In its Market Notes section, Skate’s offers a deep dive into its Top 10,000 list, which tracks the 10,000 highest auction prices on record. The big news, according to its calculations: over…
The short answer to that question in the headline: not so well. The Skate’s Art Market Index (SASI), which tracks 16 publicly listed art companies (including Sotheby’s, Poly, and MCH Group…
Over in its Market Notes section, Skate’s has taken a look at the intriguing machinations of Poly Culture Group, the third-largest auction house in the world, which is owned by the…
Skate’s Art Market Research has released its quarterly report on art fairs, which examines attendance numbers and exhibitor totals, and above is a brief summary of some of its findings in graph form<a href="/art-news/market/how-are-art-fairs-doing-this-year-3955/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"…
Earlier today the art market analysis service Skate’s released its Art Fairs Report, part of a series of 16 annual reports covering, “art industry earnings and statistics from listed…
It is difficult to gauge the extent to which the anonymous buyers who acquired Andy Warhol's Marilyn (1962) a dozen years ago and Big Campbell's Soup Can with Can Opener (1962) 24 years ago, both of…
At the time of her death on May 31, Louise Bourgeois was the 16th most valuable living artist based on the combined auction value of her works. Among the 5,000 most valuable works of art ever sold…
While much of the art world's attention this month is focused on Art Basel and the major upcoming Impressionist and Modern sales, last week's sales of Russian art in London brought impressive results …
Auction houses generally err on the side of aggressive pricing with their pre-sale estimates. It is a rare day that we find a work seriously under-valued when compared with the track records of simila…