A physical fair It’s almost miraculous. In Dubai, the most commercial city in the United Arab Emirates, where restaurants are open and tourism is flourishing even when it’s coming from Israel (1), the first physical contemporary art...
NFTs: understanding the very promising marriage of blockchain and the conventional art market
Technological progress and art history https://youtu.be/TejoBQ71Sv4 Contrary to all commonly held assumptions, art history is closely linked to the history of technological progress. It is said, for example, that Vermeer made use of the...
Munch at Sotheby’s: the master of anguish and solitude also had a huge talent for self-promotion
https://youtu.be/9X-BYm0iWxk The scream “The Scream” by Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is a bit like the tree that conceals the forest. Or the story of how a painting conceived in four versions – which has become a cultural touchstone in...
Pierre Le Tan’s collection at Sotheby’s: the story of the influential Parisian dandy from Vietnamese painting to Hockney
Art and Life “Art is what makes life more interesting than art.” People tend to slightly overuse this quote by the great Fluxus artist Robert Filliou (1926-1987), but it perfectly articulates a desire for an existence driven by the pursuit of...
Fiac Online: what is the art market’s “French Touch”?
https://youtu.be/NF-kLy44Hls Daft Punk In electronic music, people often refer to a unique genre known as “French touch” which enjoyed great international success by liberating itself from its traditional musical heritage, and whose...
Massimo de Carlo descends on Paris with a new gallery model
Nex https://youtu.be/Wofl6m4Iazo A result of Brexist We are living through times of scarcity in the contemporary art trade, and yet they all keep coming. As a result of Brexit, the likes of Zwirner, White Cube, Continua and Levy-Gorvy are all...
Christo lives on in Paris: auctions, an exhibition and the soon-to-be-wrapped Arc de Triomphe
https://youtu.be/vmxWq4ukJrI Immortality Great artists never die. This illusion of immortality certainly applies to the Bulgarian-born, New York-based creator Christo, who passed away on 31 May 2020 at the age of 84. (See here the...
Botticelli: Explanations and questions regarding a 92.2 million dollar painting
https://youtu.be/N_50PZxHyoY There are successive stories of old masters on the art market and yet no two are quite alike. Absolute record The absolute record for an old masters work, 450 million dollars, was obtained by Christie’s in...
Revolution at Opera Gallery: the creation of a 100-million-euro fund for garanties at auction and the promotion of recognized artists
https://youtu.be/Kk24fEsCY9g Reactive art market The art market is exceptionally reactive. It is adapting at great speed to the conditions of the world health crisis. Focused demand This is because demand in the first place is very focused. In...
Galerie de Bayser: An extraordinary place in Paris where you can see works by Delacroix, Degas and Vigée-Lebrun
https://youtu.be/RqfCyryJ2Ec Waiting for the museums to reopen In Paris there is a place that is absolutely unique in the world, which exudes an aura of art history and the mysteries of past masters. It is little known among the general...
Art market: speculation on figurative art, digital fatigue, and the growing power of Paris. No crash on the horizon for now…
Safe haven and resilience All the art market specialists agree on at least one thing concerning the forecasts for 2021: there won’t be a crash. This is primarily because, as the dealer and Picasso collector David Nahmad explains: “art remains...
“You don’t do business with a buyer in sandals and a t-shirt in the same way as in a New York gallery”: the American art market’s exodus to chic seaside resorts
We are on Long Island. Beyond the 45 kilometres of Hamptons coastline, about two hours from New York by car, there is a unique microclimate in America. With an atmosphere known for being tasteful and cool, surrounded by cornfields and old...