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 greater financial security for artists by starting the Artist Pension Trust (http://www.aptg

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Yesterday morning (Wednesday 13th Feb) I visited the 20×200 website which I visit every Wednesday (and Tuesday) because on each of these days of two days every week a ne

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The recent increase in popularity of art investment has given rise to many different art price indexes and databases which are a fantastic resource for art investors and collectors who are looking to gauge value, determine popularity and attempt to predict art market movements and price progression. Below is a list of the top t

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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 offering art loans. Art loans catered to three types of clients, those that wa

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After the high level of interest in my recent post on buying Australian Aboriginal art and considering that Australian Aboriginal art is one of my specialties, I thought that I would go into a little more detail on the subject and share some more of my knowledge and experience. Having spent many years collecting, studying and b

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The effect that the condition of an artwork has on its value is something that is very unpredictable and dependant on many different factors. As a general rule you should try and avoid purchasing an artwork that is in poor condition unless the artwork is of significant importance and is worth the considerable cost of restoratio

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The transformation that the art market has undergone over the last few years has been nothing short of staggering. As an Art Market Analyst I am constantly analysing and using facts, figures and statistics for various different purposes such as to justify the purchase of a painting or to try and predict the best time to sell an

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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 new websites that would be of help to artist’s trying to promote th

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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 interview.

Los Angeles’ new Broad Contemporary Art Museum, funded by real-estate baron E

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Most of you will be aware of the controversy surrounding the Nan Goldin photograph ‘Klara and Edda Belly-Dancing’ which is owned by Elton John and was recently removed from an exhibition by police after complaints were made regarding the sexual nature of the photograph which features two young girls one of whom is sitting down

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The online fine art sales and art price data website artnet (http://www.artnet.com) has just announced that it will be introducing an online auction service due to start on the 25th of February. According to a press release by artnet “The expensive modus operandi of conventional galleries and auction houses is the reason for hi

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I recently wrote a post on the increasing interest in Korean art (see here) which proved to be rather popular due to a lack of information available on Korean art so I thought that I would continue on from that post with an analysis of the Korean art market. Having benefited from the explosion of the Chinese economy as well as

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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 I would share with you all some of the recent significant achievemen

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With a US recession (A recession is a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months) seeming more and more likely, people are beginning to question how such an event would affect the current art market. My first reaction would be to remind people that the US economy has been

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