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Art Market Trends: What’s in Store for 2019?

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5 min readFeb 4, 2019

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The art market is in constant change, but even in this ever-changing landscape, it’s possible to distinguish several relevant trends that are here to stay. Trends that will dominate the art market in the years to come. Stay tuned, because, in this blog post, we’ll take a look at 4 exciting trends that we believe, will shape the future of art.

1. The Repositioning if Female Artists

Female artists have long been overlooked by the art market, but it seems that finally, their time has come. In the past few years, many art galleries and museums have organized shows focused on female artists.

It didn’t take long for art collectors to notice the trend. As they are always on the lookout for undervalued art, collectors begin to invest heavily in art made by women. At an auction in October 2018, Jenny Seville’s painting Propped set an all-time price record for a painting created by a living female artist. Auction houses were quick to respond to the demand and begun to organize female-only auctions. This January, Sotheby’s organized its first all-female auction composed of artworks by 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th-century female artists.

The trend is expected to continue in the days to come. There are plenty of exciting female artists’ exhibitions coming up in 2019. A…

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