Yu Ke Dong
This Week in the Art Market – Friday 17 May 2024
Sotheby’s Spring Sales Gather $227.9M, Christie’s Forges Ahead Despite Cyberattack, Armed with Two Basquiats, Philips’s Auction Exceeds Last Year’s Equivalent, Prices Rise at Independent Art Fair, Frieze...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 10 May 2024
Cassi Young joins Art Works Group as Global Fine Art Director, bringing her expertise from Bonhams, London, to enhance APAC collector access. The art world mourns Frank Stella, an icon of Minimalism. In...
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THIS WEEK IN THE ART MARKET – FRIDAY 3RD MAY 2024
Deutscher and Hackett's Melbourne auction sets Australian record at $17 million. Rediscovered Klimt portrait sells for €30m. Frieze New York opens, affirming city's art market. Fiery Indian and Chinese art...
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THIS WEEK IN THE ART MARKET – FRIDAY 19TH APRIL 2024
Yayoi Kusama tops contemporary art sales, UOB supports Southeast Asian art education, M+ Museum hosts I.M. Pei retrospective, Venice Biennale's impact on artists, ART021 fair expands to Hong Kong, and...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 29th March 2024
The recently opened 11th edition of Art Basel Hong Kong has drawn a new generation of Asian art collectors who are deeply invested in purchasing new works. This latest demographic...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 15th March 2024
Overtaking the flagging British art market, China — including Hong Kong — has claimed the title of world’s second largest art market in 2023. This surge in sales is attributed to demand suppressed by....
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 1st March 2024
The Artsy Art Fair Report 2024 presents key insights into the evolving dynamics of art fairs, highlighting their continued significance in the art world. With 69% of surveyed galleries participating...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 16th February 2024
Produced by famed Irish-British painter Francis Bacon, the painting Landscape near Malabata, Tangier (1963) is slated to headline Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in London...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 16th February 2024
Returning to Switzerland in June, Art Basel will be showing 287 galleries from around the world, including 22 first-time galleries. One of the biggest art fairs in the world...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 2nd February 2024
The painting in question — a vivid, vibrant portrait of the young Fraulien Liesler — was last seen in the possession of the wealthy Liesler family in Austria
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 26th January 2024
The second edition of ART SG had some worried that the fair would undergo a “sophomore slump”, but it seems that this was not the case. Despite fewer blue-chip alleries in attendance, many reported feeling
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 12th January 2024
According to a report by Art Basel, median expenditure on art in Asia by both millennials and Gen Zers has increased sharply from 2022 to 2023
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 22nd December 2023
Despite the difficulties faced by in-person art fairs during the COVID-19 pandemic, data has shown that international demand has rebounded to just below pre-pandemic levels. This year...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 15th December 2023
Making his Asia exhibition debut in Singapore, Danny Minnick wowed fans and collectors alike as he hosted meet and greets, book signings and...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 10th November 2023
A Picasso masterpiece commands a historic $139M at Sotheby's, signalling robust collector confidence in iconic artworks. Concurrently, Shanghai's premier art fairs...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 17th November 2023
National Gallery Singapore's 'Tropical: Stories From Southeast Asia and Latin America' melds diverse art histories with works by Frida Kahlo and Helio Oiticica...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 24th November 2023
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024 marks a full-scale return with 242 top galleries, reinforcing Hong Kong's stature as a global art nexus. Shanghai's art market flourishes, with ART021 and West Bund...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 1st December 2023
Singapore Art Week Returns in January. Hosting its 12th edition in January, Singapore Art Week has announced a whopping lineup of more than 150 art...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 27th October
From Singapore's Affordable Art Fair offering curated, accessible art to Paris+ par Art Basel's resounding success, the global art scene is buzzing...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 20th October
From Frieze London's focus on established 'radical' artists to Shanghai's booming art & antiquities market, discover the latest trends shaping the global...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 13th October
As Adeline Ooi vacates her transformative role at Art Basel Asia, who will take the reins? London art scene...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 29th September
From an unexpected John Constable sketch fetching $245,000 to a record-breaking Monet set to...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 22nd September
The art world bids farewell to Colombian artist Fernando Botero, known for his unique depictions of...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 15th September
From the lifting of a 30-year photography ban on Picasso's 'Guernica' to record-breaking sales at...
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This Week in the Art Market - Friday 8th September
Artsy's annual report, Art Collector Insights 2023, paints a complex yet optimistic picture of current art collecting trends based on responses from over...
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7 Important Printmakers in History
The printmaking medium is typically not perceived as a fine art form in and of itself, but printmakers have had their own defined traditions and exerted a significant...
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An Introduction to Printmaking
Printmaking is and has always been a crucial aspect of art. Due to its capacity for mass production, art prints allow ordinary people to access works of art outside...
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Art Basel 2023 Insights: What You Need to Know
On an average Thursday afternoon, approximately 80,000 art enthusiasts, collectors and investors flooded the Swiss town of Messe Basel, transforming the...
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Chinese Contemporary Art Since 1976: A Brief Overview
China's modern art scene is a remarkably complex development that only began after the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, yet has since exploded into a...
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Singapore's Art Market: From Local to Global
Singapore has steadily emerged as an epicentre for the global art market, drawing the attention of art aficionados, collectors, and investors from every corner...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 6th October
Tom Brady and Kim Kardashian make headlines in a star-studded auction, while South Korea and Hong Kong...
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The Most Expensive Painting Ever Auctioned in Europe
Last week, Gustav Klimt's Lady With a Fan (1917-1918) was sold at Sotheby's for GBP 85.3 million or USD 108.4 million, becoming the most expensive artwork to...
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This Week in the Art Market – Friday 3rd November 2023
As Jay Chou curates Christie’s Post-Millennium Evening Sale featuring rising stars, we’re reminded that every emerging artist holds the potential to shape.....
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