New top-10 the most expensive artists of the world. Basquiat is now more expensive Malevich
ARTinvestment.RU   29 мая 2017

Record Jean-Мишеля Basquiat is now adjacent in the ranking ARTinvestment.RU with the maximum result of the auction of his friend, legends of pop-арта Andy Warhol. Warhol is now 7-е place, Basquiat — 6-е

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the Ranking of the most expensive auction sales in the world, composed by the rule of "one artist — and the work", during the 2016-2017 do not require us frequent maintenance. Whether business in 2015-м when the drafters lost their legs, regularly overwriting the top line: the Picasso will again break out in the first place with the "Algerian women" almost $180 000 000 Modigliani will go for $170 000 000, Giacometti — for $141 000 000. Then came the calm. The price of admission in top-10 rose to $87 000 000, and such sales don't happen every year, even in good conditions. To assume that in 2017 a rating of "hacked" Basquiat, and immediately entering the top-10 and surpassing Warhol was absolutely impossible. However, happened again, and kings.

Neoekspressionisty skull sold the woman, whose parents (collectors Spiegel) bought this work in 1984 for $19 000. A lot of money for that time, especially for a young living artist, though a rising star. Bought — is likely, for the soul — choice thing, but still it was a risk. And here it is necessary: for 33 years the price of masterpiece rose 5 815 times.

in General, investments in works of Jean-Мишеля Basquiat usually attributed to the number of model investment. Basquiat managed to get recognition in life, and in 1980-х was already expensive and fashionable artist. So, in 1986-1988 (Basquiat died in 1988-м, 27 years old, a year after the death of Andy Warhol) two-meter canvases, Basquiat has sold at auction for $18 000-25 000 in the money. In 1990-х collectors gave for them, $150 000-400 000. And at the end of 2000-х prices reached the $3 000 000-5 000 000. And then these figures experienced collectors seemed insane. Now the current record for a Basquiat is $110 500 000. This fact is persistently looking for a rational explanation. But in my opinion, isn't there.

it is Possible that this is a story about investments only in part and most of all — about public relations and the entry of the collector into the story. The new lucky owner this is not the first Basquiat in the collection. He has other multimillion-dollar new-йоркского graffiti-райтера, so the introduction of Basquiat in "club 100 million dollars" will increase the capitalization of the entire collection. But I think for the person whose fortune is estimated at $3.5 billion, it is not the most important. Much more interesting that a transaction of this level — is a wildcard for the tournament's most important collectors. Ticket for seats in the same row with Ron Lauder, Steve Wynn and Steven Cohen. When you-нибудь heard of the company Start Today? And online-магазине Zozotown? Frankly, not Coca-Cola. Know them, perhaps, only in Japan. They knew and their owner who became a billionaire. Now 41@Yusaku ndashлетний of Maezawa (Yusaku Maezawa) — is a famous collector, the one who bought a Basquiat for incredible sums. This is about how to open a good private Museum of his name. And by the way, the plans from a Japanese collector too. Probably in the near future in his native Chiba Prefecture will be a Museum of modern art, where he settled masterpieces by Jeff Koons, Bruce Nauman, Alexander Calder, Richard Prince, RoyLichtenstein @all mdas from collection Maezawa.

Ambitions and public relations for peaceful purposes might not be the most convincing explanation of what is happening. But it is much nicer than thinking about the global "overheating" of the art market. And even more disturbing Parallels with the Japanese tycoon Saito Rei and his high-profile purchase "portrait of doctor Gachet" van-Гога. Yes, historians of art, inclined to mysticism and esoteric, was at this time from which to start. Again, the Japanese, again, the feeling of crisis in the air, and again, buying at auction for a crazy price. Looks too much like the events of 1990-го before the art market collapsed along with the Japanese real estate market. The Impressionists then recovered dozens of years, until the end has not recovered and is no longer included even in the top-10 the most expensive artists.

And it might be nothing it all. Because buy instead of Japanese this what Basquiat-нибудь American, no one would have batted an eye. Now it is hard for someone-то than-то surprise. What actually happened? Just a good Basquiat is now worth almost two times more expensive the best of Malevich.

Oh, brave new world!

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

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