BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF GREEK ART WITH 85% SOLD
GREEK ART HAS BEEN UNDER CLOUDS FOR OVER FIFTEEN YEARS NOW. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS IT SHOWED SIGNS OF RETURN TO HEALTH BUT IT WAS ONLY AFTER THIS SALE AT BONHAMS IN PARIS THAT WE CAN SAY WITH SOME CERTAINTY THAT THE GOOD OLD DAYS ARE BACK.
GREEK PAINTINGS SELL AT 85% RATE?
THAT HAS NOT HAPPEND FOR EXACTLY FIFTEEN YEARS. IT IS BACK NOW AND IT LOOKS SOLID WITH PRICES WELL WORTH MENTIONING AND COMPARABLE, IF NOT BETTER TO THE 2010s PERIOD.
WITH GYSIS, VOLANAKIS, TSAROUHIS AND ENGONOPOULOS AT THE TOP OF THE PRICES ACHIEVED, ONE HAS TO BE OPTIMISTIC AND HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE OF THE GREEK ART MARKET AND GREECE ITSELF. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY GOOD PRICES FOR THE ARTISTS ABOVE ONE HAS TO MENTION THE PROMISING SALES OF ARTISTS SUCH AS:
GAITIS, VASILIOU, FASSIANOS, PREKAS, RENGOS, PRASINOS, PAPALOUKAS, MALEAS, ECONOMOU, STAMOS, GHIKA AND GIALLINAS. ESTABLISHED AND NEW ARTISTS ALIKE SOLD VERY WELL AND HOPEFULLY THE NEW LEVELS OF SALES ARE MAINTAINED IN THE FUTURE AND ALSO IN OTHER AUCTIONS OF GREEK ART.
PETER CONSTANT BA, MA
