April 2, 2025

Art Investor

Art Investor

Fractional investments enable ownership of expensive artworks for small sums

Lee Woo-hwan’s painting/ Courtesy of Yeolmae Company By KTimes Lee Yeon-hee, a 38-year-old office worker, has distinguished herself among her friends as an art investor. Her foray into the art world started in 2019 with Damien Hirst’s “A Dream” and Lee has since expanded her portfolio to encompass works by acclaimed artists such as Lee

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EA Leadership Discusses Company’s AI Focus During Investor Day

Jack Slomka September 18th, 2024 – 9:34 PM AI is probably the most controversial issue in gaming this year. The only thing that might come close is the mass shutdowns and layoffs that have been sweeping the industry since

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The Business of Art Power List: Most Influential People in the Arts

The past year has been one of more transformation than usually occurs in the art world in any given twelve-month span. The cooler market can only account for some of the sweeping change—though “it is a correction, but not a collapse,” according to Christie’s CEO Guillaume Cerutti, as quoted in the Financial Times. This year

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Oak Bay art dealer charged with fraud

Calvin Lucyshyn, who operated Winchester Galleries, has been charged with one count of fraud over $5,000 An Oak Bay art dealer is facing a fraud charge two years after Saanich police seized around 1,100 pieces of art worth tens of millions of dollars. Police alleged at the time the dealer was taking art from people

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Turns Out Hunter Biden Did Actually Know Who Bought His Art

Republican James Comer has issued a statement claiming that Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, was aware of the identities of buyers of his artworks, according to statements made by his gallerist. If true, this contradicts an alleged White House ethics agreement that was widely reported when Biden debuted his newfound career

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Alford Hughes announces second edition of Global Investor Guide in collab with Qatari artist

Doha, Qatar: Alford Hughes, Qatar’s only prime international real estate office, has announced the release of the second edition of the Global Investor Guide in collaboration with Qatari Artist Abdulaziz Yousef, popularly known as ‘Temsa7’. Building on the success of its previous collaboration with Qatari artist, Bouthayna Al Muftah, for the inaugural edition, Alford Hughes

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Investing in art: Solid financial move or abstract choice? | CU Boulder Today

Art can inspire awe and appreciation—but it can also appreciate in value or provide protection against inflation. Christophe Spaenjers, an associate professor of finance in the Leeds School of Business, studies real assets, including art, and has found that artworks can be a better way to preserve purchasing power than traditional investments like bonds.  However,

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‘Indian art market has grown 250% in past 10 years’ – Lifestyle News

India Art Fair, a leading platform for showcasing modern and contemporary art from India and South Asia, is returning at a time when the Indian art market is on a new high, achieving record-breaking prices at auctions, and artists from the region becoming a part of global conversations as never before. Ahead of the 15th

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Ex-CS Banker Bridges Gap Between Financial World and Art

Swiss banks are heavily invested in art, yet the understanding of art as an investment often lags in the industry. A startup of a former banker aims to change this. Trading art like stocks – this is an idea that resonates with former UBS manager Andrea Orcel. As reported by finews.ch, the top banker serves

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The Art of EV Investing: 3 Stocks to Average Down for Massive Gains

These innovation-driven EV companies will survive the headwinds and emerge stronger in the coming quarters Source: petovarga / Shutterstock I largely tend to average up on my investments as the business conviction grows. I am not a big fan of averaging down. However, there are scenarios where averaging down makes sense. A good example is

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