According to blockchain digitization provider Tokeny, on Monday, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) became the first European museum to tokenize investment in fine art, starting with Belgian painter James Ensor’s (1860–1949) painting, “Carnaval de Binche.” Investors can obtain fractional ownership of the work starting from 150 euros (or about $158). The venture is
The European Fine Art Fair (Tefaf) is aptly named. While walking down the aisles of the storied Park Avenue Armory words in French, German and Dutch flit about the air like bubbles jumping out of a generously filled champagne glass. The Armory’s old New York charm plays into the fair’s old-world ambiance, its prevalence of
THE TREND ISN’T limited to the French capital, either. Last summer, in response to an urge to return to Europe after feeling overwhelmed by both the Trump presidency and Brexit, Lucy Chadwick, the British-born former senior director of Gavin Brown’s Enterprise in New York, decided, with a few days’ notice, to move her family not
The 59th Venice Biennale opened against the backdrop of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and the continuing rise of authoritarianism in Eastern Europe, as Vladimir Putin’s close ally, Viktor Orban, had just won his fourth term as Hungary’s prime minister. At this moment, defined by war crimes and the oppression of minority groups, it seems
The Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) was founded in 2021 as a member institution of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, and incorporates three departments: Artpool Art Research Center, the Research Department, and the Archive and Documentation Center. KEMKI initiates and implements long-term research projects focusing on 20th century and contemporary art
TEFAF New York 2024 is the American edition of Europe’s leading fine art antiques fair, The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF). Many of the antiques are museum-quality. You can learn a lot by talking with the dealers. The people watching is great. It’s very Upper East Side. 10th TEFAF New York 2024 TEFAF New York
The Old Masters – Paintings & Sculptures sales in Paris and online achieved a result close to €10m, a record for Old Masters at Christie’s in Paris The sales featured a selection of European works spanning more than six hundred years, from the 13th to the 19th century. A variety of works for a wide
Medieval imagery wasn’t meant to be funny when it was made hundreds of years ago, but all over Instagram it has been remixed, captioned, and somehow reads as peak hilarious — depending on your sense of humor. One evening while wasting time on the addictive social media platform, I came across a meme of a
After two years of disruptions that led to virtual versions of its events, the European Fine Art Fair, known as TEFAF, will make a comeback with a New York fair May 6-10 in the Park Avenue Armory. It will be the first in-person TEFAF fair since an early March 2020 event that was held in
Mintus, the new online, art investment platform offers a new way to buy shares and invest in exceptional contemporary art opening up the annual $65bn art market The first artworks available are iconic paintings by Andy Warhol and George Condo, with more pieces by established and emerging artists to follow Discover more: www.mintus.com LONDON, April