Rick Steves and crew with Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy. (Photo courtesy Rick Steves) Starting this week on KCTS 9, Edmonds-based European travel expert Rick Steves will premiere Rick Steves Art of Europe — a six-hour sweep through the entire span of European art history. One hour will air
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Russian Billionaire Andrei Menichenko’s super yacht. Enrico Spanu/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Demand for luxury art has been “insane” over the past decade, an art adviser told Insider. For some wealthy collectors, art can be a valuable investment as a recession
Does it feel like everyone you know just took a vacation? As we navigate our way through the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more of us are starting to travel again. Maybe you have a trip to Europe planned? Or, maybe you are still staying home, or closer to home. Either way, Rick Steves’ new travel
Today, you no longer have to be an accredited investor or a billionaire to invest in fine art. The popularity of fractional ownership has boomed in recent years as more and more retail investors are looking to diversify their holdings and break into markets previously reserved for the wealthiest investors. Alternative investments ranging from NFTs
Whether you’re a fan of Banksy’s street art style or prefer the vivid colors of impressionists like Monet, there’s no doubt that art can be a great investment, and it’s growing in popularity. According to the 2022 Global Art Market Report from Art Basel and USB, the global art market reached $65.1 billion in aggregate
James Anno, associate curator of European art, talks about The Madonna in Adoration of the Christ Child Surrounded by Angels, with God the Father, c. 1470-75, in the redesigned Old Master Galleries at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Houston.Brett Coomer/Staff photographer Visitors take in the redesigned Old Master Galleries
Anna Hu is certainly no stranger to the limelight. The Taiwan-born, US-based jewellery artist is famed worldwide for her spectacularly beautiful, mindblowingly intricate creations, the favourite of celebrities from Madonna, Oprah Winfrey and Gwyneth Paltrow, to Natalie Portman and Naomi Watts. But she’s equally well-known for repeatedly smashing the record for the highest price paid
An art exhibition titled the Infinite Universe of Wuji: Masterpieces from Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, has debuted at The China Millennium Monument in Beijing to feature rare authentic artworks of 46 European artists such as Van Gogh. Promotional materials for Wuji: Masterpieces from Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Photo: Courtesy of Tianyu
Together with guest experts and Deutsche Bank specialists, we explored the changing role of art collections in lending and investment at our dedicated event held in our lounge at Frieze New York 2022. From freeing up liquidity to furthering a family legacy, an art collection can play many roles. And while the investment potential
Guests Arrive at Masterpiece London 2022, Ben Fisher Photography, Courtesy Masterpiece London. Masterpiece London returned with a celebratory opening last week for its first IRL edition after two years of Covid-related hiatus. The fair, which is on view until July 6, has brought together 128 exhibitors who presented a vast range of fine art, antiquities,