Topic Archives: Market watch

Bonhams Fine Chinese Paintings and Modern Asian Art Autumn Auction features work by contemporary artist Xu Bing and living artists Zhu Ming and Liu Kuo-sun.

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Asia Art Archive’s 2011 fundraiser auction has works by Wu Guanzhong, Nam June Paik, Takashi Murakami, Raqs Media Collective and other renowned Asian artists up for sale.

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A report published in The Wall Street Journal in October 2011 identifies new trends set by Chinese collectors and reveals how the auction market is responding to new demand.

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Art market analysts ArtTactic have released a report stating that while overall confidence in the global art market has dropped, the outlook for high-priced works stays positive.

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This post in the ‘List’ series focuses on the latest trends in the contemporary Asian art market and summarises the 5 top posts the the Art Radar archive over the last year.

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HONG KONG CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART AUCTIONS Art Radar was present in the auction room for the second instalment of Sotheby’s Ullens Collection Sale on October 2, 2011 in Hong Kong. Composed of 90 lots, this highly anticipated sale achieved sales of 93% … Continue reading →

A new gadget by Square allows users to read credit cards off their Apple or Android cell-phones, allowing small business owners to save money. But will it work for art fairs?

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Art Radar reports from the auction room of Sotheby’s evening sale of Contemporary Asian Art on October 3, 2011. The 176-lot sale featured two ‘premium’ works, and revealed lagging enthusiasm in the contemporary Asian art market

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Saffronart has reported that over half of all lots in their 2011 Autumn Art Auction were sold. A work by Tyeb Mehta took the top lot spot, selling for USD1,565,000.

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The Art Newspaper examines a recent study that outlines some of the ways in which gallerists are innovating in order to stand out against their competitors.

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Art Taipei opened Saturday 28 August and closed two days later. Art Radar was in attendance on Sunday and we bring you works that we noticed had earned the red dot.

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Two out of the three artists on Artprice’s top ten list of best auction results generated by Japanese artists (August 2011) are contemporary: Takashi Murakami and Yayoi Kusama.

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According to an article published in The Art Newspaper, Qatar (and the Qatari Royal family) is the world’s biggest buyer of modern and contemporary art today.

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White Cube is the latest in a string of international contemporary art interests moving into Hong Kong, hoping to take advantage of China’s growing taste for art collection.

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Alice Zhang, director of Hong Kong-based Mischmasch, both an online auction space and a gallery, suggests some practical ways to successfully move your art business online.

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What art fairs will ART HK 11 galleries be heading to in 2011? Art Basel Miami Beach tops most lists but some Asian fairs also get a mention.

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In 2011, two art fairs have been battling it out for the title of top Asian show, namely ART HK and Art Stage Singapore. We ask galleries at ART HK 11 which has come out on top.

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Art Radar collects what journalists, critics, bloggers and Tweeters had to say on the top trends of ART HK 11: Ai Weiwei, Gao Weigang, ASIA ONE and gallery sales.

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Summaria Lun Gallery mounted a solo exhibition of geometric paintings by Korean artist Yun-Kyung Jeong from May to June 2011 to inaugurate their new London space.

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We move away from reporting on the “blue-chip” sales at ART HK 11 and take a closer look at what was happening in the new ASIA ONE and ART FUTURES sections of the fair.

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Art Radar catches up with iconic auctioneer Simon de Pury, in Hong Kong to participate in the latest IQ2 debate, the motion of which is “Art Must Be Beautiful”.

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CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART MARKET ART HK 11 has joined forces with ArtTactic to publish two art market reports, one focussing on the Chinese art market and the other on the US and European markets. The reports show, perhaps unsurprisingly, that … Continue reading →

We publish the press release announcing the sale of ART HK to MCH Group, the company that manages both Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach.

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In it’s 2011 edition, ART HK has reported a gallery attendance of over 250, an enormous number for any fair. We compare this number with that of other fairs around the world.

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The controversial Ullens Collection went on sale at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong on 3 April, 2011. Part of the spring auction season, what did the sale contribute to the 2011 total?

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