New director for Frieze art fairsnews Private Art Investor Expert 20 Oct 14 0Victoria Siddall has been appointed as director of Frieze London and Frieze New York – two of the world’s leading art fairs. She will take… Read more
Global market for Chinese art recoveringnews Private Art Investor Expert 23 Sep 14 0The global market for Chinese Art and Antiques showed signs of recovery in 2013, with an increase of 24.5% over the previous year in terms… Read more
Solid bidding for Chinese art at Bonhams New Yorknews Private Art Investor Expert 22 Sep 14 0Continuous strong bidding from the room, online and telephone buyers made for a lively salesroom during the Chinese Art From the Scholar’s Studio auction on… Read more
VS Gaitonde paintings achieve $2.77 millionnews Private Art Investor Expert 19 Sep 14 0Hundreds of bidders from all around the world participated in one Bonhams’ Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian auction on September 17 in New York, which… Read more
Bonhams appoints Northern Spain representativenews Private Art Investor Expert 2 Sep 14 0Teresa Ybarra has been appointed by Bonhams as the company’s representative in Bilbao covering northern Spain and south west France with effect from September 1… Read more
GE Capital leads $850 million loan for Sotheby’snews Alasdair Whyte 29 Aug 14 0Sotheby’s has agreed new loan agreements worth $850 million which will allow it to double the amount it offers in auction guarantees from $300 million… Read more
New record set for Australian painter Howard Arkleynews Private Art Investor Expert 29 Aug 14 0A new auction record for celebrated Australian painter Howard Arkley was set by Bonhams during its Important Australia Art auction in Melbourne on Monday. A… Read more
Auction houses join to launch online platformnews Private Art Investor Expert 28 Aug 14 0In an unprecedented move, six auction houses have joined forces to launch Bidsquare, a new online bidding platform. Bidsquare aims to provide access to a… Read more
ArteQuesta launches new websitenews Private Art Investor Expert 22 Aug 14 0ArteQuesta, a fine arts investment company, has launched a new website, www.artequesta.com. ArteQuesta’s website is designed to assist collectors, patrons, art professionals, and individuals in… Read more
Art preservation index creatednews Private Art Investor Expert 21 Aug 14 0A provisional patent for the Art Preservation Index or APIx was filed in July to standardise the measurement of stability risks of blue-chip paintings and… Read more