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Exclusive Interview With Thierry Ehrmann, the Founder and CEO of Artprice.com [10 Jun 2011]

It was first of all an enormous amount of collective work involving incredible art historians. In just 14 years, we bought up almost all the editorial funds in Europe and the USA and now we’re working on Asia. This covers art publishing houses, art editorial funds worldwide and assets representing over EUR30 million.

Living artists over 80 [10 Jun 2011]

Every other Friday Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the 10 best auction results generated by living artists over the age of 80.

Richard Prince – No copyright [07 Jun 2011]

Richard Prince draws on the culture of his age, as Andy Warhol did previously.

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)

Swiss Contemporary Artists [27 May 2011]

Every Friday fortnight Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week, the ten best auction results for works by Contemporary Swiss artists.

Picasso and Monet too expensive? [24 May 2011]

Although Picasso is still the world’s best generator of million-dollar auction results, collectors are apparently not that hungry for his works as to push the bidding to any price.

Prestige sales in New York produce mixed results [17 May 2011]

Although generally considered safer (and less volatile) investments, the Modern Masters failed to generate the estimated results at Christie’s and Sotheby’s May sales in New York, generating a combined total of just $285.65m from their Impressionist & Modern Art sessions.

The May sales in 2001 [13 May 2011]

Every fortnight Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This Friday’s TOP ranking focuses on the 10 best auction results in May 2001.

Spring’s Design [10 May 2011]

The big Decorative Art & Design sales of the year started in London at Phillips de Pury (Design, 7 April) and Christie’s (20th Century Decorative Art & Design, 20 April)

Prestige sales in New York [03 May 2011]

On 3 and 4 May 2011, Christie’s and Sotheby’s will kick off the annual series of multi million-dollar auctions with their Impressionist & Modern Art sales, followed by their Post-War & Contemporary Art sales on 10 and 11 May.

Sotheby’s records [29 Apr 2011]

Every fortnight Artprice posts a new or updated ranking in its Alternate-Friday Top Series. The focus of today’s TOP article is the 10 best auction results generated by Sotheby’s.

Contemporary Turkish Art [27 Apr 2011]

While Phillips and Saatchi diversify their experiments with art from emerging countries and the art of investing in Contemporary art, Bonhams of London has decided to venture into new territory as well.

Photography – New York / London / Paris [19 Apr 2011]

A few days after the close of the AIPAD Photography Show New York, the city was preparing for another week of photo events including no less than five dedicated photography auctions between 6 and 9 April.

Living artists British vs. American [15 Apr 2011]

Every other Friday Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week’s ranking focuses on the 10 best auction results for living artists.

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.

Artprice: the 2010 art market annual report – China winner of the past decade [05 Apr 2011]

During the past decade, two strong trends have emerged: firstly, as per the words of Thierry Ehrmann, the Ceo and founder of Artprice, the world leader in art market information,

China’s best auction results in 2010 [31 Mar 2011]

Every fortnight Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week’s theme is China’s best Fine Art auction results during 2010.

Contemporary Art Market French Artists in the world [29 Mar 2011]

Artprice will attend this first major art fair of the year in Paris and, for the occasion, will offer a report on the contemporary art market in France. The report titled Contemporary Art Market French Artists in the world

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”.

Art Paris Just Art: 31 March – 3 April 2011 [22 Mar 2011]

Art Paris returns to its usual venue, the impressive Nave of the Grand Palais, where it will welcome around 48,000 visitors over four days. Doors will open to the general public on 31 March.

Contemporary Indian artists [18 Mar 2011]

Every Friday fortnight Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week, the ten best auction results in 2010 for works by Contemporary Indian artists.

Anish Kapoor – the experience of vision [15 Mar 2011]

The Indian artist Anish Kapoor is the next artist selected for the Monumenta exhibition in Paris (11 May to 23 June).

The best 2011 auction results! [03 Mar 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 2011.

Tracey Emin / Desire and anxiety [28 Feb 2011]

Since the 1990s, Tracey EMIN has explored the fundamental themes of human relations – sexuality, desire, communication, incommunicability, tenderness, violence, etc. – without limiting herself to any particular medium: her works have a strong symbolic and cathartic power.

Contemporary art 2011: a new lease of life! [21 Feb 2011]

The austerity imposed by the crisis has been relegated to a distant memory. Collectors are back in the market, not just as observers but as active participants.

Top 10: Women Power! [18 Feb 2011]

Every fortnight Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week, the focus is on women artists. The ten best auction results in 2010 for works by Contemporary female artists.

Impressionist & Modern sales in London: the right balance? [15 Feb 2011]

The results of the Impressionist & Modern February sales in London were respectable compared with the results of the same sales a year earlier, although somewhat less spectacular.

Contemporary Art sales in February: a bold selection with records expected [08 Feb 2011]

The big Contemporary Art sales begin just a few days after the Impressionist & Modern Art sales in London.

Impressionist & Modern Art sales in London: maintained confidence [31 Jan 2011]

As usual, the first major dates in the global auction calendar are the prestigious sales organised by Christie’s and Sotheby’s in London.

The Dantesque work of Matthew Barney [24 Jan 2011]

Matthew Barney is an unusual person, known to the general public mainly for being the partner of the Icelandic singer Björk.

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