Artprice：2021年当代艺术市场报告（英文版）（54页）.pdf

1、The Contemporary Art Market report in 2021This 24th edition is available for free and in 3 languages on A The Contemporary Art Marketreport in 2021 by A by AEDITORIAL BY THIERRY EHRMANN04THE“BLACK RENAISSANCE”IN FULL SWING37THE STRONGEST PRICE ASCENSIONS262021,AN EXCEPTIONAL VINTAGE1831THE VIRAL MAD

2、NESS OF NFTS21TWO NEW MAJOR SIGNATURES09ASIA:THE ART MARKETS CENTRE OF GRAVITY IS HEADING EAST 34NFT CALENDAR25THE MOST POPULAR ARTISTS14THE WESTTRENDSARTISTSKEY FIGURES321MethodologyThe analysis of the Art Market presented in this report is based on results from Fine Art public auctions during the

3、period from 1st July 2020 to 30th June 2021.This report covers exclusively paintings,sculptures,drawings,photographs,prints,NFTs,videos and installations by contemporary artists-herein defined as artists born after 1945,and excludes antiques,anonymous cultural goods and furniture.All the auction res

4、ults indicated in this report include the buyers premium.Prices are indicated in US dollars($).Millions are abbreviated to“m”,billions to“bn”.4EDITORIAL BY THIERRY EHRMANNThe Art world in 2021All in all,the Contemporary Art auction market saw its global turnover contract-34%over the 2019/2020 period

5、 as it rushed to stop the hemorrhage caused by the“panic”of March 2020 and the complete stoppage of auctions.Fortunately,the subsequent or-ganization of online sales offset the closure of galleries and auction rooms and the re-covery that followed this past year(end-June 2020 to end-June 2021)has ta

6、ken the global Contemporary Art Market to a new all-time high,both in terms of turnover and transac-tion density.With the help of strategies offering a large number of works at relatively affordable pric-es,Contemporary creation has withstood this crisis better than any other creative period.Photogr