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The 2025 Contemporary Art Market Report Unveiled

In anticipation of key events like Frieze London and Art Basel Paris, Artprice by Artmarket has announced the release of its 31st Annual Report on the Contemporary Art Market for 2025. This comprehensive report highlights unprecedented transaction volumes, a paradigm shift within the industry, and the remarkable rise of women artists. The analysis comes at a critical time when galleries, auction houses, and art advisors are grappling with the implications of a global art market slowdown.

Analyzing Current Market Trends

The report meticulously examines the contemporary and ultra-contemporary art market trends as prepared by Artprice’s econometrics department. It reveals a nuanced understanding of market contractions while simultaneously showcasing positive developments—particularly the ascension of female artists and the emergence of new art scenes, dramatically altered by the advent of artificial intelligence (AI).

Since its inception, Artprice has established itself as a leading authority on art market analysis. With nearly three decades of experience, the company has initiated a transition towards stronger global outreach through its brand new daily news service, Artprice News, in collaboration with Cision PR Newswire. This move will expand Artprice’s journalistic scope, delivering art market news to an audience spanning 122 countries and 11 languages.

A Historical Context and The Role of AI

With a staggering archive of auction results dating back to the 1700s, Artprice's proprietary AI—Intuitive ArtMarket—plays a pivotal role in processing vast amounts of historical data, enriching the insights provided in their annual reports. This year’s report is expected to be particularly groundbreaking, as it will integrate financial data related to Bitcoin and Ethereum transactions, reflecting a significant shift in payment methods across the art landscape.

Artmarket.com’s website reveals that 2025 sees the most significant cohort of millennials now purchasing art—many of whom own substantial amounts of cryptocurrency. These new collectors, predominantly aged between 25 and 40, are reshaping conceptions of wealth and status through their art acquisitions, with a particular interest in the burgeoning field of AI-created art. Notably, interests in digital art surged, culminating in record sales for works like Ai-Da Robot's