July 22, 2026

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Who is Paul-Charles PC Valmorbida? Melbourne art dealer seen with Mary-Kate Olsen

[ad_1] He’s heir to a wealthy Italian smallgoods dynasty in Australia, yet little else is known about Paul-Charles ‘PC’ Valmorbida, the art entrepreneur linked to Hollywood’s elite. Before he was a flashy New York art dealer photographed alongside international glitterati, Valmorbida was a Melbourne schoolboy and a third generation scion of a family with a

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Nigeria plays a lead role in rising popularity of African arts

[ad_1] Onyinye Anyaegbu remembers when, as a young girl, she visited an uncle who had an artwork on his wall by the Nigerian artist, designer and architect Demas Nwoko. She greatly admired it, though recalls no one putting a value on it. Last month, Nwoko — now in his late 80s — received the Golden

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7 Questions for Art Advisor Krista Howard on the Importance of Collecting With Intention and Making Space for New Voices

[ad_1] Established in 2006, Vancouver art advisory firm Howard495 has become recognized globally by both private and commercial clientele for its tailored and collaborative approach. Founder Krista Howard has an extensive academic background in art history, having studied it both at the University of British Columbia and Sotheby’s New York, as well as more than

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How Larry Gagosian Reshaped the Art World

[ad_1] Sensing an opportunity to make a bigger mark, Gagosian began carrying fine art, mostly prints and photographs. The actor Steve Martin told me, “When he had his poster shop in Westwood, I went in. I was a novice art collector and he was a novice art dealer.” Martin and other young Hollywood types who

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Could this Glamorous Parisian art dealer hold the key to Prince Andrew’s fate? Mystery woman went on the Lolita Express with the Duke of York and flew 12 times on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jets – but refuses to say what she saw

[ad_1] A glamorous French female art dealer who flew on the Lolita Express with Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell could be a ‘key witness’ and help ‘vindicate’ the Duke of York, it was claimed today.  Alexia Wallaert, 51, is named 12 times on the flightlogs of Epstein’s private jets in just under two years

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Perrotin in talks to sell 60% stake to real estate investor to fuel growth

[ad_1] Emmanuel Perrotin is in the process of selling a 60% stake in his eponymous gallery to Colony Investment Management (Colony IM), a French real estate, credit and private equity business, in order to grow the company. A joint statement released by the companies describes the move as a “pioneering alliance between an investment company

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Hezbollah Sanctions Case Highlights Frailties in the Art Market

[ad_1] Earlier this year, a Lebanese art collector was accused of money laundering and violating terrorism-related sanctions in a federal indictment that focused attention on the reported beneficiary of some of his activities: the militant group Hezbollah. The collector, Nazem Ahmad, had been identified by U.S. authorities as a top financier of Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based

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‘If artificial intelligence creates better art, what’s wrong with that?’ Top Norwegian investor and art collector Nicolai Tangen | Sovereign wealth funds

[ad_1] For a prolific art collector, Nicolai Tangen is remarkably relaxed about the prospect of masterpieces created by robots. The threat of AI-made paintings, impossible to distinguish from human brushstrokes, has sparked soul-searching and paranoia in the art world, but not with Tangen. “Hey, if it creates better art that’s fantastic,” says the Norwegian philanthropist,

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ART gets serious about investment resilience

[ad_1] Home / News / ART gets serious about investment resilience Australian Retirement Trust (ART) is getting bigger and more complex. To make sure that doesn’t turn into a big, complex problem, the fund has found itself a new head of investment resilience and is thinking hard about what’s really driving returns in a post-Covid

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Perrotin pulls out of Dubai gallery and ends secondary market collaboration in Paris

[ad_1] Emmanuel Perrotin, the founder of the eponymous global gallery brand, has ended his collaboration with the art dealers Tom-David Bastok and Dylan Lessel “by mutual agreement”, according to a statement sent by each of the parties on 13 February 2024. In 2021, the trio had teamed up to open a five-storey space at 8

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