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A quartet of key art market players join forces to form ‘super group’ consultancy

The Art Newspaper

L-R: Brett Gorvy, Philip Hoffman, Ed Dolman, Patti Wong, Alex Dolman Courtesy of Emilio Madrid Four of the art market’s leading figures have joined forces to establish a new consultancy firm to manage top-level clients and their collections through what they say are unprecedented shifts in the trade. It’s certainly not going to go away.”

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Saudi Arabia helps cultural businesses reach global audiences

The Art Newspaper

The CDF provides a range of solutions, from consultations with experts to enhance managerial, financial, and technical capabilities, assistance with costs relating to setting up businesses, knowledge-sharing workshops, and access to financing.

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Introducing Julia Day, the Frick’s new chief conservator

The Art Newspaper

Day consulted on the project before leaving for the Guggenheim. Cabelle Ahn Day is eager to have a go at Diana the Huntress , a life-sized terracotta sculpture by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Antoine Houdon—a signature piece in the collection installed in the mansion’s Portico Gallery.

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Commercial goes pastoral: the draw of showing art in the open air

The Art Newspaper

© Jean Tinguely, DACS 2025, Photo: Ken Adlard, Courtesy of the artists and Hauser & Wirth Since it opened in 2014, Hauser & Wirth Somerset has brought contemporary art, burrata and around 110,000 visitors a year to the small town of Bruton in southwest England. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2025.

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What does a so-called ‘buyer’s market’ look like at Art Basel?

The Art Newspaper

Now is the time to buy—it is the best time I have ever seen,” says Philip Hoffman, the founder of the Fine Art Group consultants. Blum confirms that increased flexibility from galleries extends to the pricing of primary work, in keeping with the “ebbs and flows of certain artists, but also pointing to a more holistic change”. “We

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So, after visiting Art Basel, you want to move to Switzerland—what next?

The Art Newspaper

In terms of occupation, Swiss firms hire a lot in the finance, banking, biotech and tech industries, but there are also many consulting firms, engineering companies and universities that hire foreigners: great news for anyone who wears a lab coat, a pantsuit or a tie.

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Belgian council cancels Hew Locke commission that planned to ‘disrupt’ colonial statue

The Art Newspaper

The Art Newspaper understands that the residents of Ostend were consulted by the city council last year, prior to Locke’s piece being selected from 11 shortlisted artists. They say there was not enough consultation. “So So Hew said to them, naturally enough, let’s do some more.