The art market with beautiful abstract paintings may seem confusing and inaccessible to you. If this is the case, this is partly explained by the fact that art was until recently reserved for the privileged. We are now far from the time when religious paintings and altarpieces were commissioned by the Church to artists and were important and rich merchants asked to be portrayed by the greatest masters of the Renaissance. The art market has undergone a tremendous expansion between the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, notably thanks to the dematerialization of information and financialization. In addition, banks and investment funds, faced with historically low rates, rely heavily on the art market.
There is no doubt that collectors practice their craft with passion and that in their eyes, a work of art is not, in the first place, a mere object whose financial evaluation would be shameless. However, we increasingly accept to see art as a means of investment or investment. If you want to paint the thing from this angle, then think twice and start by reading these tips:
- Contemporary art, often in the spotlight today, remains one of the most volatile