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A lackluster photography market [19 Apr 2022]
After the very mixed results from Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips’ latest sales dedicated to photographic art, there is a very clear question mark hanging over the segment: has it run out of steam completely… or it is just on pause? In February, Sotheby’s sold a superb work by Ansel Adams titled Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico […]
Sotheby’s last big sale before the summer [22 Jun 2021]
The final stretch of Sotheby’s major Contemporary art sales in Hong Kong, with 22 June as the last day of no less than 12 days of bidding. The particularity of this voluminous Contemporary art session is not only related to its duration and its online action, but also to its choice of curator: a certain […]
What Christie’s has in store for us in May… [04 May 2021]
A clear sign the art market is returning to its pre-pandemic condition, the catalogues for Christie’s mid-May sales see the return of major masterpieces… in number, in diversity and in price… Whereas all the indicators were in the red last year with a constrained and impoverished market, the selection of Modern and Contemporary works due […]
The switch to online – part 3. Christie’s moves up a gear [15 May 2020]
As we explained in our Switch to online – part 2: Sotheby’s has a head start article – published on 5 May – Sotheby’s appears to have acquired a considerable lead in the online competition, with a good pace of online sales offering relatively high-quality works. These included a painting by George Condo that fetched […]
Flash News: Damien Hirst’s manager to sell collection – The Pinault Collection – Stand up! [24 Aug 2018]
Damien Hirst’s manager to sell collection via Sotheby’s It’s the sale of the new season: on 21 September Sotheby’s will host a sale entitled Yellow Ball: The Franck and Lorna Dunphy Collection that will offer more than 200 works by Damien HIRST and other YBAs (Young British Artists) emblematic of the iconoclastic arts scene of the […]
The best-selling Contemporary art prints [22 Jun 2018]
In our fortnightly series of theme-based auction rankings, this week’s Friday Top article looks at the prints segment of the art market, a particularly fruitful segment for works by the hottest signatures in Contemporary creation. Rank Artist Hammer Price ($) Artwork Sale 1 Keith HARING (1958-1990) 964 400 Andy Mouse 27/03/2018 Sotheby’s Londres 2 […]
The top-selling photographs… not necessarily by photographers [07 Feb 2017]
The past 20 years has seen a profound change in the art photography market, particularly in economic terms with the segment’s total auction turnover rising from $16 million for just over 3,000 photos to about $130 million in 2016 (in the West). Although photography represents a fraction of global Fine Art auction turnover (roughly 2%) […]
Contemporary art Top 10 [30 Sep 2016]
Discover the best sales every Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week, the ten most expensive art works are in the spotlight. This year, six artists share the Top 10 of the highest auction prices in the world for contemporary art (recorded since summer 2015). Six Western artists – as […]
The Top Ten contemporary sculptures [19 Aug 2016]
It’s Top Ten Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice ranks the most important pieces ever sold at auction. This week the ranking focuses on the most desirable contemporary sculptures of the last 12 months. The Top Ten contemporary sculptures Rank Artist Hammer Price Artwork Sale 1 Maurizio CATTELAN (1960) $17,189,000 Him (2001) 2016-05-08 Christie’s New York […]
Latest New York summits [17 May 2016]
Traditionally a crucial month for big auction houses, May sees the art market’s major dealers and collectors converge on New York for the Frieze (5-8 May 2016), which acts as a prelude to the much anticipated prestige sales of Modern and Contemporary art
Top photography results [29 Apr 2016]
In Artprice’s fortnightly series of auction rankings, this week’s Friday Top looks at the best auction results in the art market’s photography segment.
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.
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.
Christopher Wool – an explosive market [05 Aug 2014]
$23.5 million for the canvas Apocalypse Now in November 2013 and $21 million for If You in May 2014, Christopher WOOL is today one of the essential signatures in Contemporary art sales, on the same level as Jeff KOONS and Gerhard RICHTER.
Contemporary Art in New York: the star lots [06 May 2014]
For Christie’s and Sotheby’s, the May sales represent one of the high points of the calendar year. The two market giants generate at least $500 million in two days of sales and usually post increasingly spectacular auction records. In May 2012, their prestige Contemporary Art sales generated $578.3 million from 102 adjudications – a new record at the time – but quickly buried the following year when the two companies’ combined turnover from the same sales reached $691.7 million, with the
Flash News [20 Sep 2013]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.
Coming soon: a major week of photography in New York [19 Mar 2013]
Today, paintings are by far the most profitable segment of the Western art market (unlike in China, where calligraphy and drawing dominate).
Miami Art fair [11 Dec 2012]
Every year – for any self-respecting art lover – the beginning of December is synonymous with Art Basel Miami Beach.
Top 10 : Photography [23 Nov 2012]
Every fortnight Artprice presents a theme-based auction ranking. This week, the 10 best auction results for photographs between January and November 2012.
30 under 30: photography [24 Jul 2012]
This summer Artprice will be presenting the future stars of the art market in the form of a weekly ranking of the thirty top-selling artists aged under 30 in each artistic medium: this week we focus on photography.
The New York sales can be summarized in one word: Record! [15 May 2012]
A new record for Post-War & Contemporary Art sales has been set.If we just take Christie’s and Sotheby’s prestige sales of 8 and 9 May 2012, the 102 masterpieces sold generated roughly $578.3 million in revenue and 18 new artist’s records.
10th anniversary of Art Basel Miami Beach [06 Dec 2011]
Created in 2002, Art Basel Miami Beach (Florida, USA) has just celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Contemporary art defies the market… [15 Nov 2011]
The art market is proving its extraordinary capacity for surprise. After the very disappointing Impressionist & Modern sales in New York, the outlook for the Contemporary and Post-War Art sales was not particularly good
Art Taipei / 26 – 29 August 2011 [23 Aug 2011]
Now in its 18th year, Art Taipei is the oldest art fair in Asia. This year it opens on 26 August, presenting 124 galleries at the World Trade Center of Taipei.
Contemporary Photography [19 Aug 2011]
Every fortnight Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week’s TOP identifies the ten best auction results generated in the Contemporary photography segment.
Richard Prince – No copyright [07 Jun 2011]
Richard Prince draws on the culture of his age, as Andy Warhol did previously.
The sale of the Ullens collection confirms the strength of Chinese art [12 Apr 2011]
Two weeks after the news of China’s domination of the global art market, all eyes were focused on the sale of the famous Ullens Collection at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong on 3 April 2011.
Shock wave through the art market… China now ranks first, ahead of the USA and the UK [22 Mar 2011]
According to Thierry Ehrmann, founder and CEO of Artprice, the world leader in art market information, “this unprecedented news represents a turning point in the history of the global art market: China is now the number 1 in terms of Fine art auction revenue”.
Contemporary paintings: the Top 10 results in 2010 [21 Jan 2011]
Every fortnight Artprice posts a new or updated ranking in its Alternate-Friday Top Series. The topic of today’s TOP article is the 10 best auction results in 2010 in the Contemporary paintings segment.
Autumn sales 2010: return of competition! [16 Nov 2010]
The New York November 2010 sales doubled the revenue total from the same sales in 2009.
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