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Tag Archives: Artprice
Rich swap stocks for art: Investment, passion or a bit of both?
Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
A recent Deloitte and ArtTactic study concludes that the wealthy are allocating more funds into art, driving up art prices to record levels. What is driving this trend and is it sustainable, or even true?
What is ahead for contemporary Asian art, 2012 and beyond? Part I
Posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Art Radar is kicking off 2012 with a series of four posts that outline new trends in the Asian art world. How will dealers adapt as the world experiments with online market places?
Takashi Murakami tops Japanese artist by auction price list – Artprice
Posted on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
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.
Which Asian contemporary artists made Artprice auction revenue top 500?
Posted on Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
Art Radar Asia has put together a list of this year’s biggest-selling Asian artists, compiled from the Artprice Annual Report (2009/2010). Out of the 500 international contemporary artists named by Artprice, 238 come from Asia. With artists like Yifei Chen (China), Anish Kapoor (India) and Takashi Murakami (Japan) topping the list, the results of this report are a testament to the continued growth of the Asian art market. Continue reading
3 Indian and 2 Chinese artists in top 10 for sculpture auction revenue – Artprice
Posted on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
CHINESE INDIAN ARTISTS CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE ART MARKET REPORT Three Indian and two Chinese artists are featured in Artprice’s top 10 of contemporary artists for auction revenue from sculptures. While the report’s contemporary painting segment features artists from the US, the … Continue reading
Asian artists overwhelm Artprice list of top ten artists under thirty
Posted on Friday, October 22nd, 2010
EMERGING YOUNG ASIAN ARTISTS The “Alternate-Friday Top Series” is a series of lists, produced fortnightly by Artprice, which provide artist ranking on various themes. The September 10th edition lists the top ten artists aged under thirty that have achieved the … Continue reading
Making the art market transparent – the Artprice story video
Posted on Saturday, April 25th, 2009
ART MARKET DATABASE If you are interested in how the internet is transforming the art market, you will be fascinated by this video which tells the nuts and bolts story of developing and running an auction price database. By making price and … Continue reading
Artprice launches web-based art collection management and valuation service free to subscribers
Posted on Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
ART MANAGEMENT VALUATION Free asset valuation and management tools are ubiquitous in the financial sector and it was just a matter of time before similar offerings were released by art service companies. Artprice offers automatic valuations of collectors’ portfolios using a … Continue reading
Which are the top 10 international contemporary art fairs?
Posted on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
ART FAIRS The top ten art fairs in the world attracting the largest numbers of galleries are: 1. Art Basel, which is by far the leader with 304 exhibitors, followed by 2. Art Basel Miami (248 galleries), 3. Art Cologne … Continue reading
Iranian art market booms for younger artists – Artprice
Posted on Sunday, September 7th, 2008
IRANIAN ART MARKET “The vitality of the Middle-Eastern market is giving a number of young Iranian artists a healthy price index on the secondary art market” says Artprice’s online magazine Art Market Insight. In October 2007, at only his second … Continue reading



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