The International Art Markets

The first book to provide comprehensive country-by-country analysis of the world’s leading art markets, The International Art Markets is designed for the art collector and investor looking to broaden their knowledge of the global market and seize buying opportunities wherever they may occur.

Art continues to prove itself a sound, not to mention exhilarating and satisfying investment. The International Art Markets shows like no other book the huge scope for diversification within that market. Despite economic uncertainty, in just over two years average prices in the top 10% of the art market have risen by over 150% in real US dollar terms. In some art market sectors the rise has been longer and almost as dramatic - American paintings have risen seven times since 1994 and Chinese ceramics four times in the last nine years.

In 43 chapters, written by 58 mostly locally-based experts from the art trade, it covers 21 countries from Europe, 12 from Asia and Australasia, five from South America, four from the Middle East and Africa, and two from North America. It deliberately gives equal weighting to each art market, despite the predominance of the USA and Britain.

Each chapter provides the following essential information you need to understand the market in each country: art market history including taste, fashion, value, artists, art types, subjects, sales, prices and records; market structure and performance including auctioneers, dealers, trade associations, museums, exhibitions, fairs, training and education; and tax and regulation.

Comprehensive, informed and packed with valuable information, The International Art Markets will be the first point of reference for art collectors and investors and anyone who wants to understand the enormous breadth and complexity of the world’s art markets.

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BOOK DETAILS : CONTENTS INCLUDE :

1. Sub-Saharan Africa - Katrin Schmitter; 2. Argentina - Adrian Gualdoni Basualdo; 3. Australia - Georgina Pemberton and Josh Pullan; 4. Austria - Andrea Jungmann and Claude Piening; 5. Belgium - Henry Bounameaux and Victor Ginsburgh; 6. Brazil - Katia Mindlin Leite Barbosa; 7. Canada - Calin Valsan, Derrick Chong and Elisabeth Bogdan; 8. Chile - Cecilia Miquel; 9. China - Ruben Lien; 10. Czech Republic - Nicole Stava and Ivan Kodlova; 11. Denmark and Iceland - Kira Sjoberg; 12. Finland - Pauliina Laitinen-Laiho; 13. France - Roxana Azimi; 14. Germany - Roman Kraussl; 15. Greece - Iliana Fokianaki; 16. India - Sonal Singh; 17. Indonesia - Vidhyasuri Utami; 18. Ireland - Clare McAndrew; 19. Israel - RoniGilat-Baharaff; 20. Italy - Sara Mortarotti; 21. Japan - Roddy Ropner and Kumiko Hirakawa ; 22. Malaysia - Johnni Wong; 23. Mexico - Patricia Bueno Delgado and Ercilia Gomez Maqueo Y Rojas; 24. The Middle East and North Africa - William Lawrie; 25. The Netherlands - Bert Bakker and Rachel Campbell; 26. New Zealand - Tim Hazeldine and Mary Vavasour with Lisa Gotlieb; 27. Norway - Clemens Bomsdorf and Birgitte Lie; 28. The Philippines - Ruoh Ling Keong; 29. Poland - Yvonna Jamuszewska and Wojciech Kowalski; 30. Portugal - Joao Megalhaes; 31. Russia - Sergei Reviakin; 32. Singapore - Lindy Poh; 33. South Africa - Harriet Hedley; 34. South Korea - Sunhee Choi and Byungsik Choi; 35. Spain - Aina Truyols and Fernando Romero; 36. Sweden - Kira Sjoberg; 37. Switzerland - Dirk Boll; 38. Taiwan - Iain Robertson; 39. Thailand - Brian Curtin; 40. Turkey - Zeynep Kayhan; 41. The United Kingdom - Godfrey Barker; 42. The United States - Brook S Mason; 43. Venezuela - Diana Boccardo.