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  • The Financial Side of Art Investing

    11 Jun 2018

    Dmitry Rybolovlev thought he’d overpaid when he paid the Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier $127.5 million for Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundiin 2013, once he learned Bouvier had paid between $75 and $80 million for it. But after Salvator Mundi’s sale in November at Christie’s for $450.3 million, it was hard to argue. These days, Google searches […]

  • Shen Hongbiao: Faraway

    08 Jun 2018

    Renowned contemporary sculptor Shen Hongbiao was born in Shenyang, in China, in 1969, and studied sculpture at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts.   An interview with AMA Media Could you tell us a little about yourself? I was born in Shenyang, in China. I joined Paris’s Sorbonne University following an internship at the […]

  • Collecting Guide: 5 Things to Know About Street Art

    07 Jun 2018

    The 21st century has seen an urban liberation of art media, pushing through the conventional parameters of paper, cardboard and canvas and on to pavement, sidewalks, subways and the bricks of buildings. As the personification of movement, freedom and spontaneity, Street Art has taken centre stage, both literally in scale and visibility and in its […]

  • Dalí as You’ve Never Seen Him Before: “Women Photograph Dalí” Show at the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation, Spain

    04 Jun 2018

    Few artists cultivated their image and persona as carefully as Salvador Dali. Archives are filled with images of the artist in elaborate get-ups, enacting strange rituals like taking his pet anteater for a walk in Paris, hugging a clock, or wearing an animal skull as a hat. His infamous mustache (which, it was revealed last year, remained […]

  • Gao Brothers: Redeemers

    02 Jun 2018

    *An article extracted from the original interview by Berenice Angremy & Jasmine Chang Gao Qiang & Gao Zhen are two Beijing based brothers. Over the past 20 years, their art has reached various mediums including painting, sculpture, performance & photography. Their works form part of the most prestige collections, such as the China National Museum, […]

  • The Superstitious Rituals of Highly Creative People, from Pablo Picasso to Frida Kahlo

    01 Jun 2018

    Chances are that many of us have knocked on wood, avoided walking under ladders, or carried some sort of good luck charm (maybe a rabbit’s foot or an evil eye) close to our bodies. These rituals, of course, are products of superstition: the comforting belief that a ritual or object has the power to bring […]

  • Russian ‘Nationalist’ Drunkenly Attacked One of the Nation’s Most Celebrated Paintings

    30 May 2018

    The man nearly destroyed Ilya Repin’s 1885 painting of Ivan the Terrible.   One of Russia’s most famous paintings was damaged on Friday in Moscow when an intoxicated visitor at grabbed a metal pole and dealt several blows to Ilya Repin’s 1885 canvas Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan. He slashed the painting in three […]

  • New Highs For China’s Art Scene

    29 May 2018

    From Beijing to Hong Kong, the Chinese art scene is booming as it overtakes the UK as the second biggest art market in the world.   While studying at New York University in 2014, young Chinese performance artist Li Shuang walked the streets of Manhattan with a placard that said: “Marry me for Chinese citizenship.” […]

  • Art for High Rollers: Contemporary Art Adorns Las Vegas’s New Palms Casino

    26 May 2018

    Following a $620 million renovation, the revamped casino reopened with a brand new art display. The strong demand for art continues to seep through every crack and corner of the world as Las Vegas’s newly renovated Palms Hotel and Casino is going all in on art. The hotel, casino, and resort unveiled its extensive blue-chip […]

  • Pop Artist of ‘LOVE’ Robert Indiana Passed Away at 89

    22 May 2018

    Robert Indiana, a towering figure in the American Pop art movement whose LOVE sculpture became one of the most reproduced works of art of the Modern era, has died at the age of 89. Indiana, whose real last name was Clark, was already enjoying critical and market success when he debuted his LOVE series in […]

  • How to Invest in Art: Types, Advantages, Buying & Selling

    20 May 2018

    These days, many long-term investors look to diversify their portfolios by investing in different, even exotic, asset classes. Some prefer to put their money in rare coins and jewels, while others invest in fine wines. One investment class quickly gaining in popularity is artwork. Not only can fine art enhance your home décor and evoke […]

  • Kengo Kuma-Designed Zhi Art Museum Opens in Chengdu

    19 May 2018

    Museums are the main resource centers for information showing where culture comes from and how it spreads. China’s contemporary museum-building trend since the past decade catering to the rapidly growing commercial need for the arts has been hailed as having given a boost to cultural development around the world. The latest to launch in the scene is […]

  • Latest Data Shows Skyrocketing Valuations and Changing Tastes at the Market’s Peak

    14 May 2018

    Get ready to witness eye-watering amounts of money spent in less time than it takes for you to refresh Twitter. It’s spring auction week in New York, when Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips hold their marathon sales of Impressionist, Modern, postwar, and contemporary art. The eventual results of these sales may or may not differentiate, but […]

  • YANG GALLERY Team wishes all beautiful mothers a very Happy Mother’s Day 2018!

    13 May 2018

  • Pulled from Rockefeller Walls, Masters Collection Fetched Millions in Christie’s

    09 May 2018

    The Collection of David & Peggy Rockefeller was offered for sale in May 2018 at Christie’s flagship auction rooms in Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City. The sales were conducted in keeping with David Rockefeller’s pledge to direct the majority of his wealth to philanthropy and provide for the cultural, educational, medical, and environmental […]

  • Invest in art: How to get into a millionaire’s market

    08 May 2018

    The art market is quite like the stock market. Prices can fall as well as rise.   Art can be a great investment if it’s purchased in a smart way: returns vary, but according to the AMR Art 100 Index, art prices have increased at a compound annual growth rate of 8.0% over the past […]

  • Old Master Paintings Transformed Into a Beguiling Collection for Gucci

    04 May 2018

    Since Alessandro Michele took the helm of Gucci, the Italian fashion house has experienced a creative rejuvenation. By invoking a mixture of pop culture, folklore, and art history, Michele has been able to inject a new sense of imagination into the century-old brand. Compelling visual storytelling has bolstered a revival in the ingenuity and creativity […]

  • Why the Baltimore Museum, USA, Is Selling Its Andy Warhols to Buy Work by Upcoming Artists

    01 May 2018

    Lots of museum leaders talk about wanting to diversify their collections. Christopher Bedford, the director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, is actually doing it—though not everyone may agree with his tactics. The Baltimore Museum of Art in Maryland, USA, is home to an internationally renowned collection of 19th-century, modern, and contemporary art. Founded in 1914 […]

  • Art Beijing 2018

    30 Apr 2018

    From 29th April – 2nd May 2018, Art Beijing will hold its 13th annual art fair in Beijing, the event that has served the largest number of art organizations in China. Based in Beijing, Art Beijing is endlessly adjusting the structure of its exhibitions and exploring ways to develop in a way that suits the […]

  • What It Costs to Be an Art Collector

    28 Apr 2018

    It’s no secret that purchasing art requires (relatively) deep pockets. Additionally, there are costs to maintain a collection once it’s been amassed. There’s no hard and fast formula for figuring out how much one should expect to spend on the myriad associated costs, but experts cite figures from between 1% and 2% of the overall […]