[QUOTE][FONT="Georgia"]Russian art market was held on conditional thousand Forbes, the seventies-eighties, collectors started their path in the 1990s or 2000s. These were people sometimes cultural, sometimes extra-cultural, but with the aesthetic program based on school anthologies. Until recently, they identified the main sentiment on the Russian market.
Since the 2000s, there was a powerful trend in contemporary art, which was the main competition for the traditional gathering actually Russian. Both grew in value and caused in Moscow gallery boom, personified heyday of Winzavod, Artplay and all sorts of salons. But 2008-2010 served as the threshold after which people who are prone to collecting contemporary, began to leave, taking with them a considerable collection, capitals and love for contemporary art. Russian market of modern has lost much of its audience. The old market of Russian art held firm until 2012-2013 at times hit records, which were put on auction and the grey capital market.
But Ukraine erupted. People that support the main demand for art in the country, suffered financial and moral losses and reduced its activity. Significant impact on the market have had, and changing political trend.
Now we see that the flourishing of the contemporary art market took place in the period of presidency of Dmitry Medvedev, and with the transition to the post of Prime Minister began to dominate conservative sentiments, and those who are financially embodies this trend is now so focused on politics and the economy, they just weren't kollekcionirovanija@
[I]Author - the General Director of Sotheby's Russia and SNG@
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