Category: galleries
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With its history as a former British colony, Hong Kong has long been Asia’s dominant financial center, and in turn the region’s main art capital. But the Special Administrative Region has had a tumultuous few years—from a new National Security Law imposed in 2020 to turbulent domestic protests to an ongoing “Zero Covid” policy that has seen its international…
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To say that we are living in an age of concentrated monopoly is putting it mildly but there have been repeated waves throughout history, cutting across manifold industries. Most famously, at the turn of the century, during the birth of corporate America, J.P. Morgan orchestrated a series of mergers culminating in megalith companies such as…
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The past few weeks have seen European art galleries and museums slowly reopening their doors to visitors with heavy precautionary measures in place, as part of the easing of lockdown restrictions to deal with the ongoing, global pandemic COVID-19. Most recently, France announced plans to reopen galleries and small museums from 11 May. Museums in Italy…