August 8, 2024
European Art

Championing Sustainability in European Football: Insights from the successful ECA and UEFA webinar

ECA and UEFA have joined forces to launch a series of webinars aimed at helping European clubs meet social and environmental sustainability targets. The webinar series aims at building a community of sustainability-minded clubs, sharing best practices, and offering guidance on how to develop strategies that align with UEFA licensing requirements. The first one was

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European Artists

MTV Europe Music Awards cancelled amid Israel-Gaza crisis

LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Next month’s MTV Europe Music Awards in Paris have been cancelled, organisers said on Thursday, citing “the volatility of world events” amid the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza. The awards ceremony, scheduled to be broadcast live and at which the likes of Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Bad Bunny and

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European Artists

The Artist Yinka Shonibare Pushes Back Against Cultural Colonialism

This article is part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on the art world’s expanded view of what art is and who can make it. The multimedia British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare made his name with work that tackled colonialism, the subjugation of peoples that enabled the global slave trade and carved a callous

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European Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Making Big Changes

This article is part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on the art world’s expanded view of what art is and who can make it. “By the end of this, more than a quarter of our galleries will have changed,” Max Hollein, director and chief executive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, said

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European Art

The New Darling of the European Art Trade? Paris.

Paris’s October flagship fair also seems to have shed its long-held reputation as an event at which it’s hard to sell big-ticket works. By the end of play on Wednesday, David Zwirner gallery said that it had sold more than $20 million of works at Paris+, including a Kerry James Marshall painting for $6 million.

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European Fine art

Paris Art Basel, London Frieze, and Scenes From the European Art Week Power Contest

Last Saturday in Paris, the global art enterprise Hauser & Wirth opened its 17th outpost, an expansive four-story space just off Avenue Matignon, in the 8th arrondissement. Until a few years ago, the move for a mega-gallery opening in the City of Light would be to open in Le Marais, the traditional gallery district in

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Art Investment

Investing Like The 1%, With Diversyfund

Dream Big If you’ve ever dreamed of joining “the 1%” – the global population that owns 45% of the world’s wealth – while they sip champagne on megayachts and polish their monocles on private jets, we have some good news for you: it’s not impossible. After all, the world’s most successful investors, like Warren Buffett

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Art Investment

Unraveling The Income Taxation Of Art

A recent report by the New York Times reveals that two LeBron James trading cards have an estimated value of up to $7 million. Just imagine stumbling upon one of these cards and making such a lucrative sale! However, it’s crucial to consider the tax implications when selling collectibles like trading cards. The taxation of

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European Fine art

Museum Shows Explore the Global South

This article is part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on the art world’s expanded view of what art is and who can make it. “I think we’re hard-wired to be afraid of people who are different from us,” said Linda Komaroff, a curator of Islamic art at the Los Angeles County Museum

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Art Investment

The Art of Investment: Building wealth and securing your future 

Imagine a world where you do not have to work anymore, and you make more than what you are currently earning. That is what an investment can do! Making the right investment choices, aside from helping you save for the rainy day can drive profitability for the future, providing a path to building wealth, achieving

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