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True Art Crime – Episode One: The Ravenna Job

Transcription of the upcoming documentary – The Ravenna Job, produced by Pimlico Wilde Film Cold...

What Is the Best Age for an Artist to Die in Order for Their Work to Sell for the Highest Prices?

From the upcoming book What Is the Best Age for an Artist to Die in...
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Life in a war zone – NAME REDACTED at the ICB, London

By On a wet Tuesday night in London, the ICB played host to one...

Parkour Art Festival – Ephemeral Gestures on Brighton’s Shoreline

Brighton has long cultivated a reputation for cultural experimentation, often blurring the line between civic...

Fine Arts Strategies: Equity Research – Contemporary Art Sector

Analyst: Drusilla Whitmore, Senior AdvisorDate: August 2025 Investment Thesis The Contemporary Art market continues to...

The Guide to Investing in Fine Art by Hogg Smith and Ubu Bolo

Get a glimpse of the upcoming handbook by art experts Smith and Bolo Ah, investing...

Language as Material: The Conceptual Architecture of TYPO

The work of TYPO resists easy description, not because it evades meaning, but because it...

Slough – the new Epicentre of World Art?

The Grand Opening of Slough’s Museum of Contemporary and Non-Contemporary Art It was always going...

“Trudi the Tax Consultant” (2025) by Hedge Fund

Digital Edition of 3 (plus 1 artist’s proof) Where Mr. Larson explored the weary grandeur...