Posted on July 2, 2009 by artforprofits
Art Bankers Take Advantage of Falling Prices- artmarketblog.com
The interest in structured art investment programs has continued to remain relatively high considering the recent concerns voiced by some regarding the state of the art market. Since the beginning of the year there have been several new art investment programs launched which suggests that the categorisation [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2009 by artforprofits
After the sale of three Niki de Saint-Phalle’s giant Nanas in Germany in December 2008 for €750,000, the Paris sale last month of her Le Banc produced another excellent result.
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Posted on June 23, 2009 by artforprofits
A new auction record was set for a limited edition work by the popular Korean artist Do Ho Suh at Philips De Pury’s June 2nd Editions sale where one of the artist’s limited edition lithographs, “Untitled, 1998″, sold for $7,500 against an estimate of $2000 – $3000
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Posted on June 10, 2009 by artforprofits
An oeuvre is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a composer”
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Posted on June 3, 2009 by artforprofits
Urban/Street art is a great genre of art for collectors on a budget with such a wide variety of works by very talented artists available for very reasonable prices
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Posted on May 27, 2009 by artforprofits
The first major retrospective held in North America of work by Dutch born French artist Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968) was held at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
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Posted on May 19, 2009 by artforprofits
Posted on April 22, 2009 by artforprofits
The success of the recent Sculpture Objects and Functional Art fair (SOFA) in New York (April 16-19) is confirmation that the market for design art and decorative arts continues to gain strength
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Posted on April 11, 2009 by artforprofits
If you have ever wondered exactly what determines whether a painting is considered to be an old master painting or not then you are not alone. The market generally defines any painting of quality created prior to 1830 as being an Old Master painting
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Posted on April 8, 2009 by artforprofits
Art Market Blog in the News – artmarketblog.com
Hi Art Market Blog readers, I thought you might be interested in seeming some of the press that the Art Market Blog has received over the last few weeks. Enjoy !!
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Posted on April 3, 2009 by artforprofits
Approaching the Old Masters – artmarketblog.com
Old Master paintings are the quiet achievers of the art world – conscientiously going about their business and becoming more valuable at a slow but steady pace. When the contemporary art market is at full speed the poor old masters tend to be pushed aside and seriously neglected. [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by artforprofits
Location Matters for Art Sales- artmarketblog.com
At a recent art auction that I attended here in Australia a couple of prints by Sybil Andrews attracted huge amounts of interest resulting in both selling for well above their estimates. This wasn’t really surprising considering the level of interest that there seems to be in the work [...]
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