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International Edition
May 21, 2013 Last Updated: 2:31:AM EDT

Market News

English
Published: May 20, 2013
Is the Art Market Becoming a Supply-Side Economy? An Argument Against Art Fairs
by Benjamin Genocchio | Market News, Collecting, Art Fairs
The growing proliferation of art fairs driving the market may not be sustainable for driving a long-term collections market.
DEALER'S NOTEBOOK: Karin Weber on Hong Kong...
Silicon Valley Gets an Art Fair, Promising "...
Phillips Takes In $78.6 Million, Led by Warhol...

Auctions

Phillips Takes In $78.6 Million, Led by Warhol's $38-Million "Four...
by
Judd Tully
NEW YORK — Speaking of a hard act to follow… Phillips's evening sale commenced just 24 hours after Christie’s record-...
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Andy Warhol, Judd Tully, Phillips, Auctions, Market News
Christie's Rakes In $495 Million — the Highest Total for Any Art Auction,...
by
Judd Tully
NEW YORK — Auction history was made at Christie’s postwar and contemporary evening sale on Wednesday, which raked in $...
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Christie's, postwar and contemporary, Auctions, Market News
Sale of the Week, May 22-25, Fine and Rare Wines Hit the Block from London to...
 SALE: Fine and rare winesLOCATION: Sotheby’s, London and Christie's, Hong Kong   ...
Auctions
Sotheby's Snares $294 Million, Led by a Record-Busting $44-Million Newman
by
Judd Tully
NEW YORK — Fueled by a handful of outstanding offerings, the contemporary art market maintained its upwardly...
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Barnett Newman, Gerhard Richter, Sotheby's, Auctions
Leonardo DiCaprio's Wildlife Charity Auction Raises $38.5 Million at...
by
Judd Tully
NEW YORK — Sold to benefit conservation projects for endangered species, the 33 donated art works in the Leonardo...
Christie's, Leonardo DiCaprio, Auctions, Market News
VIDEO: Beatles Guitar May Sell For $300,000 at Auction
A rare VOX custom-built guitar played by Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison is among the rock memorabilia up...
Elvis Presley, George Harrison, John Lennon, Julien's Auctions, michael jackson, Auctions, Music, Rock, Market News, Performing Arts
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Collecting

Chronographs With Class: See Highlights From This Month's Watch Auctions
by
Sarah P Hanson, Art+Auction
In the May 2013 issue, Art+Auction took a look at some of the must-have timepieces available at this month’s  ...
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Collecting, Market News, Art+Auction Magazine
The Forsblum Effect: Exploring the Art Collections of Finland's Gallery...
by
Alexander Forbes, Art+Auction
As wintry weather began to descend on Helsinki last November, a close knit group of friends, collectors, and artists...
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Collecting, Art+Auction Magazine
Art Startup Gertrude Bets on Plugging Collectors Into Pop-Up Salons
by
Rozalia Jovanovic
NEW YORK — Friday night, while the city was still high on an art fair buzz, a small group of people gathered at the...
Gertrude Salon, Collecting
VIDEO: NADA New York Courts Buyers
by
Kristen Boatright, Aaron Sherman
The New Art Dealers Alliance holds its second edition of NADA New York at a new location-- more than 70...
Frieze Week 2013, Frieze Week Videos, Heather Hubbs, NADA New York, New Art Dealers Alliance, Art Fairs, Collecting, Contemporary Arts, Market News, Visual Arts, Videos
VIDEO: The Pulse of PULSE New York 2013
by
Vanessa Yurkevich, Dion Tan
PULSE New York 2013 at the Metropolitan Pavilion features contemporary art from more than 60 galleries. The IMPULSE...
Art Fairs, Cornell DeWitt, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Frieze New York 2013, Frieze Week Videos, Impulse, Liza Lozano, Pulse, Pulse New York, Tim Youd, Tora Lopez, Art Fairs, Collecting, Market News, Visual Arts, Videos
VIDEO: Highlights from Inaugural Collective Design Fair
by
Kristen Boatright
Collective .1 is a new design fair that presents a cohesive, curated selection of vintage and contemporary design from...
Collective Design Fair, Frieze Week 2013, Frieze Week Videos, Steven Learner, Art Fairs, Design, Collecting, Market News, Architecture & Design, Videos
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Galleries

DEALER'S NOTEBOOK: Karin Weber on Hong Kong's Nascent Experimental...
by
Art+Auction
AGE: 64 HAILS FROM: Holzminden, Germany PRESIDES OVER: Karin Weber Gallery, 20 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong...
Art+Auction, Karin Weber, Galleries, Market News, Art+Auction Magazine
ONE-LINE REVIEWS: Pithy Takes on Ugo Rondinone, Faith Ringgold, and More
by
BLOUIN ARTINFO
Once again, ARTINFO has sent its intrepid staff into the streets of New York, charged with reviewing the art they saw...
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Galleries, One-Line Reviews, Reviews, Visual Arts
VIDEO: 60 Works in 60 Seconds at Art Brussels
by
Céline Piettre, Tom Chen
BRUSSELS  — The 31st edition of Art Brussels just wrapped up under the new leadership of Anne...
60 Works in 60 Seconds, Anne Lafère, Art Brussels, Katerina Gregos, Art Fairs, Collecting, Contemporary Arts, Galleries, Market News, Visual Arts, Videos
Second Acts: Why "Rediscovered Artists" Are the Art Market's New...
by
Rozalia Jovanovic
On July 16, 2012, a painting by a little-known artist sold at Christie’s for $74,500, nearly ten times its...
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Judith Bernstein, Llyn Foulkes, Contemporary Arts, Galleries, Market News
VIDEO: 60 Works in 60 Seconds at Art Cologne
by
Mathieu Tank, Aaron Sherman
200 galleries from 25 countries display their artwork in the 47th edition of Art Cologne.  Here's a look at 60...
60 Works in 60 Seconds, Art Cologne, Art Cologne 2013, Art Fairs, Galleries, Market News, Visual Arts
GALLERY NIGHT [VIDEO]: Yael Kanarek
by
Vanessa Yurkevich
In this week's GALLERY NIGHT we explore the world of Yael Kanarek's "High Performance Gear" at bitforms gallery in...
art, bitforms gallery, Galleries, Gallery NIght, Yael Kanarek, Galleries, Market News, Videos, Artists
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Art & Crime

Are Forgers the "Foremost Artists of Our Age"? Author Jonathon Keats...
by
Kate Deimling, ARTINFO France
There are a number of surprising statements in Jonathon Keats’s new book “Forged: Why Fakes Are the Great Art of Our...
Art & Crime, Visual Arts
Battle Over Disputed Folk Art Museum Gifts May End Soon, But Asset War Rages On
by
Julia Halperin
Ralph Esmerian, the disgraced former owner of luxury jewelry retailer Fred Leighton, was sentenced to six years in...
American Folk Art Museum, Christie's, Ralph Esmerian, Sotheby's, Art & Crime
Russia's Lawless Art Group Voina Wages Legal Warfare on Its Own...
by
Rachel Corbett
If anyone would want to steer clear of the Russian legal system you’d think it would be the anarchist art collective...
Art & Crime, Moscow, News, Market News
French Senator Pushes Museums to Probe Their Collections for Nazi-Looted Art
by
Céline Piettre, ARTINFO France
MAINE-ET-LOIRE — A recent article in Der Spiegel urged Germany to do some real soul-searching — as well as museum-...
Art and Politics, Art & Crime, Europe
New Allegations Against Knoedler Gallery Claim It Sold Yet Another Fake Rothko
by
Julia Halperin
NEW YORK — On Tuesday, the now-defunct Knoedler Gallery was slapped with a lawsuit for selling an allegedly fake...
Art & Crime, Market News
$1m Stolen Matisse Found in Essex, While Titian Portrait Emerges at the...
by
Coline Milliard
A 1920 painting by Henri Matisse stolen from the Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 1987 has resurfaced in Essex.Art...
UK/Europe, Art & Crime, Market News
More Art & Crime

Columnists

What's Behind MOCA's Plan to Ditch LACMA for the NGA? We Have No Clue
by
Shane Ferro
The last week has been something of a rollercoaster of news about the Los Angeles museum world. First, after months —...
L.A. MOCA, LACMA, National Gallery of Art, Shane Ferro, Opinion, Columnists, Museums, Visual Arts
A Reply to ARTINFO's Review of "No Country" at the Guggenheim
by
Richard Armstrong
The following is a response to the article "How Did the Guggenheim's MAP Global Art Initiative Get So Lost? Blame the...
Columnists
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