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What is ahead for contemporary Asian art, 2012 and beyond? Part IV
ART TRENDS COLLECTORS EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE MUSEUMS In this final installment of our ‘trends in contemporary art’ series, we look at how collectors are adapting to the era of information...
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Qatar Cézanne purchase points to building of art “museum empire”?
WEST ASIA MIDDLE EAST ART COLLECTORS The royal family of Qatar recently purchased Cézanne’s The Card Players for more than USD250 million, the most expensive art acquisition in history. With the...
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Museums in the age of the mega-collector: Can public institutions compete? –...
PRIVATE COLLECTION FOUNDATIONS ART PRIZES MARKET In January 2012, The Wall Street Journal interviewed Siu Li Tan, an assistant director and curator for the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), who talked about...
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Pearl Lam: Another gallery for Hong Kong’s Pedder Building
GALLERY OPENING HONG KONG CONTEMPORARY ART MARKET Ben Brown Fine Arts did it in 2009 and Gagosian Gallery followed soon after in early 2011, now Pearl Lam will be the next high-end commercial gallery...
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Professional “art bubble”: Who is in it and what do they do?
CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTORS CURATORS JOURNALISTS In a tongue-in-cheek article written for The New Zealand Herald, Janet McAllister recounts her trip to Sydney for the re-launch of the Museum of...
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Yellow River Arts Centre: “Ambitious” museum development for northwest China
CHINA YINCHUAN CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE An ambitious USD279 million art institution will rise on the banks of the Yellow River in 2014 in north-western China. Upon completion, the eighty hectare Yellow...
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Ocula connects Australasia with online art auction platform, gallery portal
ONLINE ART PORTAL ART AUCTIONS AUSTRALASIA Following the success of Saffronart and Artnet, Ocula Auctions is a new member in the online art sales club. Does Ocula’s practice shed some light on the art...
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13 Asia-based art collectors crack 2012 ARTnews global top 200
A comparatively low number of Asia-based collectors in the 2012 ARTnews top 200 list may indicate that the Asian region still has a lot of potential for art market growth. On 26 June 2012, ARTnews...
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Art Jog ’12: Fresh contemporary art makes for meaningful Indonesian fair
Organisers of the 2012 edition of Art Jog hope to stand out on the now-crowded Asian art fair calendar with their focus on emerging practitioners and an artist-centred exhibition format. Art Jog ’12,...
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Delhi’s artist-led United Art Fair opposes ‘monopolised aesthetic’
Organisers of the United Art Fair bypass galleries to hold an artist-only event in India’s New Delhi. The artist-centred United Art Fair, which aims to move away from the “monopolisation of...
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Provocative agenda at huge Australian collector-owned museum
Follow PRIVATE ART MUSEUMS AUSTRALIAN ART COLLECTORS Curious about the newly opened Museum of Old and New Art, located in Hobart, Tasmania, the state to the south of mainland Australia, Art Radar...
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What motivates billionaire collector Victor Pinchuk? The Art Newspaper
Follow CONTEMPORARY ART SPACES COLLECTORS UKRAINE “Rarely has so much money been spent so quickly on so much bad art” says a recent article in The Art Newspaper that sheds light on the motivations of...
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Young Indian artists struggle under veteran legacy – The Economic Times
Follow CONTEMPORARY ART MARKET ESTABLISHED EMERGING ARTISTS The Economic Times has highlighted the struggle faced by a young generation of Indian artists unable “to break through the price brackets...
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Swiss collector opens Art Supermarket in Hong Kong… but is it?
Follow HONG KONG GALLERIES ART SPACES CONCEPT STORES A rainy night in November 2011 saw the Hong Kong opening of a gallery with a difference. Its name, Art Supermarket, did not sound very propitious...
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Habits of 7 top collectors – Wall Street Journal
Follow CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTORS A recent article published in The Wall Street Journal gives us a rare peek into the minds and habits of seven top international collectors, each of whom reveal some...
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New private contemporary art museum for Dubai
Follow ART COLLECTOR PRIVATE ART MUSEUM DUBAI The Salsali Private Museum (SPM), home to the private collection of art patron Ramin Salsali, opened its doors to the public and collectors on 13 November...
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India Art Fair’s Collectors’ Circle educates new buyers
Follow INDIA ART COLLECTOR FAIR EDUCATION Heading into its fourth edition, the India Art Fair, formally the India Art Summit, is launching Collectors’ Circle, an ongoing membership programme which...
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Ayyam Auctions targets young West Asian contemporary art lovers – event alert
Follow CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTIONS MIDDLE EAST Are you a new collector with a spare 7000 dollars lying around and a love for contemporary Middle Eastern art? Preview lots for the Ayyam Auctions The...
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Rich swap stocks for art: Investment, passion or a bit of both?
Follow ART MARKET INVESTMENT TRENDS A recent Deloitte-ArtTactic study concludes that the wealthy are allocating more funds to art, driving up art prices to record levels, despite the global financial...
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India Art Fair 2012: For international galleries, India focus among emerging...
Follow EVENTS CONTEMPORARY ART MARKET The India Art Fair, formerly named the India Art Summit, closed its doors for the fourth time on 29 January 2012. An estimated crowd of 80,000 came to see over...
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