Category: Research Articles

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...

Rising prices for female artists

This data study was the first of its kind, to quantify how prices for works of art had moved in tandem with prices for works be male artists, until a recent divergence led by growing interest and demand for works made by women....

Market effects surrounding artist deaths

The death on an artists can have varied effects on the market his or her art. This study leverages repeat auction data to quantify the factors that can benefit or hurt the posthumous market for artists....