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The Artprice100© index was up 1.55% in 2023 [08 Apr 2024]
The simulated portfolio put together by Artprice to evaluate the annual performance of a weighted investment in the world’s 100 top-selling blue-chip artists on the global art auction market continued to grow with an overall return on investment of 1.55 % between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. The portfolio’s yield in 2023 was […]
The top 10 drawings at auction in Q1: China leads [14 Apr 2023]
In view of Chinese auction results hammered during the first quarter of this year, the Chinese art market is recovering from its covid-related trough. And if we look specifically at global auction results for artworks that are classified as drawings, the top 10 results in Q1 reward nine Chinese artists and only one Western artist, […]
Top results in 2020 [11 Dec 2020]
The years go by… but are never quite the same… Bacon, Hockney and Rothko, who were already in the Top 10 results of 2019, are admittedly still present this year, but Claude Monet and Jeff Koons are absent. The latter two (very different) artists generated a record for Impressionism record at $110.7 million (Claude Monet’s […]
Top 10 of the most expensive artworks in 2019 [20 Dec 2019]
Artprice regularly reviews the top 10 ranking of artworks that have fetched the highest prices on the global art auction market… works that have excited and moved global buyers more than any others. As the year-end is an appropriate moment for tallies and totals, here is an update of the most spectacular Fine Art auction […]
Top 10 auction sales by city [12 Jan 2018]
It’s Top 10 Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we look at the results of 10 cities involved in the art auction market. Observing in detail the best sales of each city speaks volumes regarding the current dynamics of the art market… The gap between the most attractive cities […]
Maurice de Vlaminck: 60 years on… [02 Jan 2018]
Will 2018 be as dynamic as 2017? Only time will tell… In the meantime, here is the last in our mini-series covering 2017’s highlights. The last two months of 2017 generated some major auction results, including some of the most impressive world records the art market has ever seen. Artprice’s twentieth birthday Artprice celebrated its […]
Drawing… a separate market in its own right [11 Jul 2017]
Long considered the preparatory, preliminary or initial stages of research for a creation in some other medium (usually painting or sculpture), drawing has been viewed as a secondary art category for centuries… except among a relatively small community of specialists for whom it represents not just the roots of creativity, but also a distinct and […]
Artprice.com: Defying all forecasts: China upped 18%, dominated the global Art Market in the first half of 2016 [25 Jul 2016]
1. China returns to the leader position as the world’s largest art marketplace with a +18% increase2. Hong Kong posted H1 growth of 10% 3. Market liquidity has been guaranteed by transactions volumes up 3.2%
Drawing Week in Paris … and the impact of the Chinese market [29 Mar 2016]
This week the Paris art market is dominated by three important drawing fairs: the Salon du Dessin with a prestigious selection of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary works (25-30 March at the Palais Brongniart), Drawing Now with recognised Contemporary artists (30 March – 3 April at the Carreau du Temple) and DDESSIN
Flash News: Picasso – Qi Baishi – El Greco [03 Apr 2015]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: New world record expected for Picasso. Record expected for Qi Baishi vs. Picasso. El Greco resurfaces
The Top Drawings for 2014 [13 Feb 2015]
Fridays are the best! Every other Friday, ArtPrice offers you a themed auction ranking. This week, ArtPrice discusses the 10 most expensive drawings in 2014. In the lineup: nine Chinese bids out of the 10!
The world’s most ”profitable” artists [15 Dec 2014]
With the art market at an all-time peak, Artprice.com takes a look at artists who generate the highest annual auction totals in the world and who thus represent a handsome source of income for auction operators. The latter, remember, are remunerated from fees charged to both the seller and the buyer.
The Top Ten of the 1930s [11 Apr 2014]
Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the top ten sales of works from the 1930s.
Art Paris – Why China is so important for the art market [18 Mar 2014]
The 14th edition of Art Paris will be held under the dome of the Grand Palais in Paris from 27 to 30 March 2014. The fair’s organiser since 2011, Guillaume Piens, is proud to have attracted more than 53,000 visitors to the 2013 edition, which makes Art Paris one of the most frequented Contemporary Art fairs in Europe.
2013: Top Ten in Drawing [28 Feb 2014]
Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the ten top bids in 2013 for drawing.
A billion dollars for three artists… [25 Feb 2014]
In 2013 the art market reached an unprecedented level of dynamism with its best-ever year-total in terms of auction revenue. The market’s increasingly prosperous high end is dominated by a small number of “trophy” signatures that sell for astronomical prices.
The best of Hong Kong [24 May 2013]
Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the top ten hammer prices in Hong Kong!
The Hong Kong’s marathon [27 Nov 2012]
The official Hong Kong marathon is not until February… but the week of sales that just ended in the former British Colony has left art collectors and market players exhausted after some twenty auctions and at least as many exhibitions.
Gerhard Richter craze [28 Aug 2012]
Since the start of 2012, Gerhard Richter has signed four auction results above $15 million! Spearhead of Contemporary German painting, Richter has become the most expensive living artist of our time.
Art Market News in Brief ! [13 Jul 2012]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.
11 figures for 2011 [07 Feb 2012]
The last page in our review of 2011 crystallises the art market’s main trends in 11 key figures.
The global art market – an overview of 2011 [03 Jan 2012]
Following our summaries of the performance of the Art Market Confidence Index and of the French art market in 2011, we are closing the series with a round-up of the global art auction market in 2011.
China’s Modern artists [25 Nov 2011]
Every other Friday Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we present the 10 best auction results for Chinese Modern artists over the first six months of 2011.
Overview of 2011 first semester [30 Aug 2011]
Against a backdrop of slow economic growth during the first six months of 2011 and a spreading debt crisis that has amplified the panic on financial markets,
Best auction results in H1 2011 [22 Jul 2011]
Our Friday TOP! Every other Friday Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we present the ten best auction results in the first half of 2011.
China’s best auction results in 2010 [31 Mar 2011]
Every fortnight Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week’s theme is China’s best Fine Art auction results during 2010.
Shock wave through the art market… China now ranks first, ahead of the USA and the UK [22 Mar 2011]
According to Thierry Ehrmann, founder and CEO of Artprice, the world leader in art market information, “this unprecedented news represents a turning point in the history of the global art market: China is now the number 1 in terms of Fine art auction revenue”.
The 2009 podium: Picasso, Warhol, Qi [23 Feb 2010]
As the art market convalesced in 2009, the world’s top auction performers generated much smaller totals than in previous years. Regulars in the Top 10 ranking like Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Alberto Giacometti, Edgar Degas or Claude Monet saw their annual revenues contract by 55% – 77% compared with 2008.
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