The art market and politics: the case of the Sigg Collection

Foster, Nicola (2019) The art market and politics: the case of the Sigg Collection. Journal for art market studies, 1. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2511-7602

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Abstract

On 13 June 2012 the Swiss collector Uli Sigg donated his collection of contemporary Chinese art to the new museum of visual art in Hong Kong: M+. In August 2012 Artprice published its report on contemporary art for July 2011 to June 2012 announcing that five out of the ten contemporary artists fetching highest prices at auction, were Chinese. On 29 November 2012 Xi Jinping delivered his first speech after taking office in which he set out his vision for China. This paper argues that in order to understand the Chinese art market and the political context in which it operates, it helps to look at three events which took place in 2012 and their con-text. Art, the art market and politics are closely interconnected here. The case study of M+ and its foundational donation, the Sigg collection of “contemporary Chinese art”, helps to elucidate the relationships and the astonishing devel-opments of the art market in China and Hong Kong during this time.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: contemporary Chinese art, politics, art market
Subjects: N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
Divisions: Faculty of Arts, Business & Applied Social Science > Department of Arts & Humanities
Depositing User: David Upson-Dale
Date Deposited: 20 Jan 2023 14:27
Last Modified: 20 Jan 2023 14:27
URI: https://oars.uos.ac.uk/id/eprint/2946

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