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Intersection of Broad Street and Wall Street with New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Hall. Wikipedia.
A Slice of Vermeer: The Rise of Fractional Art Ownership

Stock exchanges have been offering the public a piece of corporate earnings since the Dutch East India Company opened one in 1602, but only recently has art become a tradable…

A live auction at Sotheby’s. Wikipedia.
How A Collector’s Estate Planning Is Shaping the Fall Auction Market

Amid reports of the auction market’s steady decline,…

Baltimore Museum of Art. License.
The Rise in Artist-Led Withdrawals from Museums and Galleries

Contemporary museums and galleries are faced with the dual challenge and…

Digital artwork by Mike Winkelmann showing a giant white and orange torus with greebles in a barren landscape that also features a tree and a man approaching the torus. One of the images used in Everydays: The First 5000 Days by Mike Winkelmann (known professionally as Beeple). License
What Is the Future of NFTs and Digital Art?

The impending closure of Christie’s digital…

Caspar David Friedrich, Northern Landscape, Spring, c. 1825. License
How Curators Are Keeping the Climate Conversation Alive

At a time when climate change solutions feel…

Crowds in front of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris
Are Influencers Changing the Museum Experience?

Influencer marketing has been a mainstay of consumer brands for years, but only recently have …

Polovtsian babas on Mount Kremenets after Russian shelling (04)
How Cultural Heritage Is Being Protected Amidst Global Conflict

Amid the horrific loss of life and suffering resulting from geopolitical conflicts across the globe, dozens of organizations and individuals are quietly saving the art and artifacts that…

Alberto Giacometti in his studio in Montparnasse, Paris, photographed by his wife Annette.
From Fine Art to Finance: Trophy Art Loses Its Shine

Alberto Giacometti’s “Large Thin Head” is still waiting for its next collector after failing to sell at Sotheby’s New York auction in May for an asking price of $70 million.…