Social Networking for Art Collectors - artmarketblog.com Social networks are all the rage at the moment so I thought that I would put together a list of the top ten social networks that would be of benefit to art collectors and art investors. Joining a social network gives you access to the knowledg...

Dissecting Christie’s Feb 09 Art Auction Pt. 2 - artmarketblog.com A few weeks ago I posted the first half of the results from the Christie’s February 2009 Impressionist and Modern Art auction along with information relating to whether each lot had been sold at auction previously and if it h...

YSL Auction Boosts French Market Share - artmarketblog.com The Bergé -YSL sale was a historical sale in more than one sense: the €373.5m total for the three-day auction is the world record for a private collection and the European record for an art sale of any sort. Moreover, the collection’s F...

Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 4 - artmarketblog.com 2. Percentage of lots sold by value continued In part three of this series I looked at the first of two different methods of calculating the percentage of lots sold by value. The first method that I looked at which is calculated by using the f...

2009 Next Star Artist Competition - artmarketblog.com Herb Williams in his studio I have received lots of emails asking whether there will be a 2009 Next Star Artist competition so I thought it was about time to announce that YES, there will be a 2009 Next Star Artist Competition. After the success ...

Ana Prvacki Performance Video - artmarketblog.com In September last year during the Sydney Biennale, at the request of New Art TV, I interviewed Singapore based, Serbian born artist Ana Prvacki. As part of the Biennale, Prvacki performed a work titled “Music Derived Painkiller” which inv...

Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 3 - artmarketblog.com 2. Percentage of lots sold by value In part 2 of this series of posts on the real value of the statistics that are used to determine the success of a sale, I conducted an in depth analysis of the percentage of lots sold by number statistic. Th...

Adam Reeder and Pan’s Ipod  - artmarketblog.com "Pan with his Ipod" If I am going to be honest I have never really been a big fan of classical figurative sculpture but after being introduced to the work of California based artist Adam Reeder I may have rethink my position. Judging b...

Mai-Thu Perret Edition from Parkett Art - artmarketblog.com Mai-Thu Perret is a rather interesting Swiss artist who I was not really aware of until recently when I came across a rather intriguing limited edition of Perret’s work being sold at Parkett Art. An exhibition of Perret’s work t...

Boo Saville at Trolley Gallery - artmarketblog.com 'Residual Condition' biro on paper There is no doubt that British artist Boo Saville has a fascination with death and the effects that different causes of death have on the human body and it’s appearance. The latest solo exhibition of ...