Moshi Moshi, Medici! Completely Biased Adventures in Contemporary Art Collecting…

I love to read about artists who collect. Most, of course, don’t have much money to collect, between paying the rent of their studios and hustling, but when they do, they tend towards art works of old and modern masters, such as Schnabel’s penchant for Picasso and Koons’ for 16th century German sculpture, as the […]

I don’t think this really effects the die-hard collector: we are still dumb enough to spend whatever it takes to get the pieces that we want.
I definitely do think the current run in speculation of young artists will die down (a good thing) and artists who deserve the recognition will continue to thrive (another good […]

Frugal librarian amassed $8 million art trove
Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:12am EST
By Luke Baker
LONDON (Reuters) - From the outside it’s an ordinary, red-brick house in a terraced row, not unlike tens of thousands of others scattered across Britain.
But on the inside, Jean Preston’s spartan Oxford home contained works of art of international significance, carefully acquired […]

Forbes, Collectors Guide
The Art of the Deal
Susan Adams 12.24.07
How the Nahmad family made billions trading art, and why so many people in the art world can’t stand them.
On the evening of Nov. 6, in the packed Rockefeller Center salesroom of Christie’s auction house, four buyers were vying for a 1955 Picasso oil of Jacqueline, the […]

New tax could hit UK collectors
Rules change for non-domiciles
Melanie Gerlis | 7.1.08 | Issue 187
LONDON. Art market experts are concerned that new taxes on asset gains for overseas investments, coupled with a planned flat £30,000 ($60,000) levy for foreign residents, domiciled in the UK […]

ArtInfo summarizes the obvious. Why do publications bother to make such reviews as ultimately its as clear as what someone with OCD will have for breakfast tomorrow morning.
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2007 in Review: Top Trends of the Year

 
By David Grosz, ARTINFO
December 24, 2007
 
NEW YORK—Last week, ARTINFO kicked off its 2007 year in review, with a list of […]

Those sexy boys, the Danzingers, have consistently reported on the bizarre and complicated world of buying art. And here I thought I could just go into a gallery and buy something off the walls. Here, they discuss shopping at an art fair.
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Thomas and Charles Danziger

Published: January 2, 2008
 
Like lemmings to the sea, we […]

As a self-professed size queen, at least when it comes to contemporary art, I completely understand the impulse to want to go for the biggest piece from an artist, especially as larger works tend to allow the artist to explore in depth a particular idea or experience.
I’m glad I’m not the only one:
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Buyers say big […]