I was recently given another opportunity to choose ten artists from the 70,000 or so artists registered at the Saatchi Online Gallery to be featured in the Saatchi Gallery Magazine as well as choose one artist to be the Saatchi Online Critic’s choice. Take particular note of the extremely talented Volkan Diyaroglu who I think w

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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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Art Market Blog – How I Doubled My Money Overnight !!! « Art Market Blog with Nicholas Forrest www.artmarketblog.com

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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Here in Australia there have been some rather interesting developments in the art market the most important of which is the closure of two long established auction houses. Now before you start jumping to conclusions about the state of the whole art market there are a some things that you should know about these two auction hous

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I have become more and more interested in photography both as an artistic medium and as an investment primarily because photography relatively inexpensive compared to other mediums and has excellent investment potential. I used to struggle with fine art photography and often found myself rather bewildered and dissatisfied with

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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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Attention Visual Artists: If you think you have what it takes to set the art world on fire then keep reading because from the 19th of March 2008 (until 23rd May 2008), the search for the art world’s Next Star Artist will take place.

Art market analyst, consultant and art critic Nicholas Forrest of Art Market Blog (http://www

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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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