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Slade School MFA, Nic Lyons in San Francisco

“In the past, my work has been about the city, industrial landscape and the (in)visibility of infrastructure. My landscapes are unpeopled, but with evidence of human activity....”

Source: Nic Lyons

Ola Stensland at DK Art Publishing Inc, West Hollywood, US

“The painting I have submitted is called, "Niagara". It is 6 feet by 9 feet painted with acrylic on canvass. It should be hung with leather straps tied to nailed spikes like ...”

Source: Ola Stensland

Sculpture by Ashish Ghosh, participating 3 major art event in Beijing Olympic, 2008

“HI I ASHISH GHOSH a sculptor from India am extremely pleased to tell you that I am participating 3 major art event in Beijing Olympic 2008. 1, Beiji...”

Source: Ashish Ghosh

Ensemble Robot Artist Collective, Boston, MA, USA

“Ensemble Robot is an organization of artists, engineers, computer programmers, and composers, working together to design and create sonically and visually beautiful robotic mu...”

Source: Ensemble Robot

Corporate acquisitions significant contribution to growth within the Contemporary art market...

Microsoft owns 4000+ works of art, according to CNN June 2007, their curator and New York gallery owner Michael Klein spend $1.2 million on acquisitions for the company last year alone. Other leading corporate collectors include UBS and the Progressive Corporation. Market leader, Deutsche Bank own 50,000+ works of art, valued at approximately £75 million. This can be seen as strong evidence of arts investment value to these corporations and to those wishing to invest in art. These serious collectors pour considerable investment into research of emerging artists and expert curatorship, so can become a useful guide to the new discerning investor on possible direction to take.

Although these corporations insist their investments are not specifically for financial gain, even in light of corporate tax incentives, the Mei/ Moses Indices of art's performance shows 20th century Impressionists and American Paintings to have consistently outperformed the S&P500, since 1950. A unique potential here of ever-increasing demand with a corresponding limited supply. Contemporary art is thought to have been even more lucrative when purchased wisely. These indices also show how art has a low correlation with the US stock market, thus having the ability to reduce risk, therefore having good potential for those investors wishing to diversify.

Source: Microsoft.com

Online Exhibition: Highlights from some of the worlds largest and finest corporate collections ... here investors can learn from the masters of contemporary art investment, see our section on...

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Finding emerging artists: Sourcing artists responsible for pioneering new trends can be extremely rewarding financially. For ideas on where to start see our section on...

Source: GoedhuisContemporary.com

 

Amrit Row's work can be viewed in the Art Gallery
Source: Amrit Row

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Art2Bank aims to provide independent information on the art/ business relationship, art market indices, emerging artists and the benefits of investing in art as an alternative asset.    

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Investment analysis of artists: An analysis of auction prices, from a selection of artists who have had a performance track-record, can be seen in our section on...