Dr Clare McAndrew.
It is not often that market economists agree, and so it goes with the TEFAF Art Market Report’s current and previous authors. Economics is, after all, not an exact science and analysing a market as opaque as art and antiques is certainly problematic.
Dr Clare McAndrew, who holds a PhD in economics from Trinity College Dublin, wrote the TEFAF report from 2008 until 2016. She is due to release her new report for Art Basel in Hong Kong on March 22 and has made it clear she stands by her own methodology.