THE NEW COLLECTORS

The art market has changed. The collector has changed with it. For decades, collecting contemporary art was largely associated with access: access to the right galleries, the right fairs, the right dinners and, above all, the right names. Owning a work by an established artist meant more than acquiring an artwork. It meant entering a cultural circle, possessing a piece of recognition, history and status. That model has certainly not disappeared, but it is no longer the only w

The art market is moving again, but the way people collect is changing. After two difficult years, global art sales returned to growth in 2025, reaching an estimated $59.6 billion, up 4% year on year. Yet the recovery has not been uniform. The strongest momentum has returned to established artists, major auctions and in-person buying, while collectors are becoming increasingly selective about where they put their money. So what is the new collector actually buying? The first

Five Artists Painting the Night There is a particular freedom that arrives with darkness. Familiar streets become unfamiliar, architecture begins to disappear, and artificial light takes control of the landscape. At night, reality becomes less certain. For artists, this uncertainty creates an extraordinary opportunity: the world remains recognisable, but it can be reinvented. Contemporary painting has repeatedly returned to this territory. From urban lights to mysterious land

Five contemporary artists who turned water into a language Few subjects are as difficult to capture in painting as water. It has no permanent shape, constantly changes with light, reflects everything around it and can appear transparent, deep, calm or violent within the same moment. Yet for centuries artists have returned to it, trying to translate something that can never truly be still. From Hokusai’s monumental wave to the swimming pools of California, water has continued