The Art Newspaper's Anny Shaw dissects last week's post war and contemporary auctions

In this week's episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Anny Shaw, UK
correspondent and art market reporter for The Art Newspaper, joins
us to recap last week's post-war and contemporary auctions in
London. First, Anny breaks down the sales by the numbers and
identifies some of the trends across the auction houses. While
there seemed to be varying opinions on the strength of the sales
and what they mean for the state of the art market moving forward,
Anny shares with us what the mood was like amongst market
participants in the sales rooms following each of the auctions.
Then, she explains why the middle market may be an area which the
auction houses focus on moving forward. Also, Anny picks out what
kinds of artists and aesthetic styles performed favorably or were
ignored by bidders during the sales. Lastly, Anny discusses the
substantial drop off in auction guarantees this season.