Share: SHANGHAI—Even ShContemporary’s new director, Colin Chinnery, says he was surprised at how well this year’s fair went off. After all, there were plenty of factors working against the Sept. 10–13 show, such as the economy, the recent departure of founding director Lorenzo Rudolf, competition from the sprightly and young Hong Kong fair Art HK, […]
Share:NEW YORK—As if Sotheby’s 87 percent drop in profits in the second fiscal quarter, announced Tuesday, wasn’t sobering enough, the firm also got walloped by its archrival Christie’s in the auction sales arena in the first half of 2009, with its $995 million tally falling far behind Christie’s $1.5 billion. The gap can be largely […]
Share:Though this article was published on 19th January. Its important to be shared – Aashu Georgina Adam 19.1.09 Issue 198 The general economy and also the art economy is clearly headed for some choppy waters…” This is what mega-dealer Larry Gagosian told his staff in a tough-talking, if ungrammatical, memo published last November in Flash […]