Textile Art Auction Market 2023
- Analyst: Lindsay Dewar, Francesca Stocco
- Pages: 16
- Access: Analyst Pro
Welcome to our newest report, the ArtTactic Textile Art Auction Market 2023. Since the 1960s, textiles have gained prominence as an artistic medium, often employed for subversive purposes. Historically, textiles have often been classified as craft rather than fine art, often associated with femininity and subjected to marginalisation by scholars and the art market alike. Nevertheless, mirroring the increasing recognition of women artists, the auction market for textile art has been particularly active in recent years.
This report features Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art – Barbican show reveals the medium’s subversive nature a look at the market for textiles in art written by Francesca Stocco, PhD Researcher, Art Market, Nottingham Trent University, and first published by The Conversation.
About this report:
This report provides a unique insight into textiles artworks sold at auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips. Nearly 550 offered lots were analysed between 2015 and 2023, across international Modern and Contemporary evening, day and incubator sales in London, New York, Hong Kong, Paris and Milan. Artists included in this report were shown in at least one of the following exhibitions: Wall Hangings, MoMA, New York (1969); Venice Biennale (2022); and Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Barbican Centre, London (2024).
Who is it for?
This report is popular among dealers, auction houses and collectors, who want to get an in-depth understanding of auction trends in the textile art market and follow the performance of the three top auction houses last year.
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