Monthly Archives: January 2012
First China Owned Gallery opens in Berlin
The Year of the Dragon brought for the first time a Chinese owned gallery to establish in Europe. Zhong Gallery was founded by a Beijing Art collector Zhu Gaowen and he has picked Berlin for his new gallery. The city … Continue reading
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Chinese Investors will Continue to drive the Art Market in 2012
Last year China’s art market exceeded US$ 31.75 billion, primarily because diversification away from China’s stock market and the real estate sector that will fuel the art market even more this year. The chinese Auction power houses like Guardian and … Continue reading
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Pablo Picasso has been dethroned
The world auction market’s top earner in recent year must yield to Chinese artist Zhang Daquin (1899-1983), according to report released by ArtPrice. Zhang generated US$ 506.7 million in auction revenue in 2011. Second place was compatriot Qi Baishi (1864-1957) … Continue reading
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Art Stage Singapore attracts collectors
The Art Stage Fair gets lots of attention and media coverage as it aims to compete with Art:HK as the regions most prestigious artfair. Galleries, Museums and Auction houses take the opportunity to have their own sideshows, knowing the collectors … Continue reading
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Mary Boone Gallery NY presents Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei’s sunflower seeds installation will be held at Mary Boone Gallery in New York now until February 4th. The show will feature 5 tons of the hand-painted porcelain sunflower seeds, previously shown at Tate Modern in London 2010. The … Continue reading
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Chen Wenling at Art stage Art Fair Singapore,
Chen Wenling will be holding a solo exhibition at Art Stage 2012 from January 12-15. It is organised by Ode to Art Contemporary gallery of Singapore. This exhibition showcases artworks from his two renowned series of sculptures; “Red Memory” with … Continue reading
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Art Stage Singapore 2012; Asia’s first Contemporary Art Fair
120 galleries are exhibiting for the second year at Art stage in Singapore from January 12 to 15. It will be held at Marina Sands Convention and Exhibition Center. There will be additional activities during next week like seminars, art … Continue reading
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2011: Art is Hot as an alternative investment
Beautiful Asset Advisors LLC runs the Mei Moses All Art Index, a composite index tracking art markets across the globe. The firm collected data from 300 Sotheby’s and Christie’s auctions around the world in 2011, in which 3000 lots … Continue reading
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The Art Market 2011
All the information is not yet complete but it is clear that 2011 has been the biggest grossing ever for sales of art at auction. That statement is coming from Artprice, a site that tracks auction houses results; just before … Continue reading
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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,400 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading
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