In this segment, the speaker outlines the diverse ways investors can engage with the art market. He begins with the familiar route of buying physical artworks for display, then moves to newer fractional ownership platforms, highlighting a recent launch that focuses specifically on African art and discussing its potential profitability and volatility. He also describes alternative investment approaches such as funding artists to create works (e.g., a film for the Berlin Biennale), participating in art fairs, and operating or advising galleries. Finally, he touches on the broader art‑economy services—including storage, valuation, insurance, and lending—that enable and monetize art ownership. Throughout, the tone is conversational and enthusiastic, emphasizing the breadth and often under‑appreciated financial ecosystem surrounding art.
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What are the different investment options available to invest in the art market? And does investing in African art, how does that compare in terms of potential profitability and market volatility? It's a very interesting question because actually there's a whole bunch of collectors who really hate having the conversation about art and value. So it's always fascinating, but it is, you know, there's different ways in which people can invest in art. So obviously there's the physical art and that's what most people are familiar with is kind of, you know, the stuff that you put on your walls and around you that, that looks so beautiful and owning that. But there's also fractional investing in art and there's some new platforms that are focused on. That one was launched last year that is focused on African art as well, specifically. So that's an interesting way of, you know, sort of. Yes, it really does then look like an investment. And like I say there's some people who just abhor that notion. But I think it's really great for people who, you know, maybe want to know that they own like a little small piece of this really well known artist, you know, rather than thinking of spending a small amount on an artist who is lesser known type thing. So I think that's also kind of giving the breadth of it. And then there's people investing in art in so many different ways. When you think about producing art, you know, actually one of the things that occurred was I provided some funding for an artist to create a film that was going to be submitted to the Berlin Biennale, for example. So there's ways in investing in art in that way. There's people who are investing in it through art fairs, like I mentioned, art galleries starting, art galleries starting on different platforms and being an art advisors and assisting with storage and valuation. So, you know, the art economies really, really big and maybe we, yeah, we don't always appreciate it. The insurance side, the lending side, I think it's quite fascinating actually. So lots of different ways for people to access out.
