Makeda Hinds: What type of art does your gallery focus on?
Alexander Balos: Stock in Art focuses on American and European Modern Masters, as well as Contemporary living artists who have established themselves as great masters, and whose work I like very much. Read More
This week, we’re looking at a solo exhibition of intricate collages in New York and a live implosion event in Basel, Switzerland. Browse more openings by city to see where art can be found in your town! Read More
Art Basel, the summer’s art destination, will take place at Messe Basel, in Messeplatz, Basel, Switzerland, from June 13 to 16, 2013. Learn more about the fair, and browse our list of participating artnet Galleries members. Read More
In Season 2, Episode 2, Jim looks through his exhibition inventory catalogue and contemplates whether or not he should add red dots, which imply that an artwork has been sold, to entice potential clients.
artnet Analytics takes a look at the market for American artist James Turrell.
George Bailey, co-founder of the Auction Room, discusses his new online auction platform.
This week, we’re heading to New York to look at a selection of new paintings by Wolf Kahn, and then to Maine to check out a group exhibition of artists who blend abstraction with Realist tendencies to depict nature. Browse more openings by city to see where art can be found in your town!
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the groundbreaking 1913 Armory Show, artnet Auctions is taking a look back at the bold Modern artists and their defining innovations that pushed boundaries, propelled taste, and influenced the position of the art world as we know it today.
In Season 2, Episode 1, Jim’s new client seeks to purchase an Andy Warhol portrait that he has in his inventory.
Read part four of director of global strategy Thomas Galbraith's TEFAF presentation about top performing artists.
This week we’re checking out photographic projects in exhibitions happening in London and Madrid. Browse more openings by city to see where art can be found in your town!
In the last episode of Season 1, Jim and Dru head to Florida for the Palm Beach Art Fair, where the gallery’s booth was not as successful as they had hoped. Jim tries to save money by having Dru stay with his family. When they return from the fair, Dru discovers that Jim Kempner Fine Art received a gallery review in a newspaper.
After the astronomical success of the Contemporary auctions last November, it seemed unlikely for May Contemporary sales to meet the benchmark set six months ago. However, expectations have been redefined. Christie’s Post War and Contemporary sales fetched US$640 million in a single week, setting a new auction record for value sold at auction for any collecting category.
Photography is the driving force behind this week’s look into exhibitions happening around the world. Artists Hannah Collins, Halim Al-Karim, and Arezu explore concepts of freedom and nature through a medium that allows for infinite play and possibility. Whether blurred or brought into focused detail, these somber scenes show us photography’s power to communicate through each exposure.
Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese/French, 1921–2013) was one of the most important Contemporary Chinese painters of the last century. Admittedly embracing the essence of nature in his oeuvre, Zao is famous for his “abstracted landscape” paintings and prints, which conflate traditional Chinese landscapes with Western abstraction in a singular and profound manner.
The highly anticipated inaugural edition of Art Basel Hong Kong will take place from May 23 to 26, 2013, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Learn more about the fair and browse our list of participating artnet Galleries members.
In Season 1, Episode 11, business is slow so Jim attempts to get on The Celebrity Apprentice.
An interview with Caitlin Freeman, pastry chef and author of Modern Art Desserts: Recipes for Cakes, Cookies, Confections, and Frozen Treats Based on Iconic Works of Art
Harold Edgerton revolutionized motion photography in 1931 by combining the camera with the stroboscope, capturing motion as a single image, or in multiples of up to 600 per second. His photographs extend the capabilities of the human eye to microsecond vision, revealing aspects of reality never before seen or even imagined.
In Season 1, Episode 10, Jim and Dru try to figure out why it's so slow in the gallery. Could Glenn Dranoff of Dranoff Fine Art have something to do with it? Later that day, Jim tries to alleviate his new assistant's anxiety. Complications arise when Jim asks her to type up a letter.
This week we’re checking out two exciting new solo exhibitions in New York by Susan Weil and Marcos Bontempo. Browse more openings by city to see where art can be found in your town!
Zhao Yong, chairman of the board of Hosane Auction Co., Ltd., discusses the auction house’s specialties, highest selling lots, and plans for the future.
How do you see it? This week we’re looking at two exhibitions by artists who ask their viewers to interpret their works. At Jill Newhouse in New York, Gerard Mossé paints interactive forms in his works on paper, and at JoAnne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach, Anja Van Herle and Alberto Murillo seek to combat the idea of disassociation through translation. Browse our list of openings by city to see where art can be found in your town!
Frieze New York will celebrate its second year on Randall’s Island from May 10 to 13. Learn more about the fair’s programming, and browse our list of participating artnet Galleries members.
Whether you’re interested in photography, painting, or sculpture, or performance, installation, or video art, visit PULSE New York 2013, one of the leading US art fairs dedicated solely to Contemporary Art!
In Season 1, Episode 9, Jim prepares for his meeting with a wealthy Wall Street client, who is interested in purchasing a Cy Twombly (American, 1928–2011).
Chilean painter Roberto Matta was a key figure of Modern Art in Latin America. Through his surrealistic and experimental style, the artist acted as a revolutionary in how he expressed both political and social themes throughout his works.
From the east to the west coast, this week we're viewing works of abstraction by Nicolas de Staël at Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York, NY, and Chad Buck at Brian Gross Fine Art in San Francisco, CA. Browse openings by city to see where art can be found in your town!
In Season 1, Episode 8 of The Madness of Art, Jim hires a new assistant to help him with his everyday tasks. During her first week at the gallery, Jim becomes aware of her shortcomings and questions the truth behind her resume.
Over the past few years, increasingly high prices and returns at auction have been achieved by female artists, moving many of these artists into the spotlight as “top artists” and away from the confines of the “top female artists” list. Break down the success of female artists using artnet Analytics.
Alvaro Perez Miranda, director at Dillon Gallery, discusses the mission of the gallery and elements of the Contemporary Art market.
In anticipation of Gallery Weekend Berlin, which will take place from April 26 to 28, 2013, this week we're checking out gallery openings happening across Germany. Browse openings by city to see where art can be found in your town!
In Season 1, Episode 7 of The Madness of Art, Jim comes across Bernar Venet’s studio while wandering in Chelsea.
Read part three of director of global strategy Thomas Galbraith’s TEFAF presentation about top performing artists. Learn more about the markets for specific artists, and how these markets can be manipulated.
Spring has finally sprung, and to celebrate our rejuvenated spirits, this week we’re viewing solo exhibitions by artists who create colorful, energetic works of art. Biff Elrod presents a series of paintings at Donna Leatherman LLC, and Yael Kanarek unveils new mixed media works at bitforms gallery.
The 47th edition of Art Cologne will run from April 19 to 22, 2013. Learn more about the fair!
In Season 1, Episode 6, when the 13 year old son of a potential client challenges Jim to explain the meaning and importance of Post-Modern Art, he learns a lesson about the value of art instead.
This week we’re exploring solo exhibitions by painter Miwa Ogasawara, at SCAI The Bathhouse/ Shiraishi Contemporary Art Inc. in Tokyo, and photographer Joshua Lutz, at ClampArt in Chelsea, NY. Through uniquely personal studies, the artists’ works explore ideas of the self in a greater world.
Read part two of director of global strategy Thomas Galbraith’s TEFAF presentation about top performing artists. Learn more about artnet Analytics methodology.
In Season 1, Episode 5 of The Madness of Art, the gallery is abuzz with excitement in advance of famed avant-garde artist and peace activist Yoko Ono’s (Japanese, b.1933) opening at Jim Kempner Fine Art.
Zona Maco runs from April 10 to 14 at Mexico City’s Centro de Exposiciones Banamex. Learn more about the fair, and browse our list of participating artnet Galleries members.
Heather Russell sits down with Chinese Contemporary artist Zhang Xiaogang at Pace Print Studio to discuss his new exhibition at Pace Gallery.
This week we’re exploring Video Art gallery openings taking place around the world. Maureen Paley in London is screening Morgan Fisher’s film ( ), while in New York, Leila Heller Gallery and Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art join forces in tribute to recently deceased Iranian artist Farideh Lashai.
In Season 1, Episode 4 of The Madness of Art, Jim looks for a replacement for “Miss Oops,” the gallery’s ex-assistant.
Peter Beard (American, b.1938) is a photographer best known for his collages, diaries, and photographs of African wildlife.
Survey solo exhibitions by Minimalist artist Tedd Stamm at Marianne Boesky Gallery and Pop artist Idelle Weber at Hollis Taggart Galleries. Browse openings by city to see where art can be found in your town!
In Season 1, Episode 3, one of the prominent members of the Pop Art movement, Robert Indiana (American b.1928), surprises Jim.
Read part one of director of global strategy Thomas Galbraith’s TEFAF presentation about top performing artists.
Now in its last few days, TEFAF Maastricht has lived up to its name as the leading European Fine Art Fair. Learn more about this year’s highlights, and browse our list of participating artnet Galleries members.
Watch our short videos from the 25th edition of the European Fine Art Fair, TEFAF Maastricht. Get a feel of the art buzz and the artworks exhibited at the fair in less than 30 seconds.
Brighten up your week with some color! In New York, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe and Kim Foster Gallery are presenting photographs, paintings, and sculptures with a pop of color. Browse openings by city to see where art can be found in your town!
Gracie Mansion recalls the vibrant East Village art scene of the 1980s, and how her gallery was at the heart of it all.
In Season 1, Episode 2 of Jim Kempner’s video series, The Madness of Art, the art dealer helps a client find a fresh and original wedding gift.
artnet Analytics compares Hiroshi Sugimoto’s overall market to that of his Seascapes photographs.
artnet Analytics presents a series index for Andy Warhol's iconic Brillo Box sculptures.
This week we’re celebrating female artists who have made a mark on their craft. At Robert Mann Gallery in New York, a series of works by photographer Margaret Watkins are on display, and at JanKossen Contemporary in Basel, Switzerland, there’s an exhibition of paintings and prints by Mami Yamanta and Mari Ito.
US museums, galleries, and collectors are embracing the important contributions of Japanese artist Nobuo Sekine and the Mono-ha movement.
In Season 1 Episode 1 of Jim Kempner’s hysterical video series, The Madness of Art, artist Tony Fitzpatrick drops by and tries to explain the old adage "time is money.” Check back every Tuesday for a new episode of The Madness of Art!
Most narratives of Chinese Contemporary Art start from the end of the Cultural Revolution. Around 1979, Chinese artists were suddenly exposed to western art history, which led to a rapid turnover of artistic styles. Different art historians have different opinions about what happened next.
artnet Analytics presents the Top 10 American artists of 2012
Deloitte’s 6th annual Art & Finance Conference will take place on Friday, March 15, 2013, alongside TEFAF Maastricht, one of the world’s leading art and antiques fairs. Learn more about Deloitte Luxembourg, and the program of panels, speeches, and events at this year’s conference.
This week we’re taking a closer look at solo exhibitions presented at Timothy Taylor Gallery in London, UK, and Chambers Fine Art in New York, NY. Browse openings by city to see where art can be found in your town!
Armory Arts Week has become an international destination for artists, collectors, dealers, and institutions. This year marks the centennial of the Armory Show, the 13th year of the Breeder Program for VOLTA NY, and the 25th anniversary of The Art Show.
Art13 London is the first art fair to launch in London in a decade. Learn more about this fair, and check out our list of participating artnet Galleries members.
Check out gallery openings happening today in New York, NY. Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery presents mixed media works by Korean artist Airan Kang, and Edward Tyler Nahem and Salon 94 Freeman’s collaborate to show two separate solo exhibitions by Iona Rozeal Brown.
In 2003, A big family series from Zhang Xiaogang’s Bloodlines series sold at Christie’s Hong Kong for US$76,000. In 2011, this work sold again for US$7.3 million. How does one work consistently perform so well at auction, and to what can we attribute this success? Break down the success of Bloodlines using artnet Indices.
An in depth look at Poleschi Casa d’Aste, one of Milan’s leading auction houses for Modern and Contemporary Art.
artnet Analytics takes an in-depth look at the art market for Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Check out gallery openings happening in your city and throughout the ! London’s October Gallery presents the international exhibition The World of Extraordinary Objects.
Art Wynwood takes place this weekend in Miami. Browse artnet Galleries members exhibiting in the fair, which will highlight Street Art, murals, Pop Surrealism, and more.
Check out gallery openings happening in your city and throughout the ! In Chelsea, NY, Tracy Williams Ltd. and Nancy Margolis Gallery will present group exhibitions based on imagination, color, and whimsy.
David Breuer-Weil explores the themes of place, time, and cause in Project 4, the latest edition of his Project series.
ARCOmadrid is coming to Feria de Madrid in Spain’s capital from to .
Check out gallery openings happening in your city today! Galerie Richard in Chelsea, NY, will be hosting a solo exhibition by Japanese artist Takesada Matsutani.
2012 saw continued recovery from the contraction of the market in 2009. Using data from the artnet Price Database, artnet Analytics has generated the below information reflecting the state of the market in 2012.
Learn more about running a gallery in New York, and how market trends and viewer experience play a part on the art business.
Learn more about the inspiring world of Outsider Art and one of its most celebrated artists, Purvis Young.
A brief history of French comic books, and their current popularity at auction houses in France and Belgium.
