Matthew WONG (1984-2019)

The art world, or should we say, the art world’s more cynical flank, has become accustomed to referring to the impact of an artist’s death on the value of his/her works as the death effect. So today we ask… do artists’ prices systematically skyrocket after their demise? The ‘death effect’: a cynical calculation or a […]

As the year draws to a close, the major auction houses have increasingly pursued a ‘big mix’ (all periods together) strategy. This was definitely the case with Sotheby’s recent New York sale which offered a small but solid catalog of works completely unshackled by divisions into traditional ‘periods of creation’. The art from the past […]