With the U.S. election over, interest rates slowly falling, and Bitcoin surging to $100,000, spirits were high going into Miami Art Week and largely remained so, even if sales didn’t quite match the optimism.
Plus, a Swiss auction house has pioneered the use of A.I. authentication to back the successful sale of three artworks by Louise Bourgeois, Marianne von Werefkin, and Mimmo Paladino. And two new art fairs planned for next year have been canceled.
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