Auctionata reports 163% sales increase for 2014news Private Art Investor Expert 23 Feb 15 0Online auction house Auctionata completed its 2014 season with recorded sales of €31.5 million ($41 million), a 163% increase from 2013 sales of €12 million ($16.5 million).… Read more
Sotheby’s and RM Auctions unitenews Private Art Investor Expert 20 Feb 15 0Sotheby’s has gone into a partnership with automobile auction house RM Auctions. The company will now be known as RM Sotheby’s. Previously the two companies… Read more
United Talent Agency launches new division to represent artistsnews Private Art Investor Expert 18 Feb 15 0Global talent and literary agency UTA has launched UTA Fine Arts, a new practice devoted to the representation of fine artists: painters, sculptors, photographers, mixed… Read more
Christie’s acquires Collectriumnews Private Art Investor Expert 16 Feb 15 0Christie’s International has acquired Collectrium, the global digital art collection management solution. Stephen Brooks, global chief operating officer at Christie’s, said the move reflects Christie’s… Read more
Art market growth likely to continue, with localised corrections – Anders Pettersonnews Private Art Investor Expert 13 Feb 15 0Global wealth creation is fuelling the booming visual art market, and the growth looks set to continue over the coming year – albeit with a… Read more
Solid results at Christie’s Modern and Impressionist evening salenews Private Art Investor Expert 11 Feb 15 0Christie’s amassed a total of £147 million at their Modern and Impressionist Evening sale in London on 4 February, with the most expensive lots, Joan… Read more
Gauguin work sells for rumoured $300 millionnews Private Art Investor Expert 11 Feb 15 0The New York Times has reported that the Paul Gauguin painting Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) was sold to a Qatari buyer for $300 million. The… Read more
Larry’s List publishes report on the international art collecting scenenews Private Art Investor Expert 6 Feb 15 0Larry’s List, with the help of the University of Zurich, has published its first report on international art collecting, the Art Collector Report 2014. The Hong… Read more
artnet report: healthy Contemporary and online growthnews Private Art Investor Expert 4 Feb 15 0The art auction market continued to grow at a healthy pace in 2014, with Contemporary art to the fore, according to a new report from… Read more
Database for stolen and disputed works of art launchesnews Private Art Investor Expert 19 Jan 15 0A new searchable resource for lost, stolen and disputed works of art launches today. The ArtClaim Database has been created by the Art Recovery Group,… Read more
