Artprice：2019年第一学期全球艺术品市场报告（英文版）

The art market’s figures for the first half of 2019 reveal a paradox: sales volumes fell 17.4% while the overall price index rose 5%. In other words, the prices of artworks rose while the market contracted. However, the lower sales revenue was not attributable to a fall in the number of transactions, which remained almost perfectly stable; the contraction in turnover therefore essentially reflected the type and quality of the works offered during the semester.