{"id":25479,"date":"2016-12-08T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=25479"},"modified":"2024-01-05T02:38:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T07:38:13","slug":"christies-to-lose-contemporary-art-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2016\/12\/christies-to-lose-contemporary-art-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Christie\u2019s to Lose Contemporary-Art Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is another auction house employee who has decided to switch sides, joining\u00a0the art dealer ranks. \u00a0Mr. Gorvy is just one of many who have moved over during the past couple of years. \u00a0Kelly Crow, in her WSJ article states that:\u00a0<em>His move follows a stream of high-profile departures of auction executives in the past year as the world\u2019s major houses grapple with a contracting art market<\/em>. \u00a0More specifically, they are dealing with a contracting <strong>auction<\/strong> market (and immense competition from other, smaller, rooms). Collectors are still buying and selling; however, the pendulum has swung back to the art dealer side. \u00a0This is nothing new in our world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/christies-to-lose-contemporary-art-chief-1481122370\">Christie\u2019s to Lose Contemporary-Art Chief<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/christies-to-lose-contemporary-art-chief-1481122370\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BN-RC741_CHRIST_D_20161207101202.jpg\" alt=\"BN-RC741_CHRIST_D_20161207101202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is another auction house employee who has decided to switch sides, joining\u00a0the art dealer ranks. \u00a0Mr. Gorvy is just one of many who have moved over during the past couple of years. \u00a0Kelly Crow, in her WSJ article states &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2016\/12\/christies-to-lose-contemporary-art-chief\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[207,11,9],"class_list":["post-25479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-auction-news","tag-rehs-contemporary-news","tag-rehs-galleries-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christie\u2019s To Lose Contemporary-Art Chief<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2016\/12\/christies-to-lose-contemporary-art-chief\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christie\u2019s to Lose Contemporary-Art Chief\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here is another auction house employee who has decided to switch sides, joining\u00a0the art dealer ranks. \u00a0Mr. Gorvy is just one of many who have moved over during the past couple of years. \u00a0Kelly Crow, in her WSJ article states &hellip; More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2016\/12\/christies-to-lose-contemporary-art-chief\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rehs Galleries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/howard.rehs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-08T13:00:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-05T07:38:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BN-RC741_CHRIST_D_20161207101202.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Howard L. 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