Six high-profile art world movers & shakers share their insights on the major market trends.
This November the art market and its mysterious ways made waves again with a much-discussed sale of a banana taped to a wall. The controversial piece by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan titled “Comedian” sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $6.2 Million after becoming a viral sensation at Art Basel Miami in 2019, raising the age-old question of what makes art valuable.
Currently, the art market isn’t in its best shape. 2023 was a down year, and the auction totals for the first half of 2024 are at their lowest number since the pandemic. What can we expect for 2025? How do elections impact sales? And how is the mood among gallerists and collectors?
Tefaf director Dominique Savelkoul, gallerist Kamel Mennour, Fine Art Group's director Pauline Haon, collector Bruno van Lierde, and Artnet Vice President Sophie Neuendorf come together to analyse the art market and its future from different angles in a panel discussion moderated by Hubert d’Ursel, director Benelux of The Fine Art Group.
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Pauline Haon is Director Benelux for the Fine Art Group, the largest international art advisory company worldwide. Before joining them, she spent more than 10 years at Christie’s, holding the role of Director, Senior Specialist 20/21st Century Art.
During this period, she had the opportunity to work on several historical collections, notably the Matthys-Colle Collection and the Le Jeune collection, two collections which helped shape the landscape of Contemporary Art.
Pauline is also an auctioneer for charity sales, such as La Monnaie or Bozar.
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Sophie Neuendorf is the Vice President at artnet, the leading online resource for the international art market, and the destination to buy, sell, and research art online. She is also a professor at IE University School of Humanities. Sophie has over 12 years of experience within the art market with a particular focus on online art trade, art as an asset class, and data-driven decision-making. Most recently, she developed artnet’s environmental, social and governance policy and report, spearheading the development of sustainable business practices within the art industry. Sophie is also a contributing editor for artnet News and Lux Magazine.
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Dominique Savelkoul is Managing Director of Tefaf, a leading organization for fine art, antiques, and design. Throughout her international career, she has held management positions at the Festival of Flanders Brussels (Belgium), the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Gallery in London (UK), the Ruhr Triennale (Germany) and served as an Advisor in the cabinet of the Flemish Minister of Culture. She was most recently Managing Director of Mu.ZEE, the internationally recognized museum in Oostende.
Besides that, she has also held multiple board positions and is former chairman of internationally acclaimed choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
