]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the top ten sales of works from the 1900s.

Results of Impressionist & Modern Art sales in New York [13 May 2014]

The first of New York’s two high points in the annual art market agenda ended on the evening of May 7 after the last bid at Sotheby’s prestige Impressionist & Modern art sale.

The Top Ten of the 1920s [25 Apr 2014]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the top ten sales of works from the 1920s.

The Top Ten of the 1930s [11 Apr 2014]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the top ten sales of works from the 1930s.

The Top Ten of the 1940s [28 Mar 2014]

Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the top ten sales of works from the 1940s.

A billion dollars for three artists… [25 Feb 2014]

In 2013 the art market reached an unprecedented level of dynamism with its best-ever year-total in terms of auction revenue. The market’s increasingly prosperous high end is dominated by a small number of “trophy” signatures that sell for astronomical prices.

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…

Can the most expensive artists be affordable? [22 Oct 2013]

While the auction world feeds on ever more spectacular records, the high-end of the art market only represents a tiny part of global supply.

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