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Headlines: Auction Frenzy
In the past month, the international art media has been saturated with articles about the dramatic success of recent auctions in China, and the growing influence of Chinese collectors. Just this week, Christie’s latest Hong Kong auction broke records with total sales of US $213 million, and a newly-released report from Art Tactic proclaims that [...]
Tags: auction, China Art Market, Christie's, Hong Kong, Sotheby's
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Positive signs from Asian Art Week, New York
Despite the negative publicity regarding auction houses of late, New York’s annual Asian Art Week (March 12-21, 2009 ) ended on a positive note today with both Christie’s and Sotheby’s reporting higher-than-expected Asian art sales. Christie’s, in particular, had a good run with its deaccessed work of fine Chinese art from the the Arthur M. [...]
Tags: Asian Art Week, Christie's, contemporary Asian art sale, Sotheby's
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Bloomberg: Chinese Art Dealer in Unpaid YSL Bronzes Furor Weeps
Cai Mingchao tells all to Bloomberg‘s Le-min Lim. In a tearful interview, Cai claims that his reputation has been ruined and alternatively suggests that patriotism and good old fashion auction house adrenaline caused him to purchase the two bronze heads. Cai’s dumbfounded shock that his bid default was greeted with any degree of negativity or [...]
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Cai Mingchao: Patriot or Putz?
According to leading media blog, danwei.org, Chinese cyberspace remains split as to whether Cai Mingchao, phantom bidder at the recent YSL auction at Christie’s and general manager of the previously unheard of Xiamen Harmony Art International Auction Company in Fujian Province, is a national hero or utter fool. The Chinese Ministry of Culture has been [...]
Tags: Cai Mingchao, Christie's, YSL sale
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Artprice.com: New markets and the crisis
More bad news for contemporary Chinese art market watchers: Artprice.com recently published a market outlook that pegged new contemporary art markets, such as India and China, as most sensitive to the economic downturn. The report points to the Chinese art market’s remarkable 583% growth between January 2004 and January 2009, but is also quick to [...]
Tags: art market, artprice.com, Christie's, economic downturn, Sotheby's
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Christie’s sued by Chinese Government over Yves Saint Laurent goodies
It seems that Yves Saint Laurent collected some stolen objects from Yuanmingyuan. These accusations have yet to be proved, but the following article insinuates that the objects were looted from the palace:
“BEIJING, Jan 17, 2009 (AFP) – Chinese lawyers will sue auction giant Christie’s over the sale of relics owned by the late Yves Saint [...]
Tags: Christie's, Yuanmingyuan, yves saint laurent
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Art Asia Pacific: “Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection” and “Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection”
The Bay Area’s museums are awash in contemporary Chinese art. For ArtAsiaPacific, Christie’s Ingrid Dudek evaluates the successes and failures of two very different shows – SFMoMA’s ”Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection” and Berkeley’s ”Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection.’ “Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan [...]
Tags: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Christie's, Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese art from the, Ingrid Dudek, Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collect, SFMoMA
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Auction Houses Lose, Markets Contract Amidst Economic Downturn
Obama’s victory may have created some hopefuls, but the global economic reality remains sobering and even more so for the art market. Following their less than cheery annual report, Art Price recently published a pessimistic economic forecast for the art market, citing 14.5% contraction in the art market since October. Art market confidence, as indicated [...]
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Upon returning to New York after her first visit to China, Soraya Broukhim provides a review of Wang Qingsong’s "When World's Collide" exhibition of photographs and videos at ICP. (
TRANS-REALISM at Christie’s Rockefeller Center