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Can I become pregnant by downloading a Report?
Very unlikely, if not impossible
Is the Art-Report Ranking always up to date?
Yes, mostly for the top 1000 ranked, but we can not guarantee that every artist is always evaluated up to date - see Terms & Conditions.
What is a Free Report?
Includes beside the profile list of the artist's most important exhibition projects, his galleries and collectors and additional a list of the gallery network, the presence in public collections that were accessible, and the attention achieved in the global exhibition industry since 2004.
What is the difference between Free and Quick Report?
In addition to the information in the Free Report the Quick Report provides information about auctions and tradeability of the artist and also the price range of works traded or at auctions.
It includes a data-based assessment of the financial value and the potential value (price / Attention-ratio) of representative works of the artist. Reports are offered primarily of artists who have already developed a certain standing in the international art world.
What is the difference between a Quick Report and Professional Report?
Contains all the information from the "Quick Report " in a very deep form, beyond price indexes, positioning in the art market, recent auction results, a peer group comparison in terms of attention and potential value (price / Attention-ratio) and a risk-reward analysis. Reports are offered by artists who have managed to move up to the World League.
What does the Price Ratio Attention (PAR) mean?
The price attention ratio (PAR) is borrowed from everydays language of stock analysis to comparie different companies with the P / E (price / earnings ratio), or the PER (price / earnings ratio). Art Report puts the so called price factor (price / (height + width + depth in cm) in relationship to the attention, which an artist has attracted in the last three years in the exhibition industry, plus his gallery and collections network.
What has the PAR to do with the true value of art?
Nothing, however it allows an estimation of the price competitiveness of artworks of different artists, if their work is comparable (peer) at all .
What is a Peer Group?
This is a term used in equity analysis and defines a group of companies / artists whose business / work is comparable.
How is the Attention Price Ratio calculated?
Based on a complex formula that takes the time factor of the exhibitions, the importance of exhibitors and the standing of an artist into account. Bur this is only the start.
What are AR Points?
They are so called Attention Points given by Art Report for measuring the degree of attention gained in the exhibition industry in a certain period of time.
Does the art market play a role in the calculation of the Art-Report Points?
Not primarily, probably indirectly, since the art market also plays a role in the exhibition plans of galleries, as they have to sell art to survive.
How can you measure the value of art?
"Art is worth what another gay pays" stated the legendary Düsseldorf gallery owner Alfred Schmela who is preferable quoted for this question. And this definition is true, of course, because the price is only determined if a real transaction between two parties is processed. This needs not necessarily match with the value that other experts can see.
What is Gallery Network?
The gallery network values the weight of an artist galleriy representation in the international art world. Factors such as location, art fairs, web presence, the quality of publications and collaborations are incorporated here.
What determines the value of art?
In addition to rarity the quality of the artwork, in particular the standing of the artists in the international art
Is art an investment like handling with stocks or real estate?
Yes and no. No, because art can never be as liquid as shares. Yes, because different studies have come to the conclusion that on the long-term investment in art rewards you with similar or even better returns as with shares.
Is art a long, medium or short-term investment property?
Certainly, more long-term
Where is art traded?
For the most part in the so-called primary market, e.g. buying and selling from first hand, directly from the artist or in the artists gallery, with a growing proportion in the so-called secondary market which are from second or third hand or at auctions or in other galleries and fairs.
Are works of art traded like shares on stock exchanges?
No, because there are mostly unique, in different constitution and have different origins and therefore there is no standardization possible like with stocks. No unique item is strictly comparable with the other. Only comperable with trade like on the stock exchange is trading with graphics and multiples, as there are several or many unique copies.
What are market mechanisms work in the art market?
Well the same as in any other market: supply and demand, with the "supply offering" determined by artists, gallery owners, auctioneers and collectors, the demandon the other side is dependent on many factors including the quality of the art work, rarity and standing of the artists.
Who are the main market players on the art market?
Large private collectors and museums with a significant acquisitions budget, which is bulid up through sponsorship or donations.
Which gallery is the most important? Why?
Hard to say, probably the Gagosian Gallery, thanks to its enormous financial strength, its wide distribution and its network with collections and museums.
Which museum is the most important? Why?
Certainly, the MoMA - Museum of Modern Art in New York because his exhibitions attract the most attention worldwide.
What art fair is the most important and why?
That is arguable, the Art Basel, the Art Basel Miami Beach and Frieze in London - these present the most important galleries with their "fresh products".
What is the most important biennial? Why?
Among the many, many biennials, festivals and other events it is certainly the Venice Biennale which remains the most influential, followed by documenta, Whitney Biennial, Berlin Berlinale, etc.
Who are the most important private collector?
Few private collectors are outing themselfs as a collector, a few hundred perhaps are public pupils. Just to name a few important ones: Charles Saatchi, Rubel, Eli Broad, Invild Goetz, Harald Falckenberg, George Pinault
How can I be included as an artist in the ranking?
By sending us a request with your data.
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What is the role of curators in the art market?
An important role because they determine the global exhibition industry, even if they have to take consideration on foreign interests (collector, local variables, sponsors)
Are there art brokers in the market?
Yes, in the broadest sense, for example flying art dealers who do not own their own art stock or run a gallery. In a narrower sense: agents in the field of art insurances.
What is the role of art critics in the art market?
They were the most important multipliers in the art world once, nowadays loosing their meaning more and more, unless they make use of new media to publish.
What is the price factor?
The common benchmark for the pricingin international art trade is the so-called pricefactor (price / (height + width + depth in cm): the more famous an artist, the higher his standing, the higher the price factor
What is a "representative work"?
The work of an artist, which is essential for his oeuvre, typical and of first quality. Which means normaly, that the work belongs to the top priced paintings or sculptures in the secondary market.
What is the difference between unique and multiple?
A unique item is an unikum, a multiple exists more often. For photography or sculpture small editions (up to about 6 ) are still called unique. There are graphics and sculptures with "unique" character, sometimes also called monotypes, if they were processed manually or are mechanically different.
Does the number of the edition play a role for the value of graphics and multiples?
Yes, its quite important even for the rarity factor decreases as the price of course, if a graphic or multiple exists more than 100 times or 1000 times.
What is the role of globalization on the art market?
An extremely important role, because the interest in contemporary art since the 80s widened internationally. Therefore the number of museums, galleries, collections and artists has grown quantitatively very strong, with an disproportionatel increase in in Asia and Latin America.
