A critical part of this research every year is the global survey of art and antique dealers. I would like to say a very special thanks once again to Erika Bochereau of CINOA (Confédération Internationale des Négociants en Oeuvres d’Art) for her continued support of this research, along with the presidents of the dealer associations around the world who promoted the survey among their members in 2020. Thanks also to Art Basel for helping to distribute the survey. The completion of this report would not have been possible without the help of all individual dealers who took the time to complete the survey and share their insights through interviews and discussions during the year.

Veľké poďakovanie tiež všetkým aukčným domom prvej a druhej kategórie, ktoré sa zúčastnili prieskumu o aukciách a poskytli svoje názory na vývoj tohto sektora v roku 2020. Zvláštne poďakovanie patrí Susan Miller (Christie’s), Simonovi Hoggovi (Sotheby’s), Jasonovi Schulmanovi (Phillips) a Ericovi Bradleyovi (Heritage Auctions), a tiež Nealovi Glazierovi z Invaluable.com za poskytnutie ich údajov o online aukciách.

I am very grateful to Tamsin Selby of UBS for her help with the HNW collector surveys, which expanded significantly this year, providing hugely valuable regional and demographic insights for the report.

Hlavným dodávateľom údajov o aukciách výtvarného umenia pre túto správu bol Artory, a moje najsrdečnejšie poďakovanie patrí Nanne Dekkingovi spolu s Lindsay Moroney, Anna Bews a Chad Scira for their hard work and dedication in putting together this very complex set of data. The auction data on China is supplied by AMMA (Art Market Monitor of Artron), and I am very grateful for their continued support of this research on the Chinese auction market. Many thanks also to Richard Zhang for his help researching the Chinese art market.

Chcel by som poďakovať Joeovi Elliotovi a tímu v Artlogic za ich cenné postrehy o vývoji OVR, a veľké poďakovanie tiež Simonovi Warrenovi a Alexanderovi Forbesovi za poskytnutie údajov z Artsy.

Ďakujem Diane Wierbicki z Withersworldwide za jej odborný príspevok o amerických daniach a reguláciách, a osobitné poďakovanie patrí aj Rena Neville za jej právne postrehy k Piatej smernici EÚ proti praniu špinavých peňazí. Veľké poďakovanie patrí tiež Matthewovi Israelovi za jeho komentár k vývoju OVR. Som veľmi vďačný Anthonyovi Browneovi za jeho pomoc a rady pri častiach správy, a Taylor Whitten Brown (Duke University) za jej pomoc a postrehy v oboch prieskumoch medzi obchodníkmi.

Finally, thanks to Noah Horowitz and David Meier for their time and efforts in helping to coordinate the research.

Dr. Clare McAndrew
Arts Economics