Art & Collecting
On With the Show
Anthony Haden-Guest on the fine art of displaying fine art — particularly in Russia, home to two of this year's most remarkable exhibitions.
Patron Saints
Art funds, eh? Funny name, funny business. But as wunderkind Kristina McLean tells Anthony Haden-Guest, they can form a crucial link between artists, galleries and investors.
Capital Gainsborough
The market for classic British painting of the late 18th-century has been in the doldrums for decades. Not any longer, says Ivan Lindsay
Watch You Lookin' At?
A man’s timepiece tells a lot more than just the time. In fact, it is nothing less than a window to his soul, says Martyn Downer
He Knows If You've Been Good
’Tis the season to be jolly excited about the prospect of a whopping bonus. Well, it is if you work for high-rolling banks like Goldman Sachs, says Rob Cox.
My Space Generation
Time was, one gallery was enough for an art dealer. But these days you’re nobody unless you’ve got a string of them all over the world, says Anthony Haden-Guest.
Abstract Recessionism
The art market struts when Wall Street stumbles. That’s why 2008 will beanother good year for the rauction houses, says Godfrey Barker.
Paint It Black
Frederick Barker on what a global recession means for the art market − and for the emerging art-fund industry.
Art Lovers of the World Unite!
Russian collectors are rediscovering their homegrown talent-and collectors elsewhere are jumping on the bandwagon too, says Ivan Lindsay.
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