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Strong Sales For Chinese Artists At Sotheby’s, Christie’s Auctions
Last weekend at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s in London, collectors indicated that the upward momentum we’ve seen in the prices of works by blue-chip Chinese artists at recent auctions continues to...
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Warhol & Wang: The Enduring Allure Of Pop Art
This past Tuesday, collectors flocked to Christie’s New York Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art, bidding for works by top pop artists like Roy Lichtenstein, Louis Bourgeois, Mark Rothko and...
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Blue-Chip Chinese Artists Sell Alongside International Heavyweights At Abu...
The recently concluded Abu Dhabi Art Fair was a success in more ways than one for top Chinese contemporary artists. Not only were they exhibited alongside other global heavy-hitters like Anish Kapoor,...
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2011 Trend Watch: Chinese Collectors, Modern Western Art?
Will Chinese Collectors Expand Their Repertoire Beyond Chinese Art? Last summer, Xinhua reported on mainland China’s billionaire art collectors poised to take the international art market by storm,...
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Some Musings about the Future of the Chinese Art Market
Earlier this month, Artprice, a company led by its principal shareholder, an eccentric Frenchman by the name of Thierry Ehrmann, released its annual report on the outcome of the art market in 2010,...
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New Star in the Global Art Industry Rises from the East (Expect IPO in 2012)...
Since last year, Skate’s has argued that it would make considerable sense for Christie’s to go public in 2011 given the generous valuation multiples in the art industry. The momentum, at least for this...
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Sotheby’s Six Month Report: Strong Results Lead to Astonishing Cash Numbers...
Since last year, Skate’s has argued that it would make considerable sense for Christie’s to go public in 2011 given the generous valuation multiples in the art industry. The momentum, at least for this...
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Monthly Art Investment Ideas – April 2012
In this Issue: Chinese Art Market Research Based on Skate’s Top 5000 Entries to Skate’s Top 5000 in March 2012 Top 5 Art Investment Ideas for April 2012 Zhang Daqian, Guan Yin Zhang Daqian, Lotus in...
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Poly: In Start of Global Expansion, a Quiet Power Establishes Permanent New...
Beijing Poly International Auction Co. Ltd is not even seven years old, but it is the world’s third largest auction house, selling RMB 12.2 billion worth of art (USD 1.9 billion) in 2011. It remains...
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Insights into the Premium Market for Zao Wou-Ki’s Artworks
On April 9, the art world lost one of the most prominent artists of a generation. Zao Wou‐Ki, an abstract painter with mixed French and Chinese heritage, passed away at 93. During his life Zao Wou‐Ki...
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