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Buyer knows best?
How to decode the winning formula of a successful art gallery
Dec 31, 2025 • Rufus Bird
The art market is not dying, it’s changing
Weakness at the top need not trickle down to the rest
Dec 1, 2025 • Rufus Bird
Signs of a revival in London's art market
This year’s Frieze may mark a return to buying art for pleasure and quality
Oct 29, 2025 • Rufus Bird
Interpreting the market’s mixed messages
Are we up or down?
Oct 11, 2025
The National Trust's Strongest Argument.
Visiting a country house and estate in Hampshire
Aug 14, 2025 • Rufus Bird
The market needs a rethink.
What do the next generation of buyers actually want?
Aug 6, 2025 • Rufus Bird
The fading clout of the scholarly connoisseur
Does quality matter today when considering art?
Jun 24, 2025 • Rufus Bird
Art for art's sake
A collector who bought for pleasure - and nothing else
May 26, 2025 • Rufus Bird
The burgeoning arts scene in Saudi Arabia
How to foster a creative art scene within the setting of state control
May 25, 2025 • Rufus Bird
Art for profit?
How to buy and sell at a profit
May 23, 2025 • Rufus Bird
The art of the deal.
On the future of the major auction houses
May 22, 2025 • Rufus Bird
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
May 21, 2025 • Rufus Bird
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