The contemporary art market is facing unprecedented challenges due to saturation and rampant speculation. An excess of supply has diluted demand and forced resale values down. What is the future?
Featuring over one hundred images shot between 1969 and 2021 in the United States, Vehicular & Vernacular is the first retrospective of Stephen Shore's work in Paris in the last nineteen years.
The contemporary art market reflects the historical moment and new trends conquer collecting, the informal with a social background prevails as in the case of Rashid Johnson and his post-blackness works
Chagall and Music is part of a series of sales led by Christie's, the first of which was held in London in June 2022 and the second in Hong Kong in December 2022, Marc Chagall, Color of Life: Works…
The sustainability of art and its market can be an excellent means of social communication to improve the quality of future life
2020 was a year which, due to the pandemic and the consequent health emergency, saw a radical change in the art market. Until last year, transactions took place exclusively through the various market players: auction houses…
In addition to painting, Schnabel's broad creative impulse led him to branch out into music, photography and film. Schnabel has received widespread critical acclaim for his work as director of Basquiat, Before Night Falls and The Diving Bell and…
Unlike many of his abstract expressionist colleagues, Rothko never relied on dramatic techniques such as violent brushstrokes or the dripping and splattering of paint. Instead, paintings of him with practically no gestures reached the…
As one of the most influential fashion and portrait photographers of the postwar era, Irving Penn became the epitome of fashion photography of the 50s and 60s. During her first years at Vogue, together with Alexander Liberman, director…
Jack Vettriano (1951) born and raised in Fife, Scotland, became an apprentice to a mining engineer after leaving school at just sixteen. He taught himself to paint in the 70s when his girlfriend bought him…
Deloitte's report analyzes the results of 2019, which confirm art as a heritage management asset, albeit with a drop in overall turnover - This year will be marked by the pandemic but also by Brexit: Paris new capital of…
Jeffrey L. Koons (1955) is an American artist recognized for his work in popular culture and his sculptures depicting everyday objects, including balloon animals, stainless steel products with mirrored surfaces. Lives…
William Henry Margetson was a British figurative painter whose subject matter was primarily Victorian-era women. Born in 1861 in London, UK, he was educated at Dulwich College and the Royal Academy of Arts, before becoming a member of…
Churchill, the great statesman and politician who blended into one harmonious whole his liberal beliefs in social reform, his deep conservative devotion to the legacy of his nation's history, his unwavering resistance to tyranny from the right or…
Indian artist Anish Kapoor is one of the most acclaimed 20th century sculptors on the contemporary British scene. He moved to England early in his career and worked initially with light materials, such as wood and media…
Giacomo Balla exhibited for the first time with the Futurists in 1913 and his geometric and abstract compositions remain his artistic signature. In his transition from Divisionism to Futurism, Balla claims to have found a new life with art…
More and more the important works of the Italian 900th century prefer a "Private Sale" market both through the Galleries and the Auction Houses. Precisely the latter are increasingly competitive on the market thanks to their international "network".
Brice Marden was born in Bronxville, New York in 1938. Gaining distinction in the late 60s, Marden's work continues to chart a path involving systematic investigations of color, abstract and intuitive gestures, and the studied imprecision of…
Steven Parrino (1958–2005) was one of the most influential artists on the New York art scene from the late 80s. Today on display “Nihilism Is Love” at the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz. From 17 February to 21 May 2020.
In past centuries, women were seldom taken seriously. The only art considered within the reach of their talent was the painting of fans, miniatures and similar objects. But one woman broke this tradition, she was a pretty Frenchwoman…
In 1943 Alberto Burri was a medical officer in Libya, assigned to the X Mussolini Battalion. He was taken prisoner in Tunisia and some 8 months later he set sail from Casablanca for New York with three thousand other Italian fighters. Burri is interned in…
His research was aimed at issues related to visual perception, the integration between real spaces and virtual spaces, especially through the series of overlapping perforated surfaces.
Cai's father, a painter, historian and bookstore owner, was somewhat critical of Mao Zedong and the new Chinese society that was emerging after the successful communist revolution. He encouraged his son to read…
When LaChapelle was 17, he met Andy Warhol, who hired him as a photographer for interviews. Warhol reportedly told LaChapelle "Do whatever you want. Just make sure everyone's okay." LaChapelle's friends during this period…
Influenced by futurists such as Gino Severini, Antonio Corpora, Enrico Prampolini and Giacomo Balla, he gravitated towards painting, but a dislike of their pronounced right-wing views prompted him to align himself with left-wing artists such as Renato Guttuso. Together with Pietro Consagra, Achille…
Yahoo Kusama, the Japanese artist famous for her "Instagrammable" works who with art tried to overcome childhood trauma, prejudices and mental illness to become famous and best-selling in the world.
Although the photography market in Italy has never had great success, with the advent of technology and the possibility of everyone having a "digital" experience, the works of great photographers enter new collections more easily. Palace of…
The artist who produced the "Merda d'artista" box which was put on sale at 700 lire per gram (as gold cost at the time), so the entire box had a value of 21 lire.
Milton Ernest Rauschenberg, known as Robert Rauschenberg (Port Arthur, October 22, 1925 - Captiva Island, May 12, 2008), was an American photographer and painter, who was close to pop art without ever fully adhering to it and instead approaching abstract expressionism.
“Frankenthaler On Paper” presents 10 paintings on paper and 17 prints dating from 1970-1993. These works on paper rarely reflect his painting process and have been considered by the artist to be equal to his large-scale paintings. From January 17 -…
An Art of Changes: Jasper Johns Prints, 1960–2018 on display at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Although investments in gold and real estate are the most common, those in works of art are gaining ground and, above all, have become more profitable.
Those familiar with the city of Milan will recognize Giò Ponti's Torre Branca, the Pirellone, the Duomo, but other Milanese subjects turn white in the works of Luca Pancrazzi. “Bianco Milano” is the title of the exhibition curated by…
Every day, in every part of the world, someone buys, sells or collects information on the value of a work of art. This is the story of Georges Wildenstein, the prince of the art dealers of the last century.
The transalpine entrepreneur shook the art market, suddenly getting his hands on the auction house, back from a difficult period especially on the stock exchange - The operation is worth 3,7 billion including debts - The French press: "Great opportunity for him: Pinault is…
The report that reflects on the relationship between collecting, investing and art has been published, explaining the greater attention to the financial value of the purchase of works of art
Turnover in Italian auctions exceeds 300 million - Here's who gets on the podium - The news from shows and exhibitions in Italy and around the world on this weekend's FIRST Arte.
Each artist produced works on paper, from gouaches to watercolors or pastels. Unquestionably interesting to collect and invest without reaching impossible figures. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Joan Miró and maybe a nice view of Lake Garda…
Bologna becomes the capital of modern and contemporary art with the launch of Arte Fiera, the exhibition and commercial event now in its 43rd edition running from 31 January to 3 February 2019 in the Emilian capital.
The blockchain ecosystem in a book by an Italian author. An important book Blockchain ecosystem guide is in bookstores and on platforms these days. Technology, business, society by Nicola Attico, GueriniNext editions.
Art belongs to everyone and public auctions are a way to reach as many collectors and art enthusiasts as possible. But among the most popular channels, according to a UBS survey, there are also online sales and fairs.…
Focus on the artist market. How much do his works cost and where can you buy them? Quotations at auction and in the gallery. Exhibition activity and presence in the collections.
A painting on canvas created by an algorithm "Portrait d'Edmond Belamy" was sold for 432 thousand dollars at Christie's. It cannot be excluded that it could be the beginning of a new trend in art collecting.
Focus on the artist market. How much do his works cost and where can you buy them? Quotations at auction and in the gallery. Exhibition activity and presence in the collections.
The seventh edition of Frieze Masters takes place from October 5th to 7th, with two preview days on Wednesday October 3rd and Thursday October 4th.
Contemporary socio-political art: the collection presented at the auction represents a specific moment in the history of New York City.
Interview: In a Milan of almost other times, in the silence of a green garden, a great antique dealer or rather a gentleman of innate class, Carlo Orsi, awaits us.
Among the most interesting and coherent protagonists of the Italian and international artistic panorama, Nicola Carrino (Taranto 1932 - Rome 2018) for almost sixty years has conducted rigorous research, with a highly visionary content, on the dynamic transformation of form and space.
The art market has been growing at an impressive rate for years now. The works have been valued at up to half a million dollars, matching the great artistic value of the products with a considerable economic measurement. But how does the financing of…
What you are reading is the first page of FIRST Arte, the web magazine of art and culture published by FIRSTonline, of which it is the first sister site and of which it inherits the independence of judgment, the non-conformity and the style made of essentiality,…
A letter found in the Picasso Archive, written just five weeks before he painted Le Marin, demonstrated that the Nazis planned to deport Picasso to a concentration camp
The next auction dedicated to modern and contemporary African art will take place on March 28 in London and will include the works of 62 artists from 16 different African countries, many of which will be presented at auction for the first…
Christie's announces overall global sales up 26% in 2017 to £5,1bn ($6,6bn, up 21%), led by record-breaking sale of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, which sold for $450,3 .XNUMX million…
It is increasingly difficult to find Dali's masterpieces on the market, now increasingly kept in the largest museums in the world and in important collections. Yet his art always arouses interest in collecting, to the point of always waiting for…
Banks - in particular Private Banking - are increasingly equipping themselves with a real specialized activity to provide their customers with art advisory services, they are moving from the occasional experience to that of proposing the service…
For the first time, a collection of antique furniture and paintings is being offered for auction in Italy, the contents of which are accompanied by certificates – for almost every single lot – of free circulation.
The Italian art market in the UK is on the rise - Only in 2015 works sold for a value of 43 million pounds
