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Online sales of affordable art reflect current global trends
The Irish art market reflects global trends, and right now these trends are particularly favourable to online sales of the type that Whyte's will hold on Monday, June 30, and Morgan O'Driscoll on Tuesday, July 1.
Auctions of affordable art by popular Irish and international artists are where the market is at. The value of art sold last year went down but the number of transactions grew because of greater activity at lower levels.
Even as the market remains in a state of flux the interest in acquiring art is on the up. In Ireland and around the world, more and more people are prepared to buy online at lower prices even as global uncertainty contributes to a situation where fewer records are being broken at the top.
Celebrity sells and Whyte's will have offerings by Bono (a self-portrait, though not one that you recognise him in) and Damien Hirst among their offerings.
The screenprint by Bono — Self Portrait - Baked Bean Boy — is estimated at just €300-€400.
Self Portrait – Baked Bean Boy by Paul Hewson (Bono) at Whyte's.
Heart Spin, the acrylic by Damien Hirst, is among the most expensive offerings in the auction with an estimate of €2,500-€3,500.
Among the art at the Morgan O'Driscoll sale is a poster by Tracey Emin and a preparatory design by Mainie Jellett for The Stations of the Cross.
The latter artist is currently on show at the National Gallery, where The Art of Friendship exhibition featuring paintings, stained glass and preparatory drawings by Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone continues until August 10.
One of a set of six prints from the Irish animal series by Pauline Bewick at Whyte's.
With estimates from €80 and €100 up at both Whyte's and Morgan O'Driscol,l there should be more than enough to tempt newcomers to the exciting world of Irish art auctions.
They will join a growing band of seasoned collectors.
Choices from 286 lots at Whytes include work by Gerard Byrne, Cecil Maguire, Desmond Carrick, Susan Webb, Peter Curling, Banksy, Pauline Bewick, John B Yeats, Tom Nisbet, Harry Kernoff and Joseph Sloan.
On Watch by Graham Knuttel at Morgan O'Driscoll.
The were will be 430 lots at Morgan O'Driscoll's sale with work by Graham Knuttel, Donald Teskey, Brian MacMahon, Gretta O'Brien, Ken Hamilton, Bridget Flannery, Ivan Sutton, Annemarie Bourke, Louis le Brocquy, Arthur Armstrong, Maria Simonds-Gooding and Maurice Desmond.
The auction at Whyte's is on view this afternoon and all day Monday in Dublin. Morgan O'Driscoll viewing is in Skibbereen from 11am to 5pm on Monday and Tuesday.
The catalogues for both sales are online.
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