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Günther Förg on a steep ascension [29 Apr 2022]
We are currently seeing strong demand for works by Germany’s major artists! For example, Günther Förg’s price index has risen by more than 600% in 20 years. Germany is one of the few countries where the art auction market remained almost unaffected by the covid pandemic. Bucking the trend of other Western marketplaces, its overall […]
The Top 2021 German artists [28 Dec 2021]
Artprice’s fifth and final review of the strongest artists at auction by nationality looks at the top-performing German artists in 2021. This Top 10 ranking has just four names: Wassily Kandinsky, Sigmar Polke, Lucian Freud and Gerhard Richter, with the latter not only dominating the market for German artists, but also holding a Top-5 position […]
The photography market’s top sales… from Paris to New York [22 Nov 2019]
Every November Paris hosts a multitude of special events dedicated to photography. This year the core fair, Paris Photo, was accompanied by numerous “off” fairs and auction sales, as well as a whole series of special exhibitions at Parisian cultural institutions. The result was a rich and highly diverse program attracting a record number of […]
Flash News! Art Karlsruhe – Corot – Raden Saleh [02 Feb 2018]
Art Karlsruhe 2018 The exhibition halls of the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre will once again host the KARLSRUHE art fair from 22 to 25 February. This edition is special, since the show celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. 215 galleries from 15 countries will gather under the banner “Art.Space.Emotion.” to give visitors the opportunity to […]
AR Penck: rites of passage… [16 May 2017]
The great German artist A.R. PENCK (1939-2017) died on 2 May in Zurich while the Maeght Foundation in Southern France is currently hosting an exhibition of his work entitled “Rites of passage” (18 March to 18 June 2017) including roughly a hundred works (paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and book art created since 1957). A new […]
Flash News: Contemporary Art – London – Victor Vasarely – “Defense de mourir” – Centre Pompidou [24 Jun 2016]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news:Major Contemporary Art sales in London next week… Triple celebrations for Victor VASARELY’s 110th anniversary. “Defense de mourir” at the Centre Pompidou.
Top 10 German artists [04 Mar 2016]
Another Friday Top! Every other Friday Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week, we focus on the 10 German artists who performed best at auction in 2015,
Tribute to the Bechers [20 Oct 2015]
The Bechers, as we now call them, were a couple of photographers who immortalized industrial architecture in pictures that treated each edifice as if it were an “anonymous sculpture”.
A forward look at prices at the high end of the upcoming Contemporary art sales in London [16 Jun 2015]
London’s major Contemporary art sales are looming closer. The three evening sales – for which the auctioneers reserve their most prestigious lots – will be held from June 29 to July 1 at Phillips, Christie’s and Sotheby’s, in that order.
The Top 10 from the Dorotheum auction house [10 Apr 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 ten most costly sales of 2014 at the Dorotheum auction house.
The Art Basel effect [09 Dec 2014]
Riddled with private and institutional side-shows, the Miami Beach edition of Art Basel now has a whole collection of parallel fairs, turning the week into a veritable marathon for tens of thousands of art lovers from all over the world.
Essl sales: accretion of over 100% per year! [21 Oct 2014]
In many respects Contemporary art has become a new Eldorado for investors wealthy and a source of trophy acquisitions for wealthy collectors around the globe. In less than 20 years the values of certain contemporary artworks have increased by multiples of 5 to 40 times. Some examples of this kind of inflation were visible at the recent “Essl” sale in London.
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
Flash News [13 Dec 2013]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.
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.
Contemporary art’s extraordinary success in London [05 Jul 2011]
Post-War and Contemporary art sold particularly well last week in London (28 and 29 June).
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