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From NFTs to the legal complexities of Dirk Boll appraises the art industry’s new trends and paradigm shifts Over the past two years, structural changes in the art market have accelerated considerably. From virtual viewing rooms and private sales to NFTs and new distribution channels, the pandemic and increased digitization have had all-encompassing and lasting effects. With 25 years of experience at the forefront of the art industry, Dirk Boll, deputy chairman for 20th and 21st century art at Christie’s, offers insights into the latest developments and dynamics, as well as profound background knowledge. Where to start as someone who is interested in buying art? What distinguishes the Dutch from the English auction? What role does art criticism play in the canonization of art?Expanding and recasting Boll’s 2011 publication Art for Sale , Art and Its Market provides in-depth information on the practical issues of acquiring art. Boll, who studied law, also sheds light on the legal framework surrounding acquisition and the highly relevant topic of looted art and its restitution.Dirk Boll (born 1970) has been working for Christie's since 1998. Until 2021, he was the President of Christie's Europe, Middle East, Russia and India; today he is deputy chairman for 20th- and 21st-century art.

How is an English auction different from a Dutch auction? What distinguishes a vintage print from a period, modern or estate print? Dirk Boll, Managing Director of Christie's in Zurich, explains these and other technical terms, providing invaluable insights into the machinations of the art market: the increasingly symbiotic relationship between auction houses and art dealers, the strategies used by the big auction houses, recognizing and creating trends, the profiles of the various art fairs, promising new areas for collectors and the future development of the art market are just some of Art for Sale's fascinating themes. As a doctor of law, Boll is as competent at shedding light on the legal parameters regulating the acquisition of art, as he is in elucidating the difficulties surrounding looted art and restitution procedures. Art for Sale unpacks the art market in a knowledgeable, humorous style, and from a true insider's perspective.

The Kronenhalle Restaurant is one of Zurich's great destinations: located in Bellevue Square, its walls are adorned with paintings by Picasso, Bonnard, Cézanne, Klee, Chagall and other modernist masters who frequented the restaurant in the days when it was owned by Hulda and Gustav Zumsteg, the parents of the current proprietor. This volume records this astounding Aladdin's Cave.

Record prices and substantial profits have been and still are being achieved on the art market. Yet anyone who wants to get involved needs to be informed: what distinguishes the English type of auction from one in the Netherlands? What differentiates a vintage from a period, modern, or estate print? Dirk Boll, managing director of Christie’s in Zurich, explains this and other technical terms while providing us with insight into the rapidly changing art market: the increasingly symbiotic relationship between auctioneers and art dealers, the strategies used by the big auction houses, recognizing and creating trends, the profiles of the individual art fairs, promising new areas for collectors, and the future development of the art market are just some of the fascinating themes the expert knowledgeably and humorously deals with in concise chapters. A trained lawyer, Boll is as competent at shedding light on the legal parameters regulating the acquisition of art as he is in elucidating the difficulties surrounding looted art and restitution procedures. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-2814-0)