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Artist Beats Pornography Charge - artmarketblog.com
2008-06-09 16:15:00 Artist Beats Pornography Charge - artmarketblog.com I recently wrote a post on the Australian photographer Bill Henson who was facing child pornography charges for using images of naked children in his work. After raiding the gallery where Henson’s work was about to go on show and sparking an international debate, the police made the decision ... More About: Artist
Affordable Investment Photographs - artmarketblog.com
2008-06-01 14:10:00 Affordable Investment Photographs - artmarketblog.com I have become more and more interested in photography both as an artistic medium and as an investment primarily because photography relatively inexpensive compared to other mediums and has excellent investment potential. I used to struggle with fine art photography and often found myself rather bewildered and dissatisfied with many ...
Porn and the Art Market - artmarketblog.com
2008-05-30 07:09:00 Porn and the Art Market - artmarketblog.com You have probably all heard or read something about the controversial works of Australian photographer Bill Henson that have been confiscated by police due to the use of naked underage girls in his work. I would not normally get involved in a debate that has already been commented ...
Art Plus Wealthy Egotists Equaled Chaos - artmarketblog.com
2008-05-14 04:22:00 Art Plus Wealthy Egotists Equaled Chaos - artmarketblog.com The last post I wrote dealt with the reasons for the beginning art market crash in 1991 in which I said that I would continue with this topic for a few posts. The reason that I have focused so much on the events surrounding the collapse of ...
Crashing the Art Market, Japanese Style - artmarketblog.com
2008-05-12 04:32:00 Crashing the Art Market , Japanese Style - artmarketblog.com With all this talk of art market crashes and art market corrections I am surprised that no-one has actually looked at what caused the art market crash that took place around 1991. If all those so called art market analysts and art critics out there actually took ...
How to Exploit Dirty Art - artmarketblog.com
2008-05-06 03:46:00 How to Exploit Dirty Art - artmarketblog.com In modern society everyone seems to be determined to fit in as much into their day as possible and most people seem to be under the impression that with every single event in their lives, no matter how small, ?time is of the essence?. Because of the hectic ...
Buying Art Through an Artist?s Blog - artmarketblog.com
2008-05-02 05:29:00 Buying Art Through an Artist ’s Blog - artmarketblog.com Buying art online is often made more difficult by the inability to interact with the artist and experience their perosnality, practices and procedures. For me one of the most interesting and exciting aspects of being involved in art is going beyond the artwork it’s self and getting ... More About: Buying
Regulating the Art Market - artmarketblog.com
2008-04-30 05:33:00 Regulating the Art Market - artmarketblog.com The art market is generally considered to be an unregulated market which basically means that it is not controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law. Another term for an unregulated market is a free market the definition of which is, according to the Farlex financial dictionary, ...
Proof That Art Investment Rocks !! - artmarketblog.com
2008-04-23 15:29:00 Proof That Art Investment Rocks !! - artmarketblog.com Just in case you had any doubts that the art market is as strong as ever I have included a list of seven newspaper articles all of which appeared within two days of each other (April 21-23). The common theme is the increased number of investors moving away ... More About: Proof
Buying Affordable Art Online No. 9 - artmarketblog.com
2008-04-15 03:43:00 Buying Affordable Art Online 9 - artmarketblog.com If you have a spare $175 then you just qualified to become an art investor. The awesome people at the Humble Arts Foundation have just released a limited edition print of the photograph “Pink Dots” by the up and coming photographer Grant Willing. Grant’s work is currently being exhibited ... More About: Buying
Art Market Report Video - artmarketblog.com
2008-04-07 02:53:00 Art Market Report Video - artmarketblog.com I recently gave a virtual talk (by video) on the future of the art market at a collectors dinner held by the Like the Spice gallery in Brooklyn, New York and thought you might be interested in seeing the talk as well. The video is not the best quality because ...
Introducing New Art TV - artmarketblog.com
2008-03-30 03:29:00 Introducing New Art TV - artmarketblog.com Well, I have the flu and finding it rather hard to concentrate let alone write a meaningful article so I will take this opportunity to introduce you all to a fantastic project that I have just become involved with called New Art TV (http://www.newarttv.com). As the name suggests, New ...
Art Market Blog - What the Art Market Needs
2008-03-21 08:28:00 Art Market Blog - What the Art Market Needs Well, as I mentioned at the end of last year, I had some big projects planned for 2008 one of which is the Next Star Artist (http://www.nextstarartist.com) competition which I have just launched. After months and months of planning it feels fantastic to have the competition ...
Art Market Blog - Favourite Artist Update
2008-03-13 02:03:00 Art Market Blog - Favourite Artist Update I come across some fantastic artists in my day to day dealings some of whom are particularly exciting and have captured my attention. I like to keep a track of these artists and keep up to date with their careers which I find quite inspiring so I thought that ...
Art Market Blog - How Artists are Attracting Attention
2008-03-05 01:48:00 Art Market Blog - How Artists are Attracting Attention With contemporary artistic practice progressing and evolving at a fever pitched rate combined with the rapidly growing art market that rewards innovation, uniqueness and experimentation, it is becoming harder and harder for artists to stand out from the crowd and get noticed. The art market ...
Art Market Blog - Art Collection Update 2 (March 08)
2008-03-03 01:12:00 Art Market Blog - Art Collection Update 2 (March 08) One of the recent additions to the Art Market Blog art collection is a print titled “Bread Rock Recipe” by the American artist Tatfoo Tan. This work references the edible sculptural and participatory project that Tattfoo undertook in 2007 which involved the creation of a ...
Art Market Blog - The Worlds Top Art Schools
2008-02-29 22:43:00 Art Market Blog - The Worlds Top Art Schools When looking at an artists cv to determine whether their work would be a good investment there are several things you should look for (which I have outlined in previous posts) one of which is the art school that they attended. Having attended a top art school ...
How Artists Can Get Noticed NOW !!! Update 4 Feb 08
2008-02-28 00:39:00 How Artists Can Get Noticed NOW !!! Update 4 Feb 08 Well, I have come across some fantastic new promotional tools for artists in the last couple of months so it is time for another installment of “How Artists Can Get Noticed NOW!!!. Art Review Digital: http://www.artreview.com artreview.com is an exciting new social networking site for the artworld, ...
Art Market Blog - How Artists Can Invest in Themselves
2008-02-26 00:52:00 Art Market Blog - How Artists Can Invest in Themselves One of the biggest problems that artists face is not having the security of a regular wage and the benefits that go along with regular employment such as a pension. A group of investors and art collectors have taken a major step towards ...
Art Market Blog - Interview with Eli Broad and Nicholas Forrest
2008-02-18 01:31:00 Art Market Blog - Interview with Eli Broad and Nicholas Forrest As some of you already know I was asked to give my opinion on the Eli Broad decision to lend his art collection to museums and cultural institutions as opposed to donating the collection. I have included below a link to the story and the ...
Art Market Blog - Interview with Artist Brad Bannister
2008-02-10 00:41:00 Art Market Blog - Interview with Artist Brad Bannister When collecting or investing in art is is just important to understand and appreciate the world of the artist as it is to have an understanding of the art market. In order to give you all an insight into the world of the artist I interviewed the very successful abstract ...
Art Market Blog Progress Report for January 2008
2008-02-02 00:35:00 Art Market Blog Progress Report for January 2008 Well, January has been another huge month for myself, the art market and the Art Market Blog so I thought that I would share some of the events that have made January such an exciting month. In January 2008 I: -Continued preparing for the launch of a major new ...
Art Market Blog - Cutting Out the Middle Man
2008-01-25 01:42:00 Art Market Blog - Cutting Out the Middle Man There are so many different art galleries, auction houses and art dealers these days that deciding which avenue to go down to purchase a work of art can be quite difficult. For those of you that are a bit more confident with their knowledge of ...
Art Market Blog - Art Collection Update 1
2008-01-23 01:08:00 Art Market Blog - Art Collection Update 1 Having added several artworks to my art collection recently I thought it was about time that I let you all know what I have been buying. With the photography market being undervalued I have been on the look out for photographs to invest in which resulted in ...
Art Market Blog - Art Market Facts and Figures from 2007
2008-01-21 01:45:00 Art Market Blog - Art Market Facts and Figures from 2007 2007 saw an explosion of the price of art around the globe resulting in one of the most significant years that the art market has ever seen so I thought that I would put together a few interesting facts and figures that represent the achievements ...
Affordable, Desirable and Collectible Artworks No. 2
2007-12-29 11:26:00 Affordable, Desirable and Collectible Artworks No. 2 The first of my weekly Wall Wizard posts was very popular so I am extremely excited to be able to recommend and analyse another desirable and affordable work of art. I have also changed the title of this feature to ‘Affordable, Desirable and Collectible Artworks’ because I think that ...
Art Market Blog - The NuWire Investor Interview
2007-12-27 10:09:00 Art Market Blog - The NuWire Investor Interview I have been receiving requests for interviews on a regular basis some of which I agree to take part in and some of which I don’t. One of the interviews that I did agree to was with NuWire Investor who run a website that publishes news covering a ...
How Artists Can Get Noticed NOW !!! Update 3
2007-12-24 06:51:00 How Artists Can Get Noticed NOW !!! Update 3 I receive many emails from artist’s asking how they can get noticed by galleries and dealers so I created this post to give artist’s some ideas for ways to promote themselves. The popularity of this post has motivated me to update it regularly as I come across ...
Art Market Blog - Contemporary Art Gallery Magazine Interview
2007-12-22 23:00:00 Art Market Blog - Contemporary Art Gallery Magazine Interview I was recently interviewed by the Contemporary Art Gallery magazine which was a great honour and also really enjoyable. You can read the interview below or on the CAGZine website at http://www.cagzine.com Contemporary Art has many voices on the blogosphere, the largest medium for discussion of the visual ...
Art Market Blog - Contemporary Art Gallery Magazine Interview
More articles from this author:2007-12-22 23:00:00 Art Market Blog - Contemporary Art Gallery Magazine Interview I was recently interviewed by the Contemporary Art Gallery magazine which was a great honour and also really enjoyable. You can read the interview below or on the CAGZine website at http://www.cagzine.com Contemporary Art has many voices on the blogosphere, the largest medium for discussion of the visual ... 1, 2, 3, 4 |



