Savouring a glass of fine wine, opening up a powerful engine on an empty motorway or hanging the perfect painting over the mantelpiece – if you could capture those feelings and sell them, you would never call your broker again. The good news is that you can capture them or at least people’s desires for
If the stock market today is in the dumps, the high-end art market doesn’t seem any more attractive. And it’s been like this for a while, stretching back to 2024 when we last took a look at this. But there’s a difference between fine art and the art market. Money isn’t everything. For more on
Artex, a new “online stock exchange for art”, offered its first initial public offering (IPO) in an event at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London last night—Francis Bacon’s Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer. The painting last sold at auction in May 2017 for nearly $52m and will be offered to investors
When the topic of investments comes up, artwork might not immediately spring to mind for most people. Traditionally, we associate investments with stocks, real estate, or bonds – the more conventional avenues. However, the art world holds a unique and captivating dimension that has gained recognition as an investment opportunity. While stocks and bonds offer
By JO THORNHILL Updated: 18:30, 15 October 2008 Crashing stock markets, collapsing house prices, bankrupt banks – it’s enough to drive you to drink. And that is what many investors are doing as they look for alternative ways to make money in these difficult times. According to the Liv-ex 100 Fine Wine index, returns
Most American art lives in storage. Many museums, especially those in underserved regions, don’t have the resources to borrow or lend works. That’s where Art Bridges comes in. What We Do By partnering with museums across the United States, Art Bridges breaks down barriers to sharing, borrowing, and exhibiting artworks, ensuring that communities across the
Artists are essential to technological advancement, and investment in them should reflect their vital role, a new report from the British Council argues. ‘Why Technology Needs Artists: 40 International Perspectives’ includes input from research heads at Adobe, Google and South Africa’s Lelapa AI, as well as UK arts organisations such as Serpentine and FACT. A
Art has always had a double life, as both an expression of human spirit and a repository of value. From Renaissance patronage to today’s multimillion-dollar auctions, art’s entanglement with capital is nothing new. What is new, however, is the speed, scale and complexity with which the art business has entered the bloodstream of the global
Investing in art is becoming more popular. Stock markets continue to be near all-time highs. And people continue to look for ways to minimize downside risk. Diversifying your portfolio by investing in artwork is one way to do that. There are some definite advantages to investing in art. On the other hand, it’s definitely not
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