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NFT And The Financialisation Of The Art World

18 Mar 202118 Mar 2021
This article was originally published on Hong Kong art media CoBo Social on 17 March 2021. This past year or so, the world has been grappling with the pandemic, its…
art fairs

Are Art Galleries And Auction Houses Turning The Tables On Art Fairs?

18 Mar 202118 Mar 2021
This article was originally published on Hong Kong art media CoBo Social on 16 February 2021. There have been a slew of announcements of late, with art fairs such as Art…
art collectors

What The Sacklers And Museum Boards Tell Us About Toxic Philanthropy In The Art World

1 Feb 202118 Mar 2021
This article was published on Hong Kong art media CoBo Social on 26 January 2021. Even before the pandemic, philanthropy as a whole has been “dominated” by high net worth…
art fairs

The Cultural Paralysis of Frieze, Art Basel and Other Art Fairs

1 Feb 20211 Feb 2021
The article was originally published on Hong Kong art media CoBo Social on 23 October 2020. This analysis was also discussed during interviews on the ArtTactic podcast and Shangri-la Art…
Unemployment

The Art World’s Blind Spots In Dealing With Unemployment

13 Oct 20201 Feb 2021
This analysis was originally published on HK art media CoBo Social on 12 October 2020. Over the course of 2020, COVID-19 has made its presence known across the world, driving…
leadership

What The Art World Is Missing In Its Leadership Crisis

11 Oct 202011 Oct 2020
This article was originally published on HK art media CoBo Social on 17 September 2020. Leadership has always been a hot button issue in the art world, especially with museums.…
biennials

What Will It Take For Biennials To Stay Relevant?

10 Sep 202010 Sep 2020
This article was originally published on CoBo Social on 1 September 2020. During the first half of this year, as the pandemic spread across continents, the 2021 art world calendar…
art fairs

Art Fairs From Frieze To Basel Make Moves To Stay Afloat But At What Cost?

29 Aug 202010 Sep 2020
The analysis was originally published on CoBo Social on 25 August 2020.  It is an observable fact that financial sustainability is a major concern for art fairs this year due…
museums

Why Museums From The Louvre To The Guggenheim Are Facing A Reckoning

26 Jul 202011 Oct 2020
This analysis was originally published on CoBo Social on 14 July 2020. With public museums in France, UK and even parts of the US reopening in July, their most pressing…
Digital

Art Basel OVR And Why The Art World Needs To Simplify

29 Jun 202010 Sep 2020
This analysis was originally published on CoBo Social on 25 June 2020. Over the past year, there is an increasing split in the way we perceive our current existence, emphasized…

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