https://youtu.be/JUWPy3kMnGA Once upon a time in New York Once upon a time there were two New Yorkers of different ages, races, and careers, who would produce over a short time period – between 1984 and 1985 – extraordinary paintings made in...
Art Basel Hong Kong: the great return to the international market
Draconian isolation Times have been hard. For three years draconian isolation measures have been imposed in China and, to a lesser extent, in its commercial forward base, Hong Kong, while the effervescent city has also been the site of marked...
Marcel Proust: how the cult around the author of La Recherche has produced a booming market
I used to go to bed early “Longtemps je me suis couché de bonne heure” (“For a long time I used to go to bed early”) … So begins the extraordinary story of a young boy on the verge of falling asleep, immersed in darkness, having to wait for his...
Tefaf Maastricht: Adam and Eve in 1500, Chagall in 1917, Annette Giacometti in 1966… When art history meets the art market
Disruption There’s disruption across the entire planet. China-US relations are tense. A war has been raging for the past year on European soil, social movements shake the continent. The climate threat is closing in on all sides... But the art...
Art Dubai: a fair with promise in a buzzing city
Covid impact If Covid has had a positive impact on any country in the world it is surely Dubai. In the city in the United Arab Emirates, famous for its leisure and entertainment, life didn’t come to a standstill during the public health crisis....
Old masters, new tastes
https://youtu.be/Lus0J0c_Gc8 A fairly placid market Compared to the excessive prices in the field of modern and contemporary art, the market for old masters seems to be fairly placid judging by the results of the January sales in New York. It’s...
Art Basel Miami Beach: A unique artistic ecosystem
20 years ago Art Basel emerged at Miami Beach 20 years ago and since then no other art fair has made such a powerful impact on a city. For a long time fun-loving Miami has been on the receiving end of bad press, and the fair, since the early...
At the New York auctions there were paintings for keen connoisseurs or speculators
Vandalism On 18 November 2022 two environmental activists from the French movement known as “Dernière Rénovation” (Last Renovation) poured orange acrylic paint over a massive stainless steel sculpture, an equestrian self-portrait by American...
Abu Dhabi: a creative fair in collaboration with the Louvre AD and the future Guggenheim
Supported by the state It’s the only fair of its kind: a commercial show that’s entirely supported by the state, as a cultural event in its own right. Abu Dhabi Art, which features 80 exhibitors from 33 countries, is an event that has existed...
Paris Photo: the principles of valuing photography, from Le Gray to Serrano
Letizia Battaglia The setting of prices Each field of artistic creation is governed, in market terms, by unique rules. So the principles that dictate the setting of prices in photography have nothing to do with the market for paintings, for...
Paul Allen Collection: he was passionate, he bought masterpieces and the sale is entirely guaranteed so it cannot fail
https://youtu.be/YjkhT5Pues4 1 billion Rarely has a sale been kept secret for so long. On 9 and 10 November Christie’s will be selling 184 lots in New York taken from the collection belonging to the co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, who died...
Paris+ by Art Basel: artworks for millions of euros at the fair replacing the Fiac
High expectations It’s the question on everyone’s lips: with the arrival of the contemporary art fair Paris+ by Art Basel, which is now organized by the Swiss behemoth, what are the real changes? Expectations are high if we are to believe the...