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(English) First Sale Dedicated to Calligraphy by International Auction House
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2010 春季拍卖 掌声一片
2009年秋季拍卖不断刷新的拍卖记录让人们感叹和惊讶中国艺术品市场的增长速度之快之余, 同时也给我们留了一个悬念那就是2010的春季拍卖又将如何呢? 尤其是吴彬的<十八应真图卷>的1.69亿传统书画拍卖记录能保持多久呢? 是否再次被刷新?
时至今日, 香港苏富比, 香港佳士德, 北京嘉德, 北京保利四家重要的拍卖行已经圆满完成了拍卖, 都取得了理想的拍卖佳绩. 四月初香港苏富比拍卖成交总额近20亿港元, 估价为5000万港元的乾隆玉玺以9586万港元成交,同时在中国当代艺术年轻艺术家板块取得了骄人成绩. 中国1979年出生的艺术家贾蔼力 “ 在希望的田野上” (2007)以高于预估价5部的 US$250,000 成交.
嘉德拍卖总成交额为突破21亿元,中国近现代书画首次突破亿元大关――张大千《爱痕湖》以一亿零八十万刷新个人纪录，成为中国近现代书画市场价格新的里程碑。佳士德拍卖成交也突破了20亿元大关, 亚洲当代艺术及中国二十世纪艺术夜场拍卖100%成交. 保利凭借5周年的契机可以说是此次拍卖的最大赢家, 成交额冲到了33亿元, 三件作品过亿尤其是 北宋黄庭坚大字行楷书法手卷《砥柱铭》 以4.368亿元成交再次创造了中国传统书画的拍卖神话.
中国一个极其特殊的国家, 在世界经济危机还在复苏的时候, 中国的艺术品市场却表现的如此强劲, 这似乎证明着中国的富裕程度远远超出了我们的想象, 一个富裕大国不知不觉就真的来临了.
Tags: 2010 Spring Auction, Chirstie's, Guardian's, Huang Tingjian, Jia Aili, poly auction, Sotheby's, Zhang Daqian
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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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Optimism for Chinese contemporary art in the news
Recent auction results suggest stability in the contemporary Asian art market and various headlines confirm confidence in Chinese (contemporary) art amid global economy woes. Here are a few articles responding to the scene:
RedBox Review editor Katie Grube writes “How the financial crisis will save the soul of Chinese art” as the feature article of Beijing’s [...]
Tags: 798 Art District, AWAsia, chinese contemporary art, Katie Grube, 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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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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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 [...]
Tags: Christie's, Philips de Pury, Sotheby's
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NY Times: Chinese Art Continues to Soar at Sotheby’s
Chinese Art Continues to Soar at Sotheby’s
by David Barbosa as originally appeared in the New York Times [Apr. 10, 2008]
BEIJING – Sotheby’s sold $51.77 million worth of Chinese contemporary art in three auctions in Hong Kong on Wednesday, allaying concerns that the global economic slowdown would depress the prices.
The highlight of the day was the [...]
Tags: Sotheby's, Yue Minjun, Zhang Xiaogang 
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. (
(English) Sotheby’s auction preview at UCCA