John Kelly’s iconic sculpture Cow up a Tree (1999) first shown at Parisian Les Champs de la Sculpture (1999), then venues internationally including Melbourne’s Docklands (2010); courtesy of the artist
As galleries continue to struggle with an ever-shifting landscape and market, auction houses seem to be getting the edge.
Globally we have witnessed the partnering of some of the big houses with online companies – Sotheby’s announced it was pairing up with eBay in July this year, following eBay signing up with Invaluable exclusive partnership; and Philips partnered with Tumblr to sell digital art at PaddleON.
