Art Industry Insights With Reena Devi

  • Can Art Basel Take On COVID-19?

    As international art and trade fairs are cancelled or postponed due to the globally spreading novel coronavirus COVID-19, there is growing speculation whether Art Basel, the biggest and most important art fair on the art world calendar, is likely to take place as planned in Switzerland from 18 to 21 June. The Swiss government banned all…

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  • Loaned Masterpieces – Public Service or Private Gain?

    This analysis and breaking news report was originally published in November 2018 by Hong Kong-based international art publication, ArtAsiaPacific. On November 24, renowned Javanese modern artist Raden Saleh’s oil painting, Mail Station at the Bottom of Mount Megamendung (1871), hammered at HKD 16.9 million (USD 2.16 million) at Christie’s Hong Kong. The sale of this…

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