HONG KONG.- Christie’s concluded its Spring season with a total of HK$4bn (US$515m), including the off-season sale of fine wines in March and April, the Spring sale series from 27 May to 1 June, and the Beijing sales by Christie’s brand licen…
Christie’s Experts See Hong Kong as a Leader for Global Sales in Five to Ten Years
HONG KONG (REUTERS).- Global auction house Christie’s rounded up a robust Asian sale series in Hong Kong on Wednesday with solid demand for Chinese antiques and paintings, a trend a Christie’s director said could make Hong Kong one of its leading marke…
Christie’s Experts See Hong Kong as a Leader for Global Sales in Five to Ten Years
HONG KONG (REUTERS).- Global auction house Christie’s rounded up a robust Asian sale series in Hong Kong on Wednesday with solid demand for Chinese antiques and paintings, a trend a Christie’s director said could make Hong Kong one of its leading marke…
Artprice: the 2010 Art Market Annual Report – China Winner of the Past Decade
PARIS.- During the past decade, two strong trends have emerged: firstly, as per the words of Thierry Ehrmann, the Ceo and founder of Artprice, the world leader in art market information, “we have seen a veritable revolution in the geopolitics of the gl…
China Overtakes Britain as the World’s Second Largest Art and Antiques Market
LONDON (REUTERS).- China overtook Britain as the world’s second largest art and antiques market last year, a new report showed, and British art officials voiced concern that an EU levy planned in 2012 would further undermine its position. “The Global A…
USC Art Law Society to Hold "The Business of Art: A Forecast for 2011"
LAS ANGELES, CA.- In the age of skyrocketing auction prices, the explosion of global art fairs, and increased digitization from iPad masterpieces to the Google Art Project, how are artists, galleries, and cultural institutions around the world adapting…
Art Dubai’s Global Art Forum 5 in Dubai and Doha
Art Dubai ART DUBAI’S GLOBAL ART FORUM_5 TO BE HELD 14–18 MARCH IN DOHA AND DUBAI Dates: 14 March | Doha, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, 9.00 – 16.00 16–18 March | Dubai, Art Dubai, Madinat Jumeirah, 14.00 – 17.00 www.artdubai.ae GLOBAL ART FORUM_5 The Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region’s […]
With Financial Crisis a Distant Memory and as Art Market Booms, Some See the Risk of Bust
LONDON (REUTERS).- At the top end of the art market, the financial crisis seems a distant memory — surging prices saw Christie’s and Sotheby’s post impressive 2010 results that were back to, or above pre-crisis levels. Yet while the market leaders are…
With Financial Crisis a Distant Memory and as Art Market Booms, Some See the Risk of Bust
LONDON (REUTERS).- At the top end of the art market, the financial crisis seems a distant memory — surging prices saw Christie’s and Sotheby’s post impressive 2010 results that were back to, or above pre-crisis levels. Yet while the market leaders are…
Christie’s 2010 Global Art Sales Total $5.0 Billion, Highest Sales Total in History
LONDON.- Christie’s International, the world’s leading art business, today announced worldwide sales for 2010 of £3.3 billion/$5.0 billion, up 53% by £ on last year’s figure of £2.1 billion (Figures include buyer’s premium). The …