When it comes to collecting fine art in 2020, tastes have changed drastically from thirty years ago. Previously, the market had been dominated by traditional subject matters which fell into the “Hierarchy of Paintings” first established by the French Academy in 1669. This ranked paintings by subject in relation to desirability in the following order: History painting, portraiture, genre painting, landscape painting, and lastly still life painting. Premiere evening and daytime auctions commonly featured Old Master’s, colonial American art, Hudson River School, and Dutch Painting amongst other things. Now, don’t get me wrong, back in 1990, modern and contemporary art auctions were happening, but the market was nothing like it is today.

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