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The Anatomy of an Amazing Artwork - ?The Hanging Man? by Sam Jinks
2007-10-23 14:38:00 The Anatom y of an Amazing Artwork - ‘The Hanging Man’ by Sam Jinks The way we judge whether or not we like an artwork is based purely on what we see whereas the way we judge whether or not we like a person is based on a far more complex and varied process, which requires a ...
Top Ten Magazines for Art Investors
2007-10-17 14:21:00 Top Ten Magazines for Art Investors In order to be a successful art investor one needs to keep up to date with what is happening in the art world so I have created a list of the top ten magazines that all art investors should be reading. All the magazines that I have chosen are highly ...
The Secret to Increasing the Value of Your Art Collection
2007-10-15 15:36:00 The Secret to Increasing the Value of Your Art Coll ection If a friend wanted you to go and see a new band that you had never heard of, you would probably be a bit hesitant to buy a ticket without knowing whether they were any good. If your friend then said that the band had supported ... More About: The Secret
Art Market Investigation - Fakes, Forgeries and Deception
2007-09-21 15:54:00 Art Market Investigation - Fakes , Forge ries and Deception The art world has been plagued by fakes and forgeries for over two thousand years which began largely as a result of buyers being more interested in the aesthetics of the work than who painted it. It was during the Renaissance that artworks became a commodity, resulting in ...
Art and Capital - Art Banking, Art Loans and Art Finance
2007-09-15 15:14:00 Art and Capital - Art Banking , Art Loans and Art Fina nce During the art market boom of the late 80’s when art became an accepted and viable form of investment, a need was created for people to be able to borrow against the artworks that they were investing in which resulted in a number of finance companies ...
For Sale or Not For Sale: Commercialism and the Art Market
2007-09-05 14:48:00 For Sale or Not For Sale: Commercialism and the Art Market An exhibition was recently held at the P.S.1 MOMA gallery in New York titled ‘Not For Sale’ which consisted of works that artists have kept for themselves and not sold for various reasons. The exhibition, which is seriously flawed, was meant to be a stand ... More About: For Sale , Merc , Cialis
For The Artists: HOW TO GET NOTICED NOW!!
2007-08-07 07:51:00 Update 9/8/07 I have received several suggestions of other websites where artists can promote their work so I have decided to add the new resources to the list. If you have any other websites that you think should be on the list then send me a message using the contact box. For The Artis ts : GET NOTICED ... More About: The A , The Artist
Selling Investment Art: How To Maximise Your Return
2007-08-05 14:25:00 Selling Investment Art: How To Maxi mise Your Return Following on from last post I said that I would explain what the various costs for selling an artwork mean for you, the seller. Taking into account the various fees associated with selling at auction it is really only worth while selling at auction if the ... More About: Selling
SELLING OPTIONS FOR INVESTMENT ART
2007-08-03 12:41:00 SELLING OPTIONS FOR INVESTMENT ART As I have mentioned before there are ways of avoiding the large fees usually charged by galleries and auction houses but different categories of artwork will require or be best suited to different selling outlets, some of which will be suited to being sold in a gallery or auction house. There ... More About: Selling , Investment , Options , Opti
Maximising Profits: Where to Sell Investment Art
2007-08-03 12:41:00 Maximising Profits : Where to Sell Investment Art As I have mentioned before there are ways of avoiding the large fees usually charged by galleries and auction houses but different categories of artwork will require or be best suited to different selling outlets, some of which will be suited to being sold in a gallery or auction ... More About: Maxi
RIGHT TIME TO SELL YOUR ARTWORK??
2007-07-26 17:30:00 RIGHT TIME TO SELL YOUR ARTWORK?? Before I go into detail about how to sell an artwork it is important firstly to decide whether or not it is the right time to sell. As art is a long term investment the current consensus is that you should be prepared to hold onto an artwork for 7-10 years ... More About: Artwork , Time , Sell
Art Investment Strategies: Choosing When To Sell
2007-07-26 17:30:00 Art Investment Strategies : Choosing When To Sell Before I go into detail about how to sell an artwork it is important firstly to decide whether or not it is the right time to sell. As art is a long term investment the current consensus is that you should be prepared to hold onto an artwork ... More About: Rate
Why You Should Consider Investing in Art
2007-07-23 15:05:00 Why You Should Cons ider Investing in Art One of the most common objections people have to investing in art is the relative illiquid (more difficult to convert to cash) status of the art market. Now I am not suggesting that art is as easy to convert into money as say shares but it is definitely ... More About: Consider
Where To Find Emerging Artists: Cashing In On The Next Hirst
2007-07-21 12:23:00 Where To Find Emerging Artis ts : Cashing In On The Next Hirst The most savvy art investors look for the next big thing amongst the plethora of emerging artists. The best way to make a killing investing in art is to pick the next big thing before everyone else does. The problem with this method ... More About: Shin
How The Art Market Has Changed Since The 1980?s
2007-07-19 18:22:00 How The A rt Market Has Chang ed Since The 1980’s I constantly hear of people using the weakening of the art market in the 1980?s as an excuse to not invest in art. ... More About: The Art
Art Market Madness: The Auction House Price Guarantee
2007-07-17 13:06:00 Art Market Madness: The Auction House Price Guarantee I received a news article the other day which was rather startling but very exciting. What was even more startling was that I received ... More About: The A
Art Investment Strategies: Great Artist or Just Great Painter?
2007-07-15 16:49:00 Art Investment Strategies : Great Artist or Just Great Painter I think that one of the most important questions you should ask yourself when looking at investing in an artwork should be ?is the creator of the artwork a great artist or just a great painter (or sculptor, drawer etc.)???. The reason for this question ...
Art Investment Strategies: The Importance of an Artists Career
2007-07-11 18:39:00 Art Investment Strategies : The Importance of an Artists Career Having mentioned the importance of an artists career and profile many times, I think it is important to look at how someone like Cy Twombly, who I have discussed in posts above, originally made his name and raised his profile. The first big break for Twombly came in ... More About: Rate
My Personal Experience With A Cy Twombly Artwork Part 3
2007-07-09 18:10:00 My Personal Experience With A Cy Twombly Artwork Part 3 So now that I have explained my interactions with Cy Twombly’s “Three Studies From the Temeraire” in detail, I am sure you are all wondering how it all ties in with the art market so I am going to tell you. The continued resilience of an ... More About: Personal experience
AESTHETICS
2007-07-01 07:30:00 AESTHETICS There have been many different views and comments by people in the art world as to whether or not the aesthetics of an artwork is the primary motivator of the value of a work. Unfortunately there is no simple answer to this question because there are too many variables to take into consideration and too ... More About: Aesthetic
RESALE ROYALTIES
2007-06-20 01:50:00 RESALE ROYALTIES One of the major talking points in the art world of late has been resale royalties. For those of you who are not familiar with the art market and royalties for artists, in most countries artists only get paid when an artwork is sold for the first time on the primary market. For many ... More About: Royalties
DESIRABILITY AND CREDIBILITY
2007-05-27 05:44:00 DESIRABILITY AND CREDIBILITY An exhibition has just opened at the P.S.1 MOMA gallery in New York of works that artists have kept for themselves and not sold for various reasons. The exhibition is meant to be a stand against the influence of the art market on the art world but I think that the fact that ... More About: Bili
THE ART OF PUBLICITY
2007-05-24 08:39:00 THE ART OF PUBLICITY Over the years there have been many artists who haven’t received recognition until after they are dead. Take Van Gogh for instance who is now ... More About: Publicity , The A , The Art
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
2007-05-18 00:53:00 CONTRIBUTING FACTORS I have mentioned in recent posts that there are many different factors that can have an affect on the prices of an artists work such as media ... More About: Factor , Tribu , Actor
ART MARKET RELATED STOCKS CONTINUED..
2007-05-16 04:54:00 ART MARKET RELATED STOCKS Further to the previous post on art market related stocks, the company that can be considered to be the proxy for art market stocks is Sotheby’s who have a large percentage of the segments total market capitalization. Because there are so few art market ... More About: Stocks , Market , Mark , Late , Related
PUBLICITY AND PROFILE
2007-05-10 01:04:00 PUBLICITY AND PROFILE The structure of the art market means that an artists career can be propelled by publicity and exposure even if ... More About: Publicity , Profile , Profil
BEARS AND BULLS
2007-05-04 04:21:00 BEARS AND BULLS The terms bull market and bear market are common place in the world of investment and are typically used in reference to the stock market but ... More About: Bears , Bulls , Bull , Ears , Bear
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
2007-04-26 01:51:00 CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY Having mentioned the contemporary photography market recently and referring to it as an undervalued market I thought it important to explain why the ... More About: Photography , Contemporary , Tempo , Graph , Temp
ART MARKET MOVEMENTS
2007-04-23 00:40:00 ART MARKET MOVEMENTS One way to decide on what part of the art market to invest in is to look at the various different factors that could evoke a rise in ... More About: Market , Move , Mark
Quality is the key
More articles from this author:2007-04-20 02:23:00 QUALITY IS THE KEY Quality is one of the keys to success in art investment. One of the common mistakes that people make is to assume that cheap means a good ... More About: Ality 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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