Anita Archer

Genesis of an Auction Sale Category: Sotheby’s Inaugural Auction of “Contemporary Chinese Art”

Anita Archer

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal for Art Market Studies

On 31 October 2004, Sotheby’s conducted an auction in Hong Kong under a new category entitled ‘Contemporary Chinese Art’. This was..

Global positioning: international auctions and the development of the Western market for Chinese Contemporary art, 1998-2012

Anita Sarah Archer

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2018

This thesis examines the role of international auction houses in developing a Western market for Chinese Contemporary art from 199..

Materialising Markets: The Agency of Auctions in Emergent Art Genres in the Global South

Anita Archer

Journal article  |  Arts

For the last two decades, the international auction houses Sotheby’s and Christie’s have been at the forefront of global art marke..