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马斯特里赫特，2012年3月15日。中国已经超越美国成为世界最大的艺术品和古董市场，结束了美国数十年来在该领域的领导地位。3月16日发布的TEFAF欧洲艺术基金会最新年度报告《2011年国际艺术市场：艺术品交易25年之观察》将披露这一历史性的拐点，这也是全球经济热点重心转移的一个重要风向标。
该报告由世界顶级艺术品与古董博览会----欧洲艺术品与古董博览会（TEFAF）的承办方----欧洲艺术基金会委托编写。报告的中文版将首次由中国收藏家俱乐部编译、出版并派送给有需求的艺术界和投资界人士。编译和出版工作将在5月份完成。博览会将于3月16日在荷兰城市马斯特里赫特向公众开放，3月16日—25日，马斯特里赫特会展中心（MECC）将迎来欧洲艺术品与古董博览会的二十五周年庆。
中国在全球艺术品市场所占的份额由2010年的23%上升到去年的30%，取代了多年的冠军美国，美国以29%的份额列全球第二。专业从事艺术和装饰艺术市场研究的文化经济学家、艺术经济学的创始人克莱尔·安德鲁博士在她主编的报告中称：中国的发展 “也许是近五十年来最基本和最重要的变化之一”。2010年即被中国超越的英国以22%的份额保持季军地位，而第四名法国所占的份额远远落后，仅为6%。
中国市场的强劲上扬加上艺术品销售----特别是现、当代艺术品领域销售的上升，使全球的艺术品与古董市场出现了持续的升温。2011年成交额上升7%，达到四百六十一亿欧元，相对于2009年市场危机时上升了63%。虽然去年的成交额仍没有达到2007年衰退前的最高点四百八十一亿欧元，但这些数据表明，在过去的两年中，艺术品市场已经获得了有效恢复。
首份由中国收藏家俱乐部译制成中文的欧洲艺术基金市场研究报告阐述了以下主要成果：
2011年，中国以占全球艺术品拍卖和销售总额30%的成绩首次超越美国，成为世界最大的艺术品与古董市场。
美国占全球份额29%，比去年下降了五个百分点。欧盟27个国家所占总份额为34%，下降了三个百分点。在欧盟国家中，最大的市场仍是英国，占全球22%，第二为法国，占6%，两国的世界排名不变。
中国的艺术品和古董拍卖市场是全世界最具上升动力的市场，2010年激增177%，2011年又继续上升了64%。
全球艺术品市场在2011年得到持续恢复，总成交额上升七个百分点，达到四百六十一亿欧元，相对2009年市场危机时上升了63%，成交件数也上升了5%，达到三千六百八十万件。
促使全球艺术品市场恢复的推动力来自于中国拍卖市场的活跃成交和艺术品销售的上升（超过了装饰艺术品）。
现、当代艺术品总成交达到了艺术品市场的近70%，这两个领域在2011年继续强劲恢复，已经超过了2007年—2008年最繁荣时期的水平。
艺术品市场曾经用了近十年的时间才从二十世纪九十年代的衰退中逐渐恢复过来，但是2009年的市场紧缩应该相对短暂，一部分原因是艺术品市场的全球化趋势使复苏加快。
欧洲艺术品与古董博览会（马斯特里赫特）创办于二十五年前，在这二十五年中，艺术品市场的规模已经扩大了不止一倍，从1991年的最低点（不到一百亿美元）到2007年最高点（六百六十亿美元/四百八十一亿欧元）上升了575%。
“除了规模上的快速扩大外，最近十年见证了艺术品市场销售在地域分布上的重大变化，”安德鲁教授在报告中写道，“下一个十年将是新兴市场国家对全球经济发展贡献大于发达国家的第一个阶段。”
“中国市场的强劲推力来自于快速增长的财富、充足的国内供应和中国艺术品买家的投资性目的。虽然最近的经济危机使世界上其他地方的买家都更加谨慎，但中国资产市场和股票市场的不景气以及缺乏其它投资渠道使中国顾客将大量资金投入艺术品市场作为一种替代性投资。”
“但是，所有的地区在2012年都将面临各自的挑战：对于中国艺术品市场来说，是如何应付市场过热、促使市场更稳定、长期地发展；对于欧洲市场来说，是如何在面临持续调整和成本上升的情况下保持竞争力；对于美国来说，作为近年来的一个市场供求中心，该如何应对失去霸主地位的挑战。”
欧洲艺术品与古董博览会艺术市场专题研讨会
欧洲艺术品与古董博览会二十五周年庆的活动之一----艺术品市场专题研讨会将于3月16日，周五上午9点—12点在马斯特里赫特会展中心第二观众厅召开。作为研讨会的重要内容之一，安德鲁教授将在9点40分至10点05分发布她的调查报告。
该报告的中文版将由中国收藏家俱乐部编译、出版并派送给有需求的艺术界和投资界人士。编译和出版工作将在5月份完成。请直接联系中国收藏家俱乐部索取该报告的中文版。索取电话：+86 21 6153 3020, 邮箱collectioninchina@yahoo.com
欧洲艺术品与古董博览会是世界顶级的艺术品与古董展会。在今年的二十五周年展中，将有来自十九个国家的265家经销商参展。他们中除了有来自于欧洲与北美等成熟的艺术品与古董中心的展商外，2012年的展会还将迎来来自韩国、乌拉圭和阿根廷的新展商。
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艺术，不止是资产
欧洲艺术和古董博览会及其主赞助商“安盛艺术保险公司”（AXA Art）共同秉持这样一个观念：“艺术品，不止是资产。”它们联手为艺术品收藏者，就风险防范、保存、复原与修复等方面，全方位地提供了独到的专家意见，让收藏者们能够将收藏品保持在最完好的状态下。www.axa-art.com
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Maastricht, 15 March 2012. China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest market for art and antiques ending decades of American domination. This historic turning point, which is also an important indicator of seismic shifts in the wider global economy, is revealed in a new report published tomorrow (Friday 16 March). The International Art Market in 2011: Observations on the Art Trade over 25 Years has been commissioned by The European Fine Art Foundation, organisers of The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), which opens to the public in the Dutch city of Maastricht tomorrow. TEFAF Maastricht, the world’s best art and antiques fair, is being held from 16 to 25 March in the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) and this year celebrates its Silver Jubilee.
China’s share of the global art market rose from 23% in 2010 to 30% last year, pushing the United States, with 29%, into second place. The report, compiled by Dr Clare McAndrew, a cultural economist specialising in the fine and decorative art market and founder of Arts Economics, called the development “perhaps one of the most fundamental and important changes in the last 50 years”. The United Kingdom, which was overtaken by China in 2010, remained third with a 22% market share while France was a distant fourth with 6%.
The powerful surge by China combined with a rise in fine art sales, particularly in the Modern and Contemporary sectors, led to a continuing strengthening in the art and antiques market worldwide. Sales in 2011 rose by 7% to €46.1 billion, an increase of 63% from the market crisis of 2009. Although not quite back to its 2007 pre-recession high of €48.1 billion, the market has staged a significant recovery over the past two years.
The principal findings of the report, the first TEFAF study of the market to be translated into Chinese, are:
∎ China overtook the US for the first time in 2011 to become the largest art and antiques market worldwide with a share of 30% based on both auction and dealer sales.
∎ The US share dropped by 5 percentage points to 29% while the combined total for the 27 European Union countries was also down by 3 percentage points to 34%. Among the EU nations, the largest markets were the UK with 22% of the global total and France with 6%, both unchanged.
∎ The Chinese art and antiques auction sector was the strongest growing market worldwide with a dramatic rise of 177% in 2010 and a further 64% in 2011.
∎ The global art market continued to recover in 2011, increasing by 7% to €46.1 billion, an increase of 63% since the market crisis of 2009. The volume of transactions also increased by 5% to 36.8 million.
∎ The driving forces behind the recovery were strong sales in the Chinese auction market and the rise of fine art sales (over decorative art).
∎ The Modern and Contemporary sectors combined to account for nearly 70% of the fine art market. Both continued a strong recovery in 2011, leading them to levels in excess of the boom of 2007-2008.
∎ The art market took nearly a decade to recover from the recession of the 1990s whereas the contraction in 2009 has been relatively short-lived. This is due, in part, to its increasingly global nature.
∎ The art market has more than doubled in size in the 25 years since TEFAF Maastricht was founded and grew over 575% from its lowest point in 1991 (just under US$10 billion) to its highest in 2007 (US$66 billion/€48.1 billion).
“Apart from its rapid increase in size, the last decade has witnessed significant changes in the art market’s geographical distribution of sales,” writes Dr McAndrew in the report. “The next decade will be the first period when emerging market countries contribute more to global economic growth than developed ones.”
“The dominance of the Chinese market has been driven by expanding wealth, strong domestic supply and the investive drive of Chinese art buyers. Although recent economic turmoil has created a more cautious buying climate in the rest of the world, growing domestic difficulties in Chinese property and stock markets and the lack of other alternatives appear to have led to a significant amount of substitution into art as an investment by Chinese consumers.”
“However all regions will be facing challenges in 2012 and beyond: the Chinese art market in how to cope with an overheated market and promote more stable, long-term growth; Europe, with how to maintain its competitiveness in the face of continued regulatory and cost burdens: and the US, with the challenge of losing its supremacy during the recent past as the centre for demand and supply in the market.”
TEFAF Art Market Symposium
TEFAF Maastricht will hold an Art Market Symposium tomorrow (Friday 16 March) as part of the events marking the Fair’s Silver Jubilee. It will take place in Auditorium 2 at the MECC from 9.00 to 12.00. As part of this, Dr McAndrew will present the findings of her report from 09.40 to 10.05. Entry to the event will cost €95 for members of the public. Journalists will be able to attend without charge but will need to register.
Copies of the report at €25 each excluding postage, can be ordered through the TEFAF website www.tefaf.com under Shop.
TEFAF Maastricht is the world’s best art and antiques fair. This year’s Silver Jubilee edition will have 265 exhibitors from 19 countries. In addition to exhibitors from established centres of the art and antiques market in Europe and North America, the 2012 Fair will include dealers from Korea, Uruguay and Argentina.
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Art, more than an Asset
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