Art market
In satirist James Gillray’s 1801 illustration A Cognocenti Contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique, the expert’s body is a stand-in for his skill. His stooped shoulders, shock of white…
Protecting artists’ intellectual property rights and ensuring they get fair remuneration for the sale and resale of their work is an ongoing international issue.
One year after the Palisades Fire tore through Los Angeles, Frieze closed its seventh annual fair in the City of Angels with genuine optimism. More than 32,000 visitors from over 45 countries…
The Persian Gulf is witnessing unprecedented art fair expansions as major players like Art Basel and Frieze compete for dominance outside slower American and European markets. Despite the Middle…
The last few months have seen a flurry of gallery space relocations and consolidations as owners seek more affordable locations to reduce overhead. Rising commercial rents, stiff competition…
Stock exchanges have been offering the public a piece of corporate earnings since the Dutch East India Company opened one in 1602, but only recently has art become a tradable security. Half a dozen…
Amid reports of the auction market’s steady decline, Sotheby’s has clinched a collection from the estate of Leonard Lauder valued at more than $400 million.
Before he had reached the age of 30, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) did something that some of his fellow artists considered somewhat odd: Dürer, a highly skilled painter, devoted a significant portion…
This September, Studio Shop Gallery, the oldest retail business in Burlingame and one of California’s longest-standing art galleries, celebrates a remarkable milestone: 110 years of connecting…
Alberto Giacometti’s “Large Thin Head” is still waiting for its next collector after failing to sell at Sotheby’s New York auction in May for an asking price of $70 million. Andy Warhol’s “Big…
After having the highest value-added tax (VAT) rate for art in the European Union, Italy has just reduced it to 5%, the new European low.
Art has long been identified, even romanticized, as an ideal way to launder money. There’s a thread of logic here: the art world accommodates anonymous, high-dollar buyers and the industry allows…
With new VIP preview hours and over 160 international galleries, Art Miami 2024 further cements its status as a premier destination in the global contemporary and modern art market.
Location, as any real estate agent will tell you, plays an essential role in the potential success or failure of a business maintaining a brick and mortar operation in conjunction with an online…
There typically would be great anticipation leading up to Christie’s 20th and 21st Century Evening Sales, as works by Basquiat, Keith Haring, Monet, Ed Rusche, Van Gogh,
