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Flash News: Degas on the motorway – Rediscovering Raoul Hausmann – Djamel Tatah [02 Mar 2018]
A Degas found on the motorway On 16 February during a random check at a motorway service station in Seine-et-Marne, France, customs officers found what appeared to be a wrapped painting in the luggage hold of a coach. As nobody aboard the coach claimed it, customs officers kept the work to conduct their own research […]
The Top 10 of Ceramic Works [23 Feb 2018]
It’s Top 10 Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week, we have a look at the 10 best sales of ceramics on the auction market. Made with clay, ceramics can therefore be compared to sculpture. The word ‘ceramics,’ which comes from the Greek ‘keramos’ meaning ‘clay,’ refers to a type […]
Maurice de Vlaminck: 60 years on… [20 Feb 2018]
The year 2018 marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Maurice Vlaminck. In Normandy, the town of Verneuil-sur-Avre is currently preparing a museum dedicated to his work. Meanwhile, in Mexico City, the futuristic Soumaya museum is mounting a major exhibition of the French painter’s oeuvre. Born in Paris in 1896 to musician parents, Maurice […]
Flash News: Lehanneur – Morellet – Giacometti [16 Feb 2018]
50 shades of blue at Christie’s “The Inuit have 50 words for snow, I have chosen 50 shades to represent the sea.” Passionate about science, nature and technology, the designer Mathieu LEHANNEUR created the exhibition 50 Seas that was held at Christie’s in Paris from 18 January to 2 February 2018: 50 shades of blue […]
London: the countdown has begun… [13 Feb 2018]
London’s prestige auction houses are preparing their first major sales of the year with, amongst the lots on offer, a Baiser by Auguste Rodin, a bouquet of flowers by Georges Braque and a meadow by Claude Monet. This year, Christie’s is opening the proceedings on 27 February 2018 with an Impressionist & Modern Masters sale […]
Top 10 for Latin American artists [09 Feb 2018]
It’s Top 10 Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week let’s discover the Top 10 results last year for Latin American artists under the age of 50. The market for young Latin American artists has dropped considerably compared to the records set between 2013 and 2015. During this key period, […]
New relations between auction houses and museums [06 Feb 2018]
In 2017, Sotheby’s exhibited some 60 works by Diego GIACOMETTI at the Galerie Charpentier in Paris for a week. This was not an ordinary pre-sale exhibition of works so that buyers could familiarize themselves with the works before possibly bidding the following day. In fact, nothing was for sale in the Fantastic World of Diego […]
Artprice launches its “blue-chip” Art Market index, Artprice100®, designed for financiers and investors [02 Feb 2018]
Artprice’s Global Index® shows an average value increase for artworks of +30% since the index was started 20 years ago. Although this is an appreciable performance particularly at a time when central banks’ interest rates are close to zero in the United States (FED) and negative in Europe (ECB), if we focus uniquely on the […]
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 […]
Outsider Art: an uninhibited market [30 Jan 2018]
Original works ranging from under $200 to nearly $700,000… all in one sale? That’s what you get in a dedicated Outsider Art sale. And, a bit like the works themselves, this market is heterogeneous both in terms of style and and price… and therefore completely uninhibited. The Art Brut is no longer terra incognita for […]
The Top 10 Old Master sales in Paris [26 Jan 2018]
It’s Top 10 Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week, let’s discover the 10 best sales ever achieved in Paris in the small Old Masters market. Whether it is a Canaletto worth more than $10 million, a rarity of the late Gothic period sold for ten times its estimate (Master […]
Gerhard Richter, the “Picasso of the 21st century”… [23 Jan 2018]
Dubbed the “Picasso of the 21st century” Gerhard Richter is one of the most coveted and sought-after artists of our times. We take a look back over his career and the milestones of his auction market. Based in Cologne, Gerhard RICHTER (1932) has witnessed the spectacular rise in his auction prices with a degree of […]
Flash News! Kupka at the Grand Palais – Fautrier at the Museum of Modern Art [19 Jan 2018]
Kupka retrospective at the Grand Palais In spring 2018, the Grand Palais hosts two major exhibitions: “Kupka. Pionnier de l’Abstraction” and “Artistes & Robots.” A programme entirely dedicated to modernity and the future! The Grand Palais Frantisek KUPKA (1871-1957) retrospective (from 21 March to 30 July 2018) is the first in France since the 1989 […]
Georg Baselitz [16 Jan 2018]
Georg Baselitz will be 80 on 23 January 2018. A pioneer of the Contemporary German art scene, we look back over the artist’s turbid career, with one eye on his accelerating prices as the market appreciates the importance of his work. Born in Saxony in 1938, on the eve of World War II, Georg BASELITZ […]
Top 10 auction sales by city [12 Jan 2018]
It’s Top 10 Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we look at the results of 10 cities involved in the art auction market. Observing in detail the best sales of each city speaks volumes regarding the current dynamics of the art market… The gap between the most attractive cities […]
Basquiat… a market idol [09 Jan 2018]
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT’s ascension to the rank of market superstar was rapid. A pioneer of Graffiti and Street Art, Basquiat’s work has become emblematic of the creative vitality of an era. In 1979, works by the young American were shown in a Bronx exhibition alongside works by Jenny Holzer, Kiki Smith and Kenny Sharf. That same […]
Flash News: The First Art Fairs of the year [05 Jan 2018]
London Art Fair, First Art Fair (Amsterdam), London Artrooms Fair, ART innsbruck, Kunst and Antiek weekend (Narden), Affordable Art Fair (Milan) and Brafa Art Fair (Brussels) are some of the art fairs that will kick-start the New Year in January 2018. In the following months, the number of monthly shows will double in February, March […]
Maurice de Vlaminck: 60 years on… [02 Jan 2018]
Will 2018 be as dynamic as 2017? Only time will tell… In the meantime, here is the last in our mini-series covering 2017’s highlights. The last two months of 2017 generated some major auction results, including some of the most impressive world records the art market has ever seen. Artprice’s twentieth birthday Artprice celebrated its […]
2017 in numbers, part 3… [26 Dec 2017]
During the month of December, Artprice has been picking out some of the art auction market’s highlights in 2017. This week we look at some key market figures recorded between May and October. $16.7 million for a painting by Mark Grotjahn The American artist Mark Grotjahn (1968) obtained an unprecedented new auction record on 17 […]
The 2017 Top 10 [22 Dec 2017]
It’s Top 10 Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. For the last Top 10 of 2017 we look back at the highest sales in the world this year. More than 1 billion dollars The last Top 10 of the year is also the most impressive ever in the auction world, thanks […]
2017 in numbers… part 2 [19 Dec 2017]
During the month of December, Artprice looks back at some of the art market’s key figures in 2017. This week we focus on May and June which saw particularly dense activity on the high-end market and lots of new records. $57.36 million: new record for Constantin Brancusi On 15 May 2017, Constantin BRANCUSI’s superb golden […]
Flash News! César – Kusama – Aristophil [15 Dec 2017]
Thumbs up for César 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of French artist CÉSAR (1921-1998), one of the most innovative and emblematic sculptors in France. The Pompidou Centre pays tribute to him with a major retrospective curated by Bernard Blistène, director of the Musée national d’art moderne in Paris. Opened at the beginning […]
2017 in numbers… [12 Dec 2017]
During December, Artprice looks back at some of the key figures that representing art market highlights during 2017. Here is a selection on the first semester. From 1 to 20 years Firstly, 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum (one of the five museums of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation) located in […]
The London Top 10 [08 Dec 2017]
It’s Top 10 Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. The Top 10 this week focuses on London, where the best sales of Impressionism and Modern art take place. The London art market is one of the most active in the world. Not only do tens of thousands of artworks change hands […]
News of Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi being exhibited at the Abu Dhabi Louvre -and soon at the Paris Louvre- entirely endorses Artprice’s Museum Industry(R) [08 Dec 2017]
Having provided an exclusive explanation of the sophisticated financial arrangements behind the recent acquisition of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi –an explanation that was picked up by Agence France Presse today–, Artprice has highlighted a highly sophisticated economic model. The arrangements for the acquisition of the Da Vinci masterpiece correspond perfectly to the Museum Industry® […]
Miami Art Week and Art Basel… [05 Dec 2017]
In Miami traces of damage caused by Hurricane Irma have been erased. The city looks like it’s had a face-lift and the galleries and museums have reopened in preparation for a massive inflow of art lovers from all over the planet. Thousands of artists, tens of thousands of works … This week marks the opening […]
Flash News! The Petiet Collection – The Grange Collection – Camille Claudel pre-empted by museums [01 Dec 2017]
The Petiet Collection: Latest sale The provenance of the works played a major role in the latest Petiet sale organised by the Ader Nordmann auction house on 25 and 26 November 2017 at the Opéra-comique in Paris. After 25 years of sales, this 50th and final sale of the Henri Petiet Collection attracted dealers and collectors […]
Latin American Art: latest results [28 Nov 2017]
For nearly 40 years, the major auction companies have supported and provided an outlet for Latin American art in New York. The first specialized LatAm art sale in New York dates back to 17 October 1979. Back then, Sotheby’s was involved in the “emergence” of art from various parts of the world, and it was […]
The Hong Kong Top 10 [24 Nov 2017]
It’s Top 10 Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week, we look at Hong Kong where the high-end market always favours Asian artists, especially those who have gained an international reputation… New York, London and Hong Kong are the only three international trade centres capable of concentrating the best supply […]
A historic month of November [21 Nov 2017]
Over the last ten years, the high-end art market has experienced a number of changes and shifts: genres most in demand… preferred artistic medium… most sought-after periods. However, the sale of the masterpiece considered the “last” Leonardo da Vinci still in private hands represents a genuine quantum shift in the history of the art market […]
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