AnalysisArt market
Blue-chip artists move over, here come the red chips
Art as a blue-chip investment has had its day, as buyers chase the latest "red-chip" names
NewsArt market
Phillips rolls out 'Articker' to predict the next hot artists through exhibitions and media coverage
Like a stock ticker, the new data platform scrapes the internet to give users a constant stream of information about art
NewsArt investment
The blue chip delusion: why investors should be wary of the brand name lure
Art is pitched as an asset class, but even big-name artists are not guaranteed to hold their value, let alone turn a profit
ArchiveSilicon Valley
Silicon Valley tech companies take novel approaches to art investment
Silicon Valley’s success stories are applying their non-corporate ethos to art investment, finding innovative ways of building their collections
ArchiveLetters
"Silver, Wine, Art and Gold" is a proper asset class
Joe Roseman, former head of economics at Moore Capital and author of Swag: Alternative Assets for the Coming Decade
ArchiveArt & Technology
Latest online startup aims for 3D sales
The creators of a new software venture think that adding an extra dimension will get things moving
ArchiveJanuary 2010
Could the art market be undergoing a fundamental restructuring?
2010 will be a year of continued reshaping
ArchiveArt market
New index and fund track post-war art: AMR Post-War Art 50
Castlestone plans 18-month buying spree while prices remain low
ArchiveMark Rothko
Disgraced Madoff investor’s Rothkos turn up in Moscow
J. Ezra Merkin offloads $310 million collection
ArchiveSeptember 2007
Comment: if the hedge funders ditch art, new buyers will emerge
In 2007 the economist James Sproule examined the risks facing the market—and the good news was it was not all doom and gloom
ArchiveJuly 2007
It’s definitely a bubble, but when it will burst is anybody’s guess
The veteran dealer Richard Feigen on the state of the art market in 2007
ArchiveSevso silver
Questions arise surrounding legitimacy of items thought to be part of supposedly incomplete Sevso silver hoard
Documents seen by The Art Newspaper reveal that five bowls, 37 cups and 187 spoons were offered with the 14 pieces which make up the Roman treasure
ArchiveArt market
The Warhol effect : Moving from connoisseurship to brand recognition
How the money men have changed the market
ArchiveArt market
Speculators angering dealers over collecting without passion for art
Young financiers want to build a diversified portfolio
ArchiveArt market
Fine art investment fund goes live
Meanwhile, other art funds are being started up
ArchiveArt market
Leading investment companies in bidding battle to take control of Drouot, the auction house that groups all the Parisian auctioneers
Investment companies bidding as Bergé drops out
ArchiveArt investment
Bernard Arnault retreats from web investments
Following over €500 million investment in 1999
ArchiveSponsorship
Concentration of arts sponsorship in London causes other UK regions to lose out
Unevenness comes to light, as survey finds that almost 50% of the UK total was directed towards London
ArchiveMarch 1991
A guide to bad times: why the market downturn is good news for true collectors
We observed that while the market was feeling fragile during the 1991 slump, fortunes have a way of turning around