Tag Archives: buying art

India Art Fair 2012: For international galleries, India focus among emerging economies
Posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012

A round-up of the India Art Fair which ended on 29 January 2012. Art Radar finds out what the overall reception of the fair was this time around.

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Buying Indian art for the new collector – Business Today
Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Business Today recently published an article providing valuable advice from knowledgeable professionals about purchasing or investing in Indian art.

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How confident is the art market? Depends on price range
Posted on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

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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Assistant-produced art: Do collectors buy it? Wall Street Journal
Posted on Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Artist-made or artist-designed: What do collectors want? The Wall Street Journal discusses the growing dependence contemporary artists have on their assistants.

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Photographer David LaChapelle in Hong Kong: Asian art scene buzzing while New York’s stagnates
Posted on Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

At the opening press conference for his Hong Kong debut solo, “The Raft”, David LaChapelle shares his thoughts on the Asian art scene and how Asia inspired his work.

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Political correctness enemy of good art says Valentine Willie – BFM podcast
Posted on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

We pull some quotes from a fascinating BFM podcast with Malaysian contemporary art specialist and dealer Valentine Willie. Find a link to the interview here, too.

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Tips and tricks for buying Asian contemporary art – event alert
Posted on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Get specialist tips and tricks for buying Asian art. An event alert for a course on art investment given by Art Radar founder Kate Cary Evans.

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Hong Kong Street Art Series: ufo Gallery quits Hong Kong art scene
Posted on Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

GALLERY CLOSURE ART MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVE ART As we wrote in a December 2010 article called ‘Gallery shake-out expected in Hong Kong in 2011′, a number of galleries in Hong Kong have been forced into closure due, in part, to the … Continue reading →


Mid auction season Hong Kong art market update: Sotheby’s sale round-up
Posted on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

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 →