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Strategic or speculative? Once again, art investment funds are on the rise

The Art Newspaper

Which makes it the ideal time to launch a new art fund, says Philip Hoffman, the chief executive of the Fine Art Group, which he founded in 2001 as the Fine Art Fund. I proved the point that art could be a good investment—we made money on 84% of the art we bought, we lost it on 16%,” Hoffman tells The Art Newspaper.

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Why artificial intelligence artists can be seen as ‘builders’, ‘breakers’—or both at once

The Art Newspaper

In Mutations of Presence (2021), Chung collaborated with D.O.U.G._4, They don’t reject technology wholesale Michelle Kuo, chief curator at large, Museum of Modern Art It means active engagement with AI—even to break it. “I view technology not just as a tool but as a collaborator,” Chung says.

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Artistic Mediums of 2025: Where Touch and Technique Meet

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Following a wave of intangible triumphs in the early 2020s, including the debut of NFT art acquisitions, trends have more recently shifted toward the tactile. Both collectors and curators are sharpening their eye for the material and physical aspects of both emerging and established talents. Soon, though, the NFT art market crashed.

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What Makes a Work of Art Timeless in an Age Obsessed with Now?

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It might be the intense color and dramatic brushstrokes that cause you stop in front of Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. It’s a radical quality in a culture obsessed with immediacy, but timeless art resists this pressure. October 2021). Sometimes both.

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The Art of Intarsia: Exploring the Intricate Craftsmanship of Wood Inlay

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The masterful art of intarsia has produced some awe-inspiring pieces of Renaissance craftsmanship, but these meticulously crafted ‘paintings’ in wood with a geometrical illusion of depth have not only earned papal recognition but also foreshadowed modern art forms like Cubism. Sold for £200,000 via Sotheby’s (July 2018).

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Print or Poster?

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STENCILING An impervious material perforated with lettering or a design through which a substance (such as ink, paint, or metallic powder) is forced onto a surface to be printed. The Museum of Modern Art. The Museum of Modern Art. Estimate: $500,000 - $600,000.00 Sold: $800,000.00 link] “Lithograph.” Metmuseum.org.

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Marcel Breuer: From Bauhaus Visionary to Furniture Design Icon

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Sold for 3,250 EUR via Marques dos Santos (July 2021). His work, whether architecture or design, expressed modernism s faith in technology and the promise of a better future. Gavina also produced the Cesca. Marcel Breuer – Six Cesca Chairs. Saint John’s Abbey Church, built in Collegeville, Minnesota, in 1961.