Art
In an article published on Wednesday in the International Herald Tribune titled “The Impoverished Connoisseurs,” longtime art and auction correspondent Souren Melikian recalls an era that lasted from the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s, when European art buyers “who went in for small Medieval object
News
A researcher at Washington State University has used Google hits as an indicator of an artist's fame in a study measuring the factors that influence sales at auction.
Art
There is possibly no better place to witness the titans of the art market — the auction houses — duke it out than in New York. But ever wonder what they're all about? Here's a straightforward guide.
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Opinion
A press release from Artprice, an art market information source, has some interesting stats — even if they sound far too sunny — about the state of art auctions around the world.
News
The Warhol Foundation is dissolving it's Warhol Authentification Board, Inc. According to Warhol Foundation president Joel Wachs, the: " … decision was driven by the financial toll the board's operations have taken on the institution has a whole."
Art
Ben Stiller, David Zwirner and Christie's are teaming up to raise money for Haitian humanitarian non-profits by selling some of today's most notable artists' works. The auction is offering all proceeds to charity, a tax write-off for buyers and a waiver for all fees usually taken by the high-end auc
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When fashion impresario Yves Saint Laurent was once asked to name his favorite poet, he paused for a moment, smiled and spoke Pierre Bergé’s name in a soft tone. This “poet” was the designer’s devoted companion for over fifty years. He was also the impresario that ran the logistics of the Yves St. L
Opinion
A study by Artprice finds that the Chinese art market is the largest in the world — but only in terms of auctions. The misleading news bite is telling in other ways, though. The Chinese domestic auction market is growing so quickly in part because Western auction houses like Christie's and Sotheby's
News
The New York Observer has a report about the recent New York art auctions and it lists who the author thinks are some of the winners and losers … In other news, BBC announced that China just became the second biggest auction market in the world.
Art
Throughout the course of NYC's art fair week, I overheard questions over what art work was being sold, and who it was being sold to. Of course, art fairs exist to sell work, and the work on display is there to be sold. But where do these works come from? This is where the secondary market comes in.
News
British news sources are reporting that nearly a dozen protesters "set off alarms and threw fake £50 notes in the air at Sotheby's before unfurling a large banner bearing the words 'orgy of the rich.'" Another protest outside staged a mock auction of public workers. The actions were in response to t