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Investment in Contemporary Wind

Art Market | In the course of globalisation, art hedge funds have multiplied. Those founded in the 1990s like Artemundi Global Fund (Javier Lumbreras) and Weng Fine Art (Rudiger Weng) have organized themselves into institutions and have gained in stature : productivity is on the increase, with WFA listed on the stock exchange. One of the latest to appear, Art Vantage based in Gibraltar, launched in March 2012 by Serge Tiroche and Russ DeLeon using the eponymous collection, has a buying policy of first global market centred on current artists from emerging or emerged countries : Far East, Africa and Australia, South East Asia, South America, Middle East, Russia and Europe. The purchasing rationale is one of artworks by artists who are established and recognized in their country of origin and put forward by galleries. A measure of value : the number of loans to exhibitions throughout the world. Perspectives : devise itinerant exhibitions, appear as a major player. Productivity : an estimated 15%. Target : Investors impatient to invest.

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