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Arts & Design

Prints democratise art – and can be surprising collector’s items

2026-10-15T08:15:51.000Z
Joe Lewis (left) and Tottenham Hotspur ex-chairman Daniel Levy at one of the football club’s matches in 2016. The sale of Lewis’ art pieces fetched winning bids of as much as £48.2 million.
Wealth

Billionaire Joe Lewis turns forex trading bets into 500% art gains

2026-07-12T10:45:55.000Z
Christine Mak (centre) is known for her sold-out shows, with collectors buying entire exhibitions on opening nights.
Lifestyle
TAKING HEART

Veteran painter Christine Mak raises funds for BT BAF with never-before-seen artworks

2026-05-29T07:53:38.000Z
The transition is most visible in the watch sector, which has seen an exponential boom in valuations following the pandemic.
Companies & Markets

Next-generation successors are betting on gold, watches as alternative investments

2026-05-12T23:00:00.000Z
Singapore's opportunity is not to mimic the auction-week spectacle but to build the infrastructure that makes the underlying market legible.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Hong Kong’s art-auction rebound is a liquidity story – and Singapore’s opportunity

2026-05-08T04:30:00.000Z
Banksy's Love is in the Bin. It is true that the artist's work has fallen sharply in recent years, but so has the broader art market.
Opinion & Features

Banksy’s anonymity is what gives – gave? – his art its power

2026-03-20T23:00:00.000Z
The artwork "Das Mechanische Ballett" (1966-2015) by German artist Heinz Mack at Art Basel 2025.
Lifestyle

At Art Basel, dealers reap rewards by sidestepping politics and war

2025-06-20T02:00:00.000Z
Maurizio Cattelan's conceptual work featuring a banana, being auctioned at Sotheby's in New York on Nov 20. The work sold for US$6.2 million with fees.
Opinion & Features

It’s bananas to regard art as an investment

2024-11-29T21:00:00.000Z
The 2.2 m portrait “A.I. God” by “Ai-Da”, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, smashed pre-sale expectations of US$180,000 when it went under the hammer at London auction house Sotheby’s Digital Art Sale.
Telcos, Media & Tech

First artwork by humanoid robot sells for US$1.3 million

2024-11-08T01:43:59.000Z
In 2022, high net worth individuals allocated 24 per cent of their wealth to art. That number has fallen to just 15 per cent in 2024.
Wealth & Investing

The art market is on the brink of major upheaval

2024-10-27T09:10:52.000Z
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