Brook Mason
Special shows and artists on site made Chicago the capital of the craft market
Prevailing gloom did not deter buying
Diary of a New York dealer, Hans Kraus, Jr: “The old medium has died and digital has taken over”
Why collectors of 19th-century painting are crossing over into photography
A market for baskets: Interview with New York dealer Sebastian Izzard
The difference between Japanese and European taste in the field of Japanese art
Diary of New York art advisors: Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen on trends in the decorative arts market
Sophisticated collectors are crossing over from 19th- and 20th-century painting
Americana in high favour at Philadelphia Antiques Show 2002
The event has become the main venue for collectors in this field
How sothebys.com is cutting costs
The loss-making site is shutting down its UK offices
Fifth annual artpalmbeach shows Florida as glass capital of the US
Collectors are buying for sun-drenched second homes
Sotheby’s ends auctions in Chicago
Twentieth-century decorative arts market may shift to local firms and Phillips
Antique textiles: A boom from the loom as museum buying and new collectors hike prices
As other items become inaccessible to some collectors, many in the middle market have turned to textiles
Three new events for New York
Just as social observers are deploring the hectic roster of arts fairs, three new events have been added to the already crowded calendar.
High end sales as glassware proves a winner at fourth SOFA fair
SOFA fair report '01
Architecture is taking centre stage in the art world, and the market for architectural drawings is heating up
Few dealers, scarce material, but a growing audience
Interview with economist William N. Goetzmann: 'The financial and the art markets do not crash at the same time'
In 2001, the Yale professor attributed the one- to two-year lag between crashes to the time it takes to liquidate assets
New York Ceramics Fair 2001 hits upon winning formula as dealers elated by sales
Collectors defy mini-blizzard
Art Deco furniture rules the auction houses and a new sales record was set as the style replaces 18th-century furniture
Prices are rocketing, but perhaps not everything is right in this field with many experts questioning the authenticity of some pieces
Diary of a dealer: veteran Asian art dealer Robert H. Ellsworth states “provenance is worth one-third of the price”
The market is driven by supply and demand and not by collectors’ taste, says veteran dealer in Asian art
Rembrandt’s Venetian influence: Hanging around New York, a monthly guide by Brook S. Mason.
And bounty of decorative arts including Chinese porcelain and Mendini furniture
Diary of a US dealer: Fred Hill of Berry-Hill. European museums turn to American landscape
And a wider range of stock attracts more collectors
Diary of a US dealer: Douglas Heller. Crafting a market for contemporary glass
As the SOFA fair of contemporary decorative arts comes to New York, we talk to a leading dealer in the field
Collector profiles: Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Scanu of New York and Madame M. of Paris. The modern charm of Art Deco
These collectors agree that the market has risen so much as to make buying almost impossible
Interview with director Glenn Lowry: Commercial company to be launched by the Museum of Modern Art and the Tate Gallery
Glenn Lowry, director of MoMA, discusses the new internet alliance that marks the first time museums will use their expertise and reputations for online commercial ventures
Diary of US dealer Ann Freedman: No websales, please; only the personal touch
The president and executive director of Knoedler’s encourages collectors to become museum patrons and supplies major museums with works of art
Hanging around New York: Collector-patrons for Knoedler’s 159-year history
Picasso for the blind at Wildenstein and a bevy of Latin American paintings exhibitions
Diary of a dealer: the American Modernism dealer, Hollis Taggart
Rising prices and increasing prestige for certain artists as collectors awake to Modernism’s sleepers
David Lester’s Palm Beach International Art & Antique Fair is already proving to be a booming show
Twenty-two new dealers participating from Pelham Galleries to Helly Nahmad
The market for antiquities is growing, unfazed by protesters
As last month’s antiquities sales boomed, The Art Newspaper surveyed leading dealers and specialists in New York
What's on in New York: Tackling the digital age
Shows include the first retrospective of images by Hiro at Pace/MacGill and Todd Eberle's computer portraits
Ritzy auction prices for homespun objects: American Arts and Crafts design receives boost in popularity from Barbra Streisand
“At least thirty collectors are spending $200,000-500,000 a year at auction” on this branch of the decorative arts