In Portland, Oregon, culture often takes the form of live music performances, public protests, rich LGBTQIA+ nightlife, or the rising silhouette of Mount Hood against the horizon. However, beneath the city’s material skyline is a quieter scaffolding: the art and philanthropy of Jordan Schnitzer, a West Coast businessman whose real estate portfolio is valued in
Ground-breaking digital art investments platform, ARTCELS, has partnered with HOFA Gallery, Los Angeles, to announce a new virtual contemporary art exhibition, ‘XXI’, launching on 4 May. Responding to the realities of social distancing, ARTCELS today announces they will be creating a memorable virtual art experience, set to be the first-of-its-kind to feature American blue-chip contemporary
After a remarkable career as a finance director at Christie’s, Philip Hoffman founded The Fine Art Group in 2001. The London-based art advisory, finance, and investment firm serves clients all over the globe and has become a near-billion-dollar business. Hoffman, for his part, is still regarded for the skills that set him apart at Christie’s—a
Masterworks turns each artwork purchased into investible shares through an SEC-qualified offering and works closely with investors, through its advisory affiliate, to build portfolios across artworks. Masterworks then manages the artwork, including insurance, storage, conservation and public display, until the artwork is resold and proceeds are returned to investors. To simplify payments for international users,
Hunter Biden’s art career is back in the headlines. It turns out one of his collectors is a Democratic donor—a Los Angeles philanthropist and real estate investor named Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali who gave $13,414 to President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign and was later named to his Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad. “Hunter
Nadra Moussalem, the Franco-Lebanese head of the investment fund Colony Investment Management, posing at the Molitor Hotel in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, which he owns. (Credit: David Atlan.) Last April, French-Lebanese investor Nadra Moussalem’s Colony Investment Management acquired a 51 percent stake in Perrotin, the renowned contemporary art gallery founded by Emmanuel Perrotin.This acquisition
Leonardo DiCaprio has been a familiar presence in art fairs, auction-house skyboxes, and museum galas for years, building a reputation as a collector hungry for new art—sometimes even acquiring it with the help of his Instagram account. Now, the Oscar-winning actor has become an investor in Magnus, the controversial app company that bills itself as a “Shazam for
lnigo Philbrick, left, and the writer, in St. Moritz on New Year’s Eve in 2015. Photo: Courtesy Schachter When I first met Inigo Philbrick in 2012, he was all of 25, looked an awful lot like Justin Timberlake, and was running an art gallery called Modern Collections in London’s Mayfair district. Despite sounding like a
How does art stack up as an alternative asset class? Avid collector Johnny Hon, founder and chairman of the Global Group, offers some rules of thumb when weighing a purchase For as long as art has existed, it has been funded by rich patrons. From pharaohs to Athenian statesmen to Renaissance financiers, art and
What does it take become superannuation fund of the year? We asked Australian Retirement Trust (ART), which recently won the Morningstar Super Fund of the Year 2026. According to Morningstar, the Australian Retirement Trust (ART) won its super fund of the year award due to its skilled investment team;, superior returns, coupled with its high-conviction investment