What the Art Market has to say about Andy WARHOL (1928-1987)
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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.
American artists under 40 (June 2011 – May 2012) [22 Jun 2012]
Friday is Top day! Every alternate Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week’s topic is the Top 10 results for American artists under 40 in 2011.
The largest paintings (January 2011 – May 2012) [11 Jun 2012]
Friday is Top! Every alternate Friday Artprice also posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we focus on the Top 10 largest paintings sold at auction between January 2011 and May 2012 (ranked by size).
Double wammy for the Gunter Sachs collection at Sotheby’s [29 May 2012]
After the record Contemporary Art & Postwar art sales on 8 and 9 May, the art market’s dynamism has been confirmed by Sotheby’s sale of part of the Gunter Sachs collection.
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.
Munch’s The Scream raises market ceiling and overturns art media hierarchy [04 May 2012]
Wednesday, May 2, the art market acquired a new all-time record for the sale of an artwork at a public auction when Sotheby’s New York sold of MUNCH’s The Scream for $107m ($119.9m including fees).
Contemporary & Post-War Art sales, key info…. [02 May 2012]
Christie’s and Sotheby’s will be hosting their evening sales of Contemporary & Post-War Art on 7 and 8 May in New York.
Highlights of the sales at Sotheby’s and Phillip’s de Pury & Company. [20 Mar 2012]
On 8 and 9 March, Phillips de Pury & Company and Sotheby’s held their prestige Contemporary Art sales in New York.
11 figures for 2011 [07 Feb 2012]
The last page in our review of 2011 crystallises the art market’s main trends in 11 key figures.
The global art market – an overview of 2011 [03 Jan 2012]
Following our summaries of the performance of the Art Market Confidence Index and of the French art market in 2011, we are closing the series with a round-up of the global art auction market in 2011.
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.
China’s Modern artists [25 Nov 2011]
Every other Friday Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we present the 10 best auction results for Chinese Modern artists over the first six months of 2011.
FIAC 2011 – Notes from the fair [25 Oct 2011]
The 38th edition of the FIAC just ended. Nearly 21 countries represented, 168 galleries, close to 70 000 visitors… the 2011 FIAC was a tremendous success.
KIAF 2011 – Overview [27 Sep 2011]
The tenth KIAF having just ended, Artprice takes a retrospective look at one of the most constant Asian fairs, that of South Korea, the world’s 13th market for Contemporary art.
The price of the self [02 Sep 2011]
Every fortnight Artprice provides you with a new or updated ranking in its Alternate-Friday Top Series. Today’s TOP article looks at the ten best auction results for self-portraits.
Best auction results in H1 2011 [22 Jul 2011]
Our Friday TOP! Every other Friday Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we present the ten best auction results in the first half of 2011.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Banksy – from urban vandal to urban hero [17 Jan 2011]
Last December saw the release of a cinema documentary about Banksy. However, viewers of Exit Through the gift shop (translated into French as Faites le mur) are unlikely to learn much about the mysterious artist whose face is filmed in the shade and whose voice is deformed by a vocoder.
The best-ever 2010 auction results [07 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.
Artists from west to east [24 Dec 2010]
Every fortnight Artprice posts a new or updated ranking in its Alternate-Friday Top Series. The theme of today’s TOP article is the 10 best auction results generated in China by Western artists during 2010.
Auction records at Christie’s [12 Dec 2010]
Every fortnight Artprice posts a new or updated ranking in its Alternate-Friday Top Series. The theme of today’s TOP article is the 10 best-ever auction results generated by Christie’s.
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.
Impressionist & Modern Art sales in New York: better results… [09 Nov 2010]
Sotheby’s and Christie’s have both posted improved figures after their Impressionist & Modern Art evening sales in New York compared with the same sales in 2009. The unsold rates are substantially lower at between 20 and 26% and their revenue totals are up.
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