11/12/2011

New Chubb Collectors

A new Chubb Collectors newsletter has just been published and circulated bu email.  This edition looks at the high end art market and opportunities for investment. The other two articles are on Mexican contemporary art.

Chubb reports on the new newsletter article:

The High-End Art Market Rebounds, Global And Specialty Markets Proliferate, Creating Opportunities For Strategic Collectors With all of the press and promotional activity in the art world, it is easy to get caught up in the hype and lose sight of some very sound approaches to collecting. While high-end collectors have driven prices to record highs, the middle market ($20,000 to $75,000 range) remains viable. This article explores some great opportunities for investment.

http://www.chubbcollectors.com/Vacnews/index.jsp?form=2&ArticleId=288
The Peyote Pilgrimage and Huichol Art If you find yourself in Monterrey, the industrial capital of Mexico, and have exhausted its many cultural activities, you might consider a weekend pilgrimage to Real de Catorce, a ghost town where the native Huichol, descendents of the Aztecs, practice shamanism through ritualistic ceremonies and make mystical and beautiful works of art inspired by their peyote god. This is the second in a series of articles about Mexican contemporary artists and classic traditional crafts.

http://www.chubbcollectors.com/Vacnews/index.jsp?form=2&ArticleId=289

San Miguel Aguasuelos: Clay Masterpieces from the Fomento Cultural Banamex Collection At the entrance of a very small village in the mountains of the sierra Chiconquiaco in Veracruz, a huge sculpture of a woman polishing a vase and surrounded by her wares greets the traveler. This article explores the unique clay masterpieces of San Miguel Aguasuelos, sculpted from coils, slabs or balls of clay just as they were in pre-Hispanic times. It is the first in a series of articles about Mexican contemporary artists and classic traditional handcrafts.

http://www.chubbcollectors.com/Vacnews/index.jsp?form=2&ArticleId=284

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