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Christie’s: memorable results in 2022 [06/01/2023]
In 2022 Christie’s handled a remarkable quantity of exceptional masterpieces and generated lots of new records. Artmarket by Artprice focuses on some of the results that made 2022 such an extraordinary year. At the end of 2022, Christie’s announced it had just achieved a record year with a total turnover of 8.4 billion dollars, including […]
Eli Broad: the unreasonable collector [25/05/2021]
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man” George Bernard Shaw. Eli Broad made this maxim his own; he even alluded to it in the title of his autobiography / success manual published in 2012, […]
Beeple, from crypto-success to mega-stardom [13/04/2021]
To see Mike Winkelmann – shirt & sweater, small glasses and greying temples – you would have no idea that this ‘normal family man’ appearance hides the imagination of Beeple, a hallucinated world, populated by Hillary Clinton cyborgs, Mark Zuckerberg zombies and futuristic starships in vertical robotic cities. So… apart from being the most bankable […]
Botticelli’s Renaissance ‘golden boy’ [29/01/2021]
The consignment of a superb Sandro BOTTICELLI (c.1445-1510) painting to Sotheby’s is indeed a master stroke for the auctioneer; not only are paintings by the Renaissance master extremely rare, his portraits are almost impossible to find! The last time a Botticelli appeared on the market was in 2013 with a superb ‘The Rockefeller Madonna’: Madonna and […]
Jenny Saville, a brilliant painter [22/12/2020]
Warning! Jenny Saville’s art may not be suitable for sensitive souls! The British artist has changed the way women are depicted… with her bodies of abundant and tortured flesh. Creating poignant and impactful images, Saville is one of the most admired painters of our time. Often said to be following in the footsteps of Rubens […]
Painting vs sculpture, which category is the most competitive ? [17/11/2020]
The most highly regarded living artist on the planet, Jeff Koons has taken contemporary sculpture to the peak of prices, but Contemporary painting has progressed faster than any other Art Market segment. Here is an excerpt from our latest report on 20 years of contemporary art at auction. Painting… above all The most expensive […]
David Hockney makes the biggest splash in London… [17/02/2020]
On 11 February David Hockney’s The Splash sold for £23 million ($31.2 million) in London – at more than eight times its 2006 price – taking Sotheby’s total revenue from its prestige Contemporary Art sale to $120 million, substantially ahead of Christie’s $72.7 million total from its equivalent session the following day (12 February). Before […]
How to objectively define Contemporary Art in 2020? [24/01/2020]
For the sake of coherence, clarity and transparency, Artprice’s editorial team has always divided Art History into five main periods with artworks being classified according to a simple and indisputable criterion… the birth year of their creators: Old Masters’ … artists born up until 1760 ‘19th century’ … artists born from 1760 to 1860 ‘Modern’ […]
The gender (im)balance in the art world: key figures [03/09/2019]
In the fast-evolving segment of the Contemporary Art market, the relative value of works by female artists vs. male artists is growing rapidly. Several important women artists recently refreshed their personal auction records, including Lee Krasner (The Eye Is the First Circle, $11.6 million, at Sothebys on 16 May 2019) and Louise Bourgeois (Spider, $32 […]
From Monet to Koons… records beaten and stunning results [21/05/2019]
In New York last week buyers were for the most part in a strongly acquisitional mood faced with some 1,700 lots in the catalogues of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art. The most outstanding records – $110.7 million for Claude MONET, $91 million for Jeff KOONS and $88.8 million for Robert RAUSCHENBERG – illustrate the extent […]
Flash News: from Van Dyck to Sally Mann [17/05/2019]
Kitsch leads Contemporary sculpture market On 15 May 2019, one of Jeff Koons’ three Rabbit sculptures (1986) offered for sale at Christie’s in New York surpassed the $90.3 million achieved by David Hockney’s Portrait of an Artist (1972). Jeff Koons is coming back as the most expensive living artist on the planet with a gleaming rabbit […]
Old masters on 1 May… [14/05/2019]
At the beginning of the month, Christie’s held a major sale of Old Master artworks in New York. Some works far exceeded their estimates and a number of major new auction records were hammered. Are we perhaps seeing a regain of interest in this highly demanding segment since the sale of Salvator Mundi? While the […]
The year’s first Contemporary Art Market indications [19/03/2019]
In London, the year’s first major results in Post-War & Contemporary Art were encouraging. Christie’s and Sotheby’s both posted excellent totals, doubling their combined 2018 sales turnover. Sotheby’s posted $145 million from its sales on 5 and 6 March while Christie’s generated 140 million (including the total from the much anticipated Georges Michael collection), and […]
Top selling sculptures [14/12/2018]
Every other Friday Artprice offers you an auction ranking that brings to light some of the Art Market’s primary trends. This week, we take another look at the best auction results for three-dimensional artworks in 2018. The year’s best global auction results for three-dimensional artworks have – above all – rewarded 20th century French artists: […]
London / Paris [16/10/2018]
An astonishing start to the new auction season in London has brought the vibrant Contemporary Art market back into the limelight. During the first fifteen days of October, London was the centre of the art world, with top-level events including Frieze London, Frieze Masters and the high-quality and eclectic Design fair, PAD. The city also […]
Top Contemporary Sculptures [20/07/2018]
Our fortnightly series of theme-based auction rankings keeps you up to date on the secondary market’s best results. This week’s Friday Top article looks at the highest bids for works of Contemporary sculpture over the last 12 months. Rang Artiste Adjudication ($) œuvre Vente 1 Jeff KOONS (1955) 22 812 500$ Play-Doh 17/05/2018 Christie’s New York 2 […]
Contemporary art Top 10 [30/09/2016]
Discover the best sales every Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week, the ten most expensive art works are in the spotlight. This year, six artists share the Top 10 of the highest auction prices in the world for contemporary art (recorded since summer 2015). Six Western artists – as […]
Zeng Fanzhi, twenty years after his debut in Beijing [27/09/2016]
Zeng Fanzhi, twenty years after his debut in Beijing Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art has opened a retrospective show for one of the most country’s most famous Contemporary artists, ZENG Fanzhi. The exhibition will run until 19 November 2016 and covers around 25 years of work, including his Hospital and Masks series that made […]
The Top Ten contemporary sculptures [19/08/2016]
It’s Top Ten Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice ranks the most important pieces ever sold at auction. This week the ranking focuses on the most desirable contemporary sculptures of the last 12 months. The Top Ten contemporary sculptures Rank Artist Hammer Price Artwork Sale 1 Maurizio CATTELAN (1960) $17,189,000 Him (2001) 2016-05-08 Christie’s New York […]
Top 10 paintings signed by famous sculptors [18/12/2015]
Another Friday Top. Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week, the ten most expensive paintings of 2015, created by famous sculptors, come under close scrutiny.
Top 10 Hard-To-Find Artists IV – Postwar Art [21/08/2015]
Fridays are the best! Every other Friday Artprice offers you a themed auction ranking.
Hong Kong opens up to Western Contemporary art [23/06/2015]
Sotheby’s is pleased with its Hong Kong sales, especially after the latest (June 11, 2015) entitled Boundless: Contemporary Art, which saw nearly 60% of the lots fetch above their high estimates.
The Top 10 Still Lifes [18/06/2015]
Fridays are the Best! Every other Friday, Artprice offers you a themed auction ranking. This week the ranking reveals the world’s 10 most popular Still Lifes and recognizes Western modern art as the most valued period.
The French art market and its affordable works [02/06/2015]
Over the last decade or so the top end of the art market has enjoyed an almost uninterrupted series of spectacular new records, largely fuelled by a growing population of international millionaires with strong appetites for trophy signatures.
New York: a city with a real appetite for art [12/05/2015]
This Tuesday, May 12, is the kick-off date for New York’s major spring sales of Contemporary and Post-War Art.
Top auctions of 2014 at the Phillips auction house [13/03/2015]
Fridays are the Best!Every other Friday, Artprice offers you a themed auction ranking. This week, the leader of information on the Art Market discusses the most costly auctions of 2014 at the Phillips auction house.
Big means expensive… [13/01/2015]
In the history of human creation, large-scale creations have always fascinated, and artists have long sought to exploit the awe that generous dimensions inspire. From the Lascaux cave drawings to
Sculpture: Top 10! [02/01/2015]
Friday is Top day!Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week, Artprice takes a look at the world’s 10 most expensive sculptures,
The Art Basel effect [09/12/2014]
Riddled with private and institutional side-shows, the Miami Beach edition of Art Basel now has a whole collection of parallel fairs, turning the week into a veritable marathon for tens of thousands of art lovers from all over the world.
Flash News: FIAC is back – Staying with Paris – the FIAC fringe – Paul-Durand Ruel: an art dealer in Paris [17/10/2014]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: FIAC is back – Staying with Paris – the FIAC fringe – Paul-Durand Ruel: an art dealer in Paris
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