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...Among the younger artists making their mark was Chris Huen Sin-kan, whose “Treasure Hunting 2” painting from 2016 sold for HK$900,000 (with fees; est HK$240,000-HK$320,000)....
...Anders Petterson, managing director of ArtTactic, says there is a “supply issue”, noting the reduced number of works valued above HK$10mn ($1.3mn) this season....
...Still, says Anders Petterson, founder of ArtTactic, the 49 per cent fall shows the “severe impact” of the Covid-19 pandemic on the art market....
...Stage designs for the Royal Ballet and Mark Morris Dance Group are also included, as are two unseen works from Hodgkin’s Indian Wave series, made between 1990 and 1991....
...The auction house has won a massive consignment from tennis legend John McEnroe in the form of Mark Bradford’s “Helter Skelter I” (2007), to be offered in London on March 8 (est £6m-£8m, third-party guaranteed...
...At the same auction Alberto Giacometti’s sculpture, “L’Homme au Doigt” went for a staggering $141.3m and Mark Rothko’s painting “No. 10” went for $81.9m....
...“This pursuit of market share in contemporary art has got to the point where it is almost self-destructive,” says Anders Petterson, a director of the London art consultancy ArtTactic....
...… With Christmas around the corner, the pop-up shop organised by Studio Voltaire in London’s Mayfair offers artists’ creations by the likes of Jeremy Deller, Mark Leckey, Mark Titchner, Cory Arcangel...
...“This clause is a concern for the future,” said Mark Petterson, a director at Warwick Energy, which developed the world’s largest offshore wind farm at Thanet, off the Kent coast....
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