China, the country that buys more art
PARIS (EFE) .- China in 2010 became the first buyer of art works auction world, with an outlay of 3100 billion, which placed Beijing ahead of U.S. and UK, as confirmed by the French magazine Artprice.
The primacy of China on the countries that had dominated this sector during the past 50 years produced "a shock in the history of world art market," explained the founder of this publication Thierry Ehrmann.
According to figures from the auction houses, which are what magazine they are posted less "opaque" than art galleries, China captured 33% of the market, followed by the United States, with 30% and 2800 million dollars.
In sales of paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photography and installations, followed by Britain with 19%, and about 1800 million, and France, with 5% (475 million dollars). Moreover, Latin America reaches only 0.04% of total sales (nearly $ 4 million).
In the classification of 2009, China was third, with a market share of 17.4%, 27.9% behind the U.S., from 21.32007.
addition, the top 10 artists listed in the auctions, recorded in accordance with annual sales of each operator, has for the first time with four Chinese artists. The painter Qi Baishi (1863-1957) became the second commercial artist of 2010 with $ 339 million allocated parts, behind Pablo Picasso (361 million) but ahead of American Andy Warhol (313 million). Also placed among the ten most sought after, 2010 Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong and Fu Baoshi, according to Artprice.
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