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Art as an Investment14 min readBlack Swans in the Art Market
Art market black swans cut both ways: attribution collapses and crashes on one tail, Salvator Mundi-style repricings on the other. How to position for both.
Jul 19, 2026
Portfolio & Investing Fundamentals19 min readHow to Invest When the Stock Market Starts Falling
A drawdown playbook for sophisticated investors: base rates, why 60/40 broke in 2022, hedges vs diversifiers, tax and rebalancing moves, and where art fits.
Jul 18, 2026
Macro16 min readHow the Macro Economy Influences the Art Market
Interest rates, currencies, inflation, and new wealth drive art prices. What the 1990 and 2008 crashes teach, and where demand comes from in 2026.
Jul 18, 2026
Art Market Explainers24 min readHow the Art Market Works
How the art market works: its size, the dealers and auction houses that run it, how prices form, and why its opacity is the whole opportunity for investors.
Jul 18, 2026
Portfolio & Investing Fundamentals17 min readHow Alternative Investments Fit in a Portfolio
How alternatives fit in a portfolio: the diversification case, the endowment model, why most individuals lose in alts, how much to allocate, and where art fits.
Jul 18, 2026
Art as an Investment20 min readWhy Patience Is Rewarded in Art Markets: The Data Behind Long Holds
Long holding periods capture the illiquidity premium, amortize transaction costs, and let recoveries compound. The data behind patience in art markets.
Jul 16, 2026Learn How Art Fits in an Alternatives Allocation
A long-held mantra, that stocks and bonds alone are enough, is being challenged by decades of data on dispersion, correlation, and the return profile of tangible assets. Here is the framework.