In art auctions, US outbidding China: Artprice
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The US art auction market grew by 20 percent in the first six months of the year, with sales totalling US$2.8 billion, nearly a billion more than China with sales worth US$1.9 billion, said the report.
鈥淎n unexpected rebound, considering that, year after year, China seemed to confirm its place as number one,鈥 said Thierry Ehrmann, president and founder of Artprice, which compiles data on the art market, auction sales and artist鈥檚 prices.
Fuelled by a strong dollar, the US boom is based in New York where nearly all its art auctions are held, and the Big Apple ranks more than ever as the top place to find art masterpieces.
That could be seen at Christie鈥檚 art auction in May where Pablo Picasso鈥檚 鈥淭he Women of Algiers (Version 0)鈥 went for US$179 million, the highest price ever for an art work sold at auction.
Another object of intense bidding was Alberto Giacometti鈥檚 bronze statue 鈥淢an Pointing鈥, which became the most expensive sculpture sold at auction for US$141 million.
On the global level, the number of works up for auction in January through June fell by 17 percent. Sales dropped by 5.0 percent from a year earlier, slipping from US$8 billion to US$7.6 billion, mainly due to the Chinese retreat, according to the report.
After having surged between 2009 and 2014 (by 214 percent), Chinese sales 颅slowed dramatically by 30 percent in the first half of 2015, according to figures collected by Chinese public group Artron, an institutional partner of Artprice.
The sluggish global economy has affected global art sales, but so have anti-corruption measures which have made art investors more cautious.
Artprice says these measures have paralysed more and more sales of art that did not meet strict legal definitions.
The report also noted that China is feeling competitive heat for second place from UK, with London the world鈥檚 number two city for art auctions.
Sales in Britain increased by 6.0 percent in the first half of the year after spectacular growth of 35 percent in 2014. Sales totalled around US$1.9 billion, less than US$100 million short of China鈥檚.
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