Pink castles, talking sofas, and objects coming to life: what sounds like fantasies from the pioneering animation of Walt Disney Animation Studios were in fact the figments of the colorful salons of Rococo Paris. The Met’s first-ever exhibition exploring the work of Walt Disney and the hand-drawn animation of Walt Disney Animation Studios will examine
Why have Jewish art dealers been so pivotal in creating the European art market as we know it? That is the question that an online symposium organised by London Art Week (from today until 10 December) will delve into. “Jewish Dealers and the European Art Market c.1850-1930” will run over three evenings, starting with Charles
Courtesy of: Masterworks.io Investing in multimillion-dollar paintings usually requires having a sizable amount of capital. Privately-held startup Masterworks is set out to change that. Masterworks is making the world of art a little less exclusive by offering everyday investors the chance to own a fraction of these high-priced investments with a much smaller amount of
The art press currently seems remarkably focused on the high prices fetched for work by a small set of young artists. Many of these high-priced works were previously purchased for far less. A $10 million Peter Doig painting once sold for $30,000 (or some such figure). And works by other young abstract-process-based painters that sold
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have been a hot investment theme the past couple of years. Although various uses for these cryptocurrency-based assets are still being developed, art investing has emerged as an early winner for NFT utility. Traditional art investing is largely the realm of the super wealthy, but NFTs have opened the door for
HONG KONG, CHINA – OCTOBER 04: Visitors experience an immersive art installation titled “Machine … [+] Hallucinations Space: Metaverse” by Refik Anadol at the Digital Art Fair Asia showcasing digital and NFT art on October 4, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. The first edition of Digital Art Fair Asia is taking place in Hong Kong.
You’ve always loved art. And as a financially savvy person, you also know that art can be more than just something beautiful—it’s also one of the biggest investment crazes of the last few years. You’re not alone. 33% of Millennial investors believe art can be used as an asset to build wealth. But is art
Several Masterworks investors have asked us to compare artwork and cryptocurrency from an investment standpoint. While interest in cryptocurrencies has increased over the past decade, so has an interest in art from an investment perspective, and now through Masterworks, investing in art has become more accessible to the broader investor community. But, how do the
Warren Buffett dismissed art as a bad investment nearly 60 years ago. France could have made $1 quadrillion if it had invested instead of buying the Mona Lisa, he said. Buffett described investing, valuing and building businesses, and Berkshire Hathaway as art. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while
In the fall of 2018, a Banksy work, “Love is in the Bin,” sold for US$1.4 million. Now the original buyer has put the work up for sale, and it’s expected to fetch over $5 million – that would amount to a return of more than 250% on the original investment. What if, instead of