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Friday 20 Nov 09
NEW YORK. The eighth annual Art Basel Miami Beach converges from 3-6 December amid shaky times for art sellers. Around 40,000 visitors are expected, and fair organisers remain bullish. “What we are seeing, and what we saw at other shows in the fall, is that there is definitely a market for high... >>>
Strong material means market remains buoyant >>>
Paris auction fetches €1.9m; pre-Angkorian statue is the top-selling lot at €108,500 >>>
A new willingness to deaccession brought some success, but overall picture is of caution in the teeth of the recession >>>
India Art Summit deemed a success, with strong sales of Indian art >>>
Auction houses say accurate estimates reflect new financial reality >>>
Sotheby’s wins against Christie’s with bolder version of the work and higher sale >>>
Paintings from the museum boosted Sotheby’s 4 June sale >>>
Point Contemporary is the final part of the city’s Artmark project >>>
American art weak at Sotheby’s and Christie’s New York sales despite museums’ clear-out