The general feeling in the art trade going into last week was one of slight paranoia about where 2016 was going to take us visit our website. As it happened there was adequate proof that the market remains strong for good, market-fresh kit and specifically in the mid-market range from 250,000-5m USD. Obviously, we do …
Art Market Review: The February 2016 Impressionist & Modern Art Sales Read More »
This week and next will see 2.8 billion USD in works of art come up for auction. Much of that figure is actually already pre-sold in third party guarantees but for the most part it promises to be two weeks of very heavy spending. Sotheby’s have a single-owner sale exhibiting the works of art …
Preview: The November 2015 Auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s Read More »
Earlier this year Christie’s Impressionist, Modern & Contemporary departments managed to turnover 1.7 Billion USD worth of Art in under two weeks. Yes, you read that right, 1.7 billion USD. And from only one auction house too. The reason for this extraordinary figure? Their crossover/curated sale titled Looking forward to the Past, which linked …
‘Masterworks’ and ‘The Artist’s Muse’: The Rise of the Curated Sale Read More »