11 figures for 2011

The last page in our review of 2011 crystallises the art market’s main trends in 11 key figures.

TOP 3 Artprice 2011

Having emerged as the world's strongest art marketplace last year, it comes as no surprise to find China's two leading artists now holding the top two places in Artprice's global ranking of artists by auction revenue.

2011 top results

Every fortnight Artprice posts a new or updated ranking in its Alternate-Friday Top Series. The theme of today's TOP article is the Top 10 global auction results in 2011.

The global art market – an overview of 2011

Following our summaries of the performance of the Art Market Confidence Index and of the French art market in 2011, we are closing the series with a round-up of the global art auction market in 2011.

10th anniversary of Art Basel Miami Beach

Created in 2002, Art Basel Miami Beach (Florida, USA) has just celebrated its 10th anniversary.

China's Modern artists

Every other Friday Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we present the 10 best auction results for Chinese Modern artists over the first six months of 2011.

Auctioneers were over-optimistic…

As we suspected in our previous Insight article, (Prices disconnected from market reality?), a number of the estimates for the masterpieces offered at the New York sales on 1 & 2 November were disconnected from the market reality.

FIAC 2011 – Notes from the fair

The 38th edition of the FIAC just ended. Nearly 21 countries represented, 168 galleries, close to 70 000 visitors… the 2011 FIAC was a tremendous success.

KIAF 2011 – Overview

The tenth KIAF having just ended, Artprice takes a retrospective look at one of the most constant Asian fairs, that of South Korea, the world’s 13th market for Contemporary art.

The price of the self

Every fortnight Artprice provides you with a new or updated ranking in its Alternate-Friday Top Series. Today's TOP article looks at the ten best auction results for self-portraits.

Best auction results in H1 2011

Our Friday TOP! Every other Friday Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we present the ten best auction results in the first half of 2011.

Hong Kong Art Fair – East and West

The ArtHK fair is impressive both in terms of size and diversity (260 galleries on three levels of the Convention & Exhibition Center and 38 countries represented)

Prestige sales in New York produce mixed results

Although generally considered safer (and less volatile) investments, the Modern Masters failed to generate the estimated results at Christie’s and Sotheby’s May sales in New York, generating a combined total of just $285.65m from their Impressionist & Modern Art sessions.

Prestige sales in New York

On 3 and 4 May 2011, Christie’s and Sotheby’s will kick off the annual series of multi million-dollar auctions with their Impressionist & Modern Art sales, followed by their Post-War & Contemporary Art sales on 10 and 11 May.

Shock wave through the art market… China now ranks first, ahead of the USA and the UK

According to Thierry Ehrmann, founder and CEO of Artprice, the world leader in art market information, “this unprecedented news represents a turning point in the history of the global art market: China is now the number 1 in terms of Fine art auction revenue”.

Art Paris Just Art: 31 March - 3 April 2011

Art Paris returns to its usual venue, the impressive Nave of the Grand Palais, where it will welcome around 48,000 visitors over four days. Doors will open to the general public on 31 March.

The best 2011 auction results!

Every fortnight Artprice posts a new or updated ranking in its Alternate-Friday Top Series. The topic of today's TOP article is the 10 best auction results in 2011.

Contemporary art 2011: a new lease of life!

The austerity imposed by the crisis has been relegated to a distant memory. Collectors are back in the market, not just as observers but as active participants.

Contemporary Art sales in February: a bold selection with records expected

The big Contemporary Art sales begin just a few days after the Impressionist & Modern Art sales in London.

Banksy - from urban vandal to urban hero

Last December saw the release of a cinema documentary about Banksy. However, viewers of Exit Through the gift shop (translated into French as Faites le mur) are unlikely to learn much about the mysterious artist whose face is filmed in the shade and whose voice is deformed by a vocoder.