Art Market News
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Show Me the Monet: Why is the Banksy Market Booming?
On 21 October 2020, Banksy ’s Show Me the Monet (2005) was sold at Sotheby’s for over £7.5 million. The signed oil on canvas is a dissident adaption of Claude...
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Pop Art: A Guide to Collecting
What is Pop Art? P op art is an artistic movement that emerged in the wake of the post-war consumer boom and had its heyday in the ’50s and ’60s....
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How one of the biggest names in the art world has outperformed the stock market
What motivates you to buy art? While many collectors follow the old art market adage of ‘buy what you love’, for others, it’s important to know that a prospective purchase...
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Street Art: A Guide to Collecting
The street art market offers many affordable entry points for first time collectors and opportunities for those looking for something different. Whilst it can be daunting to navigate the world...
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Why the Banksy Market Shows No Sign of Stopping
Over the last decade, the price of Banksy prints have increased around 25% every year. This year, the price of Banksy’s prints and multiples have increased over three times that...
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The Banksy Effect - A Look at Banksy's Impact on Society & How He Legitimised Street Art
Once relegated to subway trains, abandoned buildings, and seemingly inaccessible areas of the urban landscape, street art has emerged in recent years as a critical element in political commentary on...
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Why The Photography Market Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down
Historically photography has been secondary to paintings and prints but recently a new breed of collectors have turned to editioned prints by both contemporary cutting-edge photographers and established masters as...
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David Shrigley and the Art of Humour
"I think the best kind of humour is the kind of humour where you don’t quite understand what you’re laughing at – you intuitively know that there’s something there that’s...
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The graffiti artist from Jersey who disrupted the Art World
Over the last 10 years, graffiti artist turned blue-chip darling, KAWS has become a household name with his cartoonish iconography, gigantic sculptures, collectable toys and vibrant paintings. With a background...
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The Godfather of Street Art
Hambleton was a Canadian-American street artist who is widely credited as the original godfather of street art and kingpin of the creative revolution that exploded in the East Side in...
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Celebrity, Identity, Money, Death and Time
Andy Warhol is one of the most iconic artists in the history of experimental art. He pioneered the Pop Art movement, commercialising the genre in ways that had never been...
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Creativity in Crisis
In these unprecedented times of global lockdown and self-isolation, more than ever before we're looking to artists to inspire and offer escapism from the current difficult circumstances we're finding ourselves...