Tag Archives: art auction

Art ephemera can be valuable as research material and as collectibles in their own right. We link to a short article that offers some tips on how to preserve these essential objects.

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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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Will 2011 be the year the Israeli art market makes it’s comeback? It is the year Bonhams has chosen for its first auction of modern and contemporary Israeli art and Judaica.

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Art Radar attended the preview for the upcoming Sotheby’s Ullens Collection contemporary Chinese art auction and brings you the highlights.

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The Chinese Art Centre in Manchester, UK will hold the first ever auction of contemporary Chinese art in the country on 2 December. This silent auction will be accompanied by online bidding options. The fundraiser will include works donated by 29 artists including Gordon Cheung, Suki Chan, Dinu Li, Ed Pien, Ming Wong, Tsang Kin Wah and Pei Yuan Jiang. We include the press release in this event alert. Continue reading →

According to the ArtTactic Chinese Contemporary Art Market Confidence Indicator, perception of contemporary Chinese Art has improved significantly. This development is to be expected, considering the success of last spring’s (and more recently this autumn’s) auctions in Hong Kong and mainland China. We summarise the main points of the report and link to where to purchase it. Continue reading →

The seven day Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn 2010 sales series was a revealing and record-breaking event. Most artworks sold for well above estimates, mainland Chinese buyers outnumbered those from Hong Kong and Asian art sales eclipsed those of Western art. Art Radar trowels the media to find and summarise the best reports on the sales. Continue reading →

INDIAN ART MARKET CONFIDENCE A recent article published on livemint.com by the Wall Street Journal reported a rising trend of speculators’ confidence in the Indian art market, possibly as a result of a rebound in valuations of Indian artworks. The … Continue reading →

HONG KONG ART MARKET The state of the arts in Hong Kong are strong and flourishing, earning Hong Kong the high praise of being touted as Asia’s arts ‘promised land’ by Art +Auction Magazine in the March 2010 issue. The article … Continue reading →

SOTHEBY’S AUCTIONS HONG KONG CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART Although called a Contemporary Asian Art auction, this sale was dominated by Chinese artists which was a canny move by Sotheby’s given that mainland liquidity is driving prices of property in Hong Kong to … Continue reading →

ASIAN ART AUCTIONS A painting by Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Xiaogang offered by Hollywood director Oliver Stone fetched HK$26.4 million ($3.4 million) at a Hong Kong art sale where half the lots were unsold, reflecting the prevailing gloom. Zhang’s “Bloodline: … Continue reading →

      REPORT FROM THE AUCTION ROOM Big name Chinese and Indian artists and several premium lot artworks failed to sell at Sotheby’s October 2008 evening sale of contemporary and modern Asian art but the sale pointed to a new trend … Continue reading →

CONTEMPORARY ART PAKISTAN  Rashid Rana occupies a unique position among Pakistan’s contemporary artists and has been a hit internationally. Rashid Rana is a star, whether it’s in Lahore, Mumbai or Hong Kong. The Pakistani artist wowed the crowds who flocked to … Continue reading →