There seems to be a significant amount of concern regarding the outcome of the November art auctions to the point where those who follow what some journalists write about the art market might believe that the...
opinion by artmarketguru | 6 days ago | updated 6 days ago 23 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
One of the most dangerous scenarios for the art market is the existence of large numbers of extremely wealthy people who have no idea about the value of art yet have excessive amounts of money to spend on expensive...
Art Market Review October 2008 VideoThis video is a review of the art market since the beginning of the financial crisis with analysis of the current state of the art market and predictions on the future of the...
opinion by artmarketguru | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago 42 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
1. Buy art and hang on wall -Yes I know, stating the bleeding obvious 2. Become an artist -Think you could be the next Damien Hirst? 3. Invest in an art investment fund -There are many different art investment funds...
opinion by artmarketguru | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago 49 views | 2 comments | 10 recommendations
Art auction results are usually used by the media as the primary indicator of the health of the art market and have received a huge amount of press since the financial crisis took hold as reporters and journalists...
opinion by artmarketguru | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago 29 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
This post will continue on from my last post (see here) regarding the article “Art sale Moss-acre” (see here) due to the fact that I have even more issues with the content of this article and the way the related events have been reported. It is especially important in...
Tonight (24th September) and tomorrow night (25th September) there will be art auctions taking place here in Australia both of which are being conducted by Menzies Art Brands who are the number one market leaders...
opinion by artmarketguru | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago 52 views | 1 comment | 2 recommendations
Our good friends at the Humble Arts Foundation have just launched their new website which I have to say is absolutely fantastic. To kick off their new site, Humble Arts Foundation have released a new photo edition...
opinion by artmarketguru | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago 48 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
I hate to have to write about Damien Hirst again because, quite frankly, I have had more than enough of Damien Hirst to last me a lifetime. The Sotheby’s Hirst sale is, however, an important event in the art...
opinion by artmarketguru | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago 235 views | 1 comment | 10 recommendations
The awesome people at Blind Spot are celebrating their 15th anniversary and to celebrate they are offering a selection of new limited edition prints from some of the biggest names in contemporary photography....
opinion by artmarketguru | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago 58 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
One could be mistaken for thinking that the media attention and excitement surrounding the impending Damien Hirst auction at Sotheby’s would have had a positive impact on the auction house’s share price unless...
created by artmarketguru | 9 wks ago | updated 9 wks ago 182 views | 3 comments | 4 recommendations
While traveling home on the train this evening I had an epiphany of epic proportions. An epiphany that could change the way people view Damien Hirst’s work and the market for his work forever !!! What was this...
created by artmarketguru | 9 wks ago | updated 9 wks ago 150 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
I have written quite a few posts recently about the Australian art market due mostly to the fact that the art market reporters for the major newspapers here in Australia seem more concerned in attracting attention...
opinion by artmarketguru | 10 wks ago | updated 10 wks ago 90 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
I received an email a week or so ago from a company called The Present Group who wanted to let me know about their art subscription service. To be honest I was rather sceptical about the purchasing art by...
created by artmarketguru | 11 wks ago | updated 11 wks ago 62 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
The growing popularity of art as an investment has resulted in the creation of a number of new art investment funds one of which is The Art Trust (http://www.thearttrust.com.au), an Australian based art investment...
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