
On 23 October 2020 Ben Clark, Deputy CEO of Gurr Johns, was quoted in The Art Newspaper’s review of the Christie’s auction 20th Century: London to Paris.
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On 23 October 2020 Ben Clark, Deputy CEO of Gurr Johns, was quoted in The Art Newspaper’s review of the Christie’s auction 20th Century: London to Paris.
Read the full article here.
On 22 October 2020, Spencer Ewen of Gurr Johns was quoted in The Art Newspaper’s article A flood of art? The market issues around museum deaccessioning.
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As we continue to invest in the business and adapt to the demands of our clients, we are delighted to welcome Alessandro Fiorotto to Gurr Johns where he will lead our international Art Finance business.
Alessandro brings a wealth of experience in art finance and investment. He has advised on over $3bn worth of international transactions, including cross-border corporate acquisitions and portfolio & fund management, deploying and structuring complex debt and equity investments. Alessandro joins us from The Fine Art Group where he was appointed CFO. Previously Alessandro worked at XXIII Capital, and prior to that for Citigroup and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Philosophy, Politics, Economics from The University of Cape Town, and an MsC in Politics & Economics from University College London (UCL).
Alessandro will be based in London from where he will direct the Art Finance business internationally.
BEN CLARK
Deputy CEO, Gurr Johns
Christopher Gaillard, Deputy Chairman of Gurr Johns, was quoted in the Fall 2020 edition of Artnet’s Intelligence Report which was published on 16 September.
Christopher is quoted on the value which exists in art by female artists and artists of colour (p.6), the market for works by Jean-Michel Basquiat (p.16) and the market for Impressionist and Modern art (p.21).
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On 10 July 2020, Ben Clark of Gurr Johns was quoted in The Art Newspaper’s review of the Christie’s auction ‘ONE: a Global Sale of the 20th Century’.
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Following the success of Sotheby’s marathon session of live-streamed auctions on Monday, and ahead of Christie’s relay-style multi-city auction on 10 July, Phillips staged a sale last night which offered another valuable test of the art market. And as with Sotheby’s sales earlier in the week, the results of will give many cause for some confidence, and relief.
Last night the art market had its first major public test since the lockdown with a major ‘Evening auction’ session at Sotheby’s. This was certainly not a return to business as usual; viewing was by appointment, there were no glitzy receptions, and there was not even a saleroom filled with paddle-wielding bidders: instead, Oliver Barker, Sotheby’s European Chairman, stood on a rostrum in London for over four hours and conducted a livestream auction with staff manning phones in front of him, as well as in salerooms in New York and Hong Kong, and with clients also bidding directly online. It is often said that auctioneering is the second oldest profession; and while last night’s innovative event was a futuristic, slick-looking operation, the fundamentals were very much the same; supply, demand, a sense of occasion – and guarantees.
On 4 July 2019, Harry Smith of Gurr Johns was quoted in The Art Newspaper’s review of the previous evening’s auction of Old Masters at Sotheby’s.
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