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Mark Grotjahn: Artist Market Report – December 2018
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The Grotjahn market fails to sustain the record sales in 2017: Total sales in 2018 are currently at $12.7 million, down by 61% from total auction sales in 2017. Eighteen lots have so far been offered for sale in 2018, only one lower than 2017. Market softening as prices fall below average expectations: Three quarters…
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Auction Analysis: Old Master Paintings Evening Auctions – December 2018
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London’s Evening Sales of Old Master Paintings pass the test, as sales are up 56% from December 2017 The Old Masters market is closing out 2018 on a good note, though with not nearly as much buzz as it had earlier in the year. Both Master Week at Sotheby’s and Classic Week at Christie’s brought…
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Auction Analysis: Post-War and Contemporary Evening Auctions – November 2018
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New York’s evening sales of Post-War and Contemporary art up 8.3% from May 2018 The Post-War and Contemporary art evening sales in New York last week raised a total of $849,430,000* (excluding buyer’s premium), just inside the total pre-sale estimate of $841,320,000 - $1,142,380,000; 8.3% increase from May 2018 and 34.1% higher than the sales…
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Auction Analysis: Impressionist & Modern Evening Auctions – November 2018
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New York’s evening sales of Impressionist and Modern art 21.2% short of their combined pre-sale estimates The Impressionist and Modern art evening sales in New York last week raised a total of $510,980,000* (excluding buyer’s premium), falling short of the total pre-sale estimate of $583,530,000 - $818,020,000; 21.2% lower than the sales total in November…
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Rudolf Stingel: Artist Market Report – November 2018
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Is the lack of curatorial attention starting to hurt the Stingel market: With only one solo show in the last two years, the amount of curatorial attention seem to have dropped significantly from 2016, which saw ten solo shows and nine group shows. The drop in institutional activity seem to make the market nervous as…
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Market Analysis: Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern and North African Art Auctions 2018
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Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern and North African Art Auctions are down 19% in 2018 compared to 2017 The auction market for Middle Eastern and North african art sees decline for the second consecutive year: Total auction sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Bonhams and Tehran Auction of Modern & Contemporary art from the Middle-East and North African…
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Market Analysis: Modern & Contemporary African Art Auctions – October 2018
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London’s Modern & Contemporary African Art Auctions are up 42% in 2018 compared to 2017 In January 2018, the ArtTactic Outlook 2018 report predicted that the African Modern and Contemporary art market was going to be one of the fastest growing art markets this year, with 70% of experts surveyed believing the African art market would…
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Auction Analysis: Post-War & Contemporary Day Auctions – October 2018
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London’s Day sales of Post-War and Contemporary art shows an 82.4% growth in sales over the last two years The post-war and contemporary art day sales that took place during London’s Frieze week raised a total of £37,142,500 (excluding buyer’s premium), comfortably within the total pre-sale estimate range of £34,834,000 - £49,771,500; 16.2% higher than…
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Auction Analysis: Post-War & Contemporary Evening Auctions – October 2018
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London’s evening sales of Post-War and Contemporary art 20% short of their combined pre-sale estimates The post-war and contemporary art evening sales in London last week raised a total of £146,985,000 (excluding buyer’s premium), falling short of the total pre-sale estimate of £158,170,000 - £224,650,000; 8.7% lower than the sales total in October 2017. If…
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NextGen Artists Global Report 2018
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We are delighted to publish the new NextGen Artists Global Report 2018, a collaboration between JLT Specialty and ArtTactic.This inaugural report presents the next generation of international artists aged 40 or below, highlighting trends within gender, education, artist hubs, art market and museum exposure. KEY FINDINGS TOP NEXTGEN ARTISTS: Njideka Akunyili Crosby (Nigeria), Camille Henrot (France), Jordan…
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Contemporary Art Market Confidence Report, October 2018
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KEY FINDINGS Confidence in the contemporary art market has dropped 24% in the first 6 months of 2018, despite a 27% increase in contemporary auction sales for the same period. It looks like the market has some concerns about the sustainability of the current boom, on the back of increasing economic and political uncertainty. However,…
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Photography Market – 1st Half 2018
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About this report: This report presents 6 monthly auction trends between 2010 and 2018. The auction analysis is part of ArtTactic’s 6 monthly reports on the dedicated photography auctions at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips in London, New York and Paris. This analysis does not take into account photographs sold at other sales, such as Post-War…
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Auction Analysis: Old Masters Sales in London – July 2018
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The summer season for Old Master Paintings has come and gone, with Sotheby’s and Christie’s evening sales on July 4th and 5th respectively. Woven into a week of previews, parties and sales, as parts of both Master Week at Sotheby’s and Classic Week at Christie’s, the two evening sales brought in a total of £61,100,000…
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Auction Review – 1st Half 2018
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Global auction sales from Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips ended up at $6.95 billion in 2018, up 21.6% from first half 2017. The rise in turnover, was particularly notable in the second quarter of 2018, which raised $5.32 billion in total sales across the three auction houses, up 27% from $4.19 billion in the second quarter…
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Auction Analysis: Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sales – June 2018
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Last week’s auctions of post-war & contemporary day sales at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips in London totalled £31,085,850*, representing an increased hammer total of 92.3% from June 2017 (when Christie’s opted out from having June sales). The combined sales total ended up comfortably within the pre-sale estimate of £28,155,000 - £40,320,000. Across the three sales,…
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Auction Analysis: Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sales – June 2018
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Sotheby’s and Phillips post-war & contemporary evening auctions in London totalled £123,260,000 against the pre-sale estimate of £106,750,000 to £143,990,000. The result was 58.7% higher than June 2017 and second highest total for the two auction houses since June 2015. It is evident that both auction houses benefitted from Christie’s absence from the evening sale schedule.…
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