Category: Market Analysis

Rising Art Prices During the Pandemic

New Buyers Prove Art Market Resiliency and More Key Insights Key findings: Art market prices, as measured by Sotheby’s Mei Moses, were up in the extended first half of 2020, with the SMM All Art Index up 1.6% from 2019 Fewer lots offered, and a change in the mix...

2019 Market Recap & Analysis

While prices were down 5.9%, the Contemporary Art market, led by continuing growth in demand for works by African American and female artists, continued its ever-soaring price growth....

The Holding Period Effect

Originally published in the Deloitte's Art & Finance Report 2019, this article examines the relationship between how long a work of art is held off the auction market, and the annualized rate of return...