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Back in the 1980s, Japan dominated the market for Impressionist and Modern art—for example, importing $1.5bn worth of paintings alone in the first nine months of 1989. At one point it was estimated that a third of the world’s art sales was represented by Japanese buyers during the frenzied “bubble period” when all asset prices soared.

A year ago, the outlook for U.S. museums appeared grim: a July 2020 survey conducted by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) found that one-third of institutions across the country could close due to the devastating effects of the pandemic.

US President Joseph Biden has proposed a significant boost in funding for the country’s arts and culture agencies as part of his $6 trillion budget for the 2022 fiscal year, released on Friday. If approved by Congress, this would allocate $265m to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (an $8m increase compared to this year), $177.5m to the National Endowment for the Humanities (a $10m ...

Andrew Lloyd Webber last night said he could take ministers to court if they do not allow theatres to operate at full capacity from June 21.

香港蘇富比上月宣布最新重磅企劃 - 與「地表最強」周杰倫（Jay Chou）合作，一眾藝術愛好者與周董粉絲都相當期待。

After a regional trial run, French president Emmanuel Macron is launching his program to fund cultural activities for young people nationally. Culture Pass, as the initiative is called, is now open to all 18 year olds in France, and will be extended to high schools across the nation in 2022.

近日，疫情狀況在台灣本地陷入警張狀態。日前，疫情指揮中心也已將疫情警戒提升至第二級，即「室內超過100人、室外超過500人」的演出活動皆需延期或取消。如今，文化部也在今日（14日）宣布所屬位於臺北市、新北市場館自明日起全面閉館至6月8日，其中也包含了台北當代藝術館、台北市立美術館、以及台北市立動物園等地。

創新科技為藝術帶來變革，有份參與巴賽爾展覽的本港新晉藝術家WAVE，將於展館及海港城多個戶外及室內的大型視像屏幕，公開展出其實體作品「人人」（見圖），但不作現場出售，並於展覽期間將數碼作品放上「非同質化代幣」（NFT）平台OpenSea.io拍賣，希望以新技術改變藝術市場的遊戲規則。

西九文化區管理局署理行政總裁馮程淑儀表示，M+正進行內部裝修工程，將於年底開幕，緊接而來、為期3周的開幕活動，包括對談、導賞等節目。馮程淑儀又匯報指，連接藝術公園及港鐵站的藝術廣場天橋建造工程現正興建中，期望今年年底可竣工，以配合M+開幕的時間表。

Block Create Art’s business took off by complete surprise. When the Beijing-based, blockchain-focused art and technology company started working with UCCA Lab (the special programs department of UCCA, China’s foremost contemporary art museum) last September on an exhibition of non-fungible tokens, NFTs were still unknown to the majority of the art world. But that changed almost overnight when ...