[ad_1] Art Basel has announced that it will open a new art fair in Qatar—ending months of speculation about potential collaborations between the Swiss fair behemoth and different sites in the Middle East. “Since joining Art Basel in this role about two and a half years ago, we have set it as a goal to
[ad_1] Image via C-Monster/Flickr CC When I wrote an article on Art as An Investment class for Equities last year, I didn’t realize the increase in art sales since and the interest investors are showing in buying art. Fine art as an investment class has outperformed the S&P 500 every year for the last 10
[ad_1] Photo: File image Published: Thu 17 Jul 2025, 4:34 PM Mayo College of Further Education and Training has announced a major investment in a new, state-of-the-art New Generation Apprenticeship Centre in Swinford. It comes alongside the launch of new full-time courses aimed at boosting skills and employment opportunities in the region. The new centre
[ad_1] Nigeria is intensifying efforts to reclaim its cultural identity through renewed investments in art, heritage, and local storytelling. According to a statement, the push was part of a broader shift across the country to revive traditional practices, restore historical memory, and re-establish cultural autonomy. Speaking on ‘Dreaming in Color’, a podcast by The Bridgespan
[ad_1] Investment buying is taking on a more personal, considered tone — fewer impulse splurges, more thoughtful additions. We ask some stylish New Zealanders to share the pieces they cherish. In 2025, investment buying looks rather different, with even first-time luxury buyers not opting for flashy seasonal drops, but rather iconic pieces that they’ve been
[ad_1] Slowdown, slump, shakedown, stagnation. Call it what you will, the international art market is going through what many people in the industry feel is a consequential, perhaps seismic moment. For their May sales in New York, Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips raised a combined total of $1.27bn from their marquee auctions of Modern and contemporary
[ad_1] The art trade has a knotty relationship with investment funds. Although the $57.5bn art industry has arguably been built on the premise that art is a good investment, the bare-faced profit pledges of funds make traditionalists squirm. Art funds famously boomed in the early 2000s, when the rise of the contemporary art market seemed
[ad_1] The art world has been on a bumpy ride through the pandemic. Government-enforced lockdowns have had a profound, material impact on the industry; the lifeblood of the arts are in-person events, both exhibitions and art fairs, and the suspension of these led to severe losses, with little government provision to protect the hardest hit freelancers that
[ad_1] Slowdown, slump, shakedown, stagnation. Call it what you will, the international art market is going through what many people in the industry feel is a consequential, perhaps seismic moment. For their May sales in New York, Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips raised a combined total of $1.27bn from their marquee auctions of Modern and contemporary
[ad_1] The latest allegations about the AFP’s targeting of Canstruct – the Australian government’s biggest South Pacific contractor – pose a fresh political challenge for the Albanese government after it campaigned hard on integrity and sought to position Australia as an honest broker in the face of China’s use of financial inducements and suspected corruption