Category Archives: News

As They Please

Posted on March 25, 2014 by mcculloughllc

Impending Regulations Will Destroy the Decorative Arts Trade By Michael McCullough A certain amount of information about the meeting of the Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking on March 20th has been passed on to me by members of the art … Continue reading →

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Art Dealer Groups Propose Solution to Ivory Ban

Posted on March 7, 2014 by mcculloughllc

The League and NAADAA Send Letter to the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Staff Writer In a letter sent today to Director Ashe of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Art and Antique Dealers League of America … Continue reading →

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Suite for the Sweet

Posted on February 19, 2014 by mcculloughllc

Artist Resale Rights in the United States By Michael McCullough Whenever I read about efforts to legislate an “artist resale royalty” in the United States, there comes back into my mind the memory of a conversation I had about ten … Continue reading →

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Success in the Machine

Posted on November 6, 2013 by mcculloughllc

Good Artwork Always Sells at the Right Price. by Michael McCullough A dozen years ago anyone who foretold the size and importance of today’s global auction market would have been looked on as a lunatic. And yet the truth is … Continue reading →

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Michael McCullough on Fox News

Posted on May 31, 2013 by mcculloughllc

This is the first narrow and blatantly self-serving post to this blog: “Fine art boom? Market Continues to Expand” View here.

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Iron and Light

Posted on May 31, 2013 by mcculloughllc

By Michael McCullough MoMA Exhibition, “Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light” Very little in museum exhibitions of contemporary prints and photographs makes any deep impression on me these days. That is a confession of something lacking in myself, but it … Continue reading →

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A Breakdown in Appropriation

Posted on April 30, 2013 by mcculloughllc

A New View on Using Copyrighted Images By Michael McCullough When a Federal court scratches its head about how to regulate the art market, get ready for total baldness as you start tearing out your hair. Last week, a Federal … Continue reading →

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From Koh Ker to Mediocre

Posted on April 19, 2013 by mcculloughllc

A Sale Bombs and a Million Dollar Sculpture Lost in the Same Week. By Michael McCullough One of the affecting moments among many in Ben Affleck’s Argo is when the Hollywood producer Lester Siegel theorizes about why he was such … Continue reading →

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The Economics of Art

Posted on March 28, 2013 by mcculloughllc

By Michael McCullough From the Soft to the Nonexistent Middle Market Andy Warhol is quoted as saying “[a]n artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have but that he – for some reason – thinks it … Continue reading →

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Chasing Myanmar

Posted on March 21, 2013 by mcculloughllc

By Michael McCullough The Global Art Market in 2012 I suppose I started to notice it about eight years ago, when art fairs became the major source of income for most new galleries. Before that, collectors were content to visit … Continue reading →

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