Art Market Analysis
What I’m about to say might be self-evident if you are on the business end of the art world, but if you aren’t, listen up: A lot of what gets written about the art market is crap. It isn't necessarily meant to be so, but the whole thing is set up so that it's...
How big is the art market? It’s a question that seems relatively simple, yet is elusive. The difficulty of pinning down an estimate (mostly as a result of the fact that it’s in dealers’ best interests to keep their sales private) means that...
Art economist Clare McAndrew’s unveiling of the annual TEFAF market report has become a tradition — generally giving the art world the most in-depth industry analysis it will get all year. This year doesn't disappoint. Overall...
Next Wednesday evening, Phillips will hold its first-ever editions sale in London, offering 92 lots ranging from early 1900s Matisse monotypes to hot-off-the-presses contemporary prints. The inaugural sale in the UK comes after several...
This past Sunday's New York Times Review section included a multi-faceted dialogue about the contemporary art market, initiated by something of a tirade against the current state of the market by the somewhat obscure Barcelona-based dealer...
When it comes to reading the tea leaves of the international art market, the quarterly earnings report of publicly traded Sotheby’s is one of the best indicators around. So what did yesterday's report on the second quarter and first half of 2012...
When journalists talk about the "growing art market," they are mostly relying on news about eye-popping, record-breaking prices for a handful of trophy works. In Adam Davidson's terrific New York Times Magazine piece on the art market and inequality a...
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April 08, 2013
