Hiscox have released their
now annual survey of online art trading. This year they’ve included ranking
of art sales sites. Robert Read heads Hiscox’s art and private client
group. Here are some of his highlights from the report: The online art market
has continued to grow strongly (up 24% to $3.27 billion). Read more at Art Market Monitor 
Artprice.com reports on growing interest in Latin American art: "New York’s sales of Latin American art are an important part of the annual auction calendar and are faithfully orchestrated by Phillips, Sotheby’s and Christie’s every year. This year, the LatAm sales will take place on 18, 19 and 20 November and the auctioneers will no doubt have noticed the growing interest of major American and European museums for the Latin American art scene. Indeed, in recent years, the “acquisition phase” has accelerated and Latin American artists have enjoyed a growing number of important exhibitions such as the major retrospective of Wifredo Lam’s work currently showing at the Centre Pompidou in Paris (30 September - 15 February 2016) that will move next year to the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid (12 April - 15 August 2016) and then the Tate Modern in London (14 September 2016 - 8 January 2017)". Read more.
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