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Entrepreneur and Art Financier
Unwrapping the paintings for our “Abstraction” exhibition, I had a shock or at least a wonderful surprise. I called to my associates and said, “Wow, who of you managed to get this de Kooning ‘Landscape’ painting?” The answer: “We have no de Kooning ‘Landscape’ painting for the show. That is a Mary ...
In April of 2010 I wrote my first blog about Greece in which I suggested that €30 billion would not solve or even impact the Greek problems. In that same letter I suggested three possible courses Europe, the IMF, and the rest of the world might take; the third being the illusionary game played by ...
I wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. Some thoughts… We are not facing a crisis of capitalism; we are looking towards a new, cleaner, fairer capitalism! It will not impair the successful but will, once again, enable the Americandream; hard work and attention to the job at hand ...
Interview of Asher Edelman by Chuck Wilbanks for The Deal Magazine The euro has been verging on collapse, unemployment is high, the housing market low, an angry people have taken to the streets. And, oh yes, the art market is booming. Recent notable examples: A 1961 comic book motif painting by ...
I don’t think so! In the last one hundred years Germany has made two attempts to own, control and dominate Europe. Each has been repulsed. Can this third attempt succeed? I don’t think so! France, as has always been the case, is the weak sister concealing its own financial disaster; and will be ...