«GOOD BUSINESS IS THE BEST ART»

PARIS, March 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- According to thierry Ehrmann, founder and CEO of Artprice: "2009 will go down in history as a year when the art market shed its excesses and narrowly avoided a complete meltdown". A drastic purge of the Contemporary art segment, slashed revenue figures and renewed interest in Old Masters and Modern art... "but also a strong signal that the art market has reached a stage of maturity that allows its to fluctuate at the same speed as economic indicators and financial assets"; "the key point to remember about 2009 is this historical and sociological change in the art market".We are light-years away from the 1991 crisis when the art market was incapable of implementing crisis strategies. Artprice's annual