Art Market’s Slump Gets Worse in 2016
Kelly Crow begins her article with: The art market sank into a deeper slump last year, with London-based auction house Christie’s International PLC saying Wednesday it sold £4 billion, or $5.4 billion, of art last year, a 27% decline.. And this is … More…
SOLD: Guy Wiggins’s “Fifth Avenue at the Library”
Source: Fifth Avenue at the Library – this amazing Guy C. Wiggins (1883-1962) of a snowy New York Public Library, recently made its way to a new home … a perfect image for today! According to Wikipedia: on May 23, 1911, the … More…
Oprah Said to Snag $150 Million Selling Klimt to Chinese Buyer
AVAILABLE: Louis Valtat’s “La Colline a Choisel”
Source: La Colline a Choisel – this 1930’s landscape by the French Post-Impressionist artist Louis Valtat (1869-1952) has just been added to our available online inventory. Choisel is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. … More…
Met Museum Makes Images Available for Free
Now this is really impressive. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that 375,000 images from their collection (all of which are in the public domain) can now be accessed, downloaded and used free of charge. Since they were free, … More…
Is the Met Museum ‘a Great Institution in Decline’?
It is sad to hear that the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world’s greatest museums, is having financial trouble. Robin Pogrebin’s article brings to light many of the issues facing this great institution … an almost $40 million … More…
Comments on the Art Market – Volume 194
Source: Newsletter Archives – this month we cover a website upgrade, Upcoming Shows and Fairs, Stocks, The Dark Side, Really, The Art Market and Can They Clean Up the Market.