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Artprice and the Fiac Publish an Exclusive Report on the 2007/2008 Contemporary Art...

Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:34am EDT
Artprice and the Fiac Publish an Exclusive Report on the 2007/2008
Contemporary Art Market, in Partnership With Axa Art

PARIS, October 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For the 35th edition of the
Fiac (Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain) and in partnership with Axa
Art, Artprice, Fiac's press partner, publishes an exclusive reference report
on the contemporary art market worldwide.
    This book delivers key information to understand what is at stake on the
international art market. It will be distributed to the media and to all the
visitors coming to the Grand Palais and the Carre du Louvre from 23 to 26
Oct. 2008.
    The 180-page study printed in English and French is a guide for the art
market as seen through the prism of auction in 72 different countries. It
includes analyses such as Structural change: towards a new world order; The
art market in the new economic reality; Sculpture: an "in vogue" medium; The
Chinese wave still flooding the market; India, the new Himalaya of the
market; Affordable contemporary art; The best first appearances at auction in
2007; The heavyweights of the contemporary art auction market; Galleries
insight with exclusive interviews; a top 500 of contemporary artists; a
report on the market of Design; International contemporary art fairs and
galleries: an exclusive overview by sociologist Alain Quemin.
    This digital version of the report is available at
http://www.artprice.com :
http://web.artprice.com/AMI/AMI.aspx?id=Mjc4MzE5ODIzMTY2ODk=&l=en
    Source: http://www.artprice.com (c)1987-2008 thierry Ehrmann
    Artprice, the world leader in art market information, lists over 25
million auction prices and indices covering over 405,000 artists,
continuously updated from 2,900 international auction houses. Artprice
provides daily information on art market trends for the main financial press
titles and agencies worldwide. Artprice Images(R) offers unlimited access to
the largest database of art market information in the world, a library
comprising 290,000 auction catalogues and reference works from 1700 to the
present day. Artprice offers standardised adverts to its 1,300,000 members
(member log in) and is the world's leading market for buying and selling
works of art (source: Artprice). Artprice is listed on Eurolist by Euronext
Paris: Euroclear: 7478 - Bloomberg: PRC - Reuters: ARTF - Artprice.com
    Contact: Josette Mey - tel: +33(0)478-220-000, e-mail: ir@artprice.com
SOURCE  Artprice.com

Contact: Josette Mey - tel: +33(0)478-220-000, e-mail: ir@artprice.com



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