Perspectives
Perspectives from Zurani, curated with great care and attention by the team at Zurani Advisory.
Perspectives from Zurani
We are delighted to welcome you to this month’s edition of Perspectives from Zurani, curated with great care and attention by the team at Zurani Advisory.
We hope you find these articles enlightening and enjoyable. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. To discuss how Zurani Advisory can assist you, please email us at contact@zurani.com or telephone +971 58 593 5523.
Thank you for joining us on this journey through the world of contemporary art. Here’s to another month of exploration, discovery, and investment in the extraordinary world of art.
The mid-career moment
Why mid-career artists may represent the most compelling balance of risk and durability in today’s art market The art market tends to focus on extremes.
What Art Basel 2025 revealed about confidence in the contemporary art market
Selectivity returns as speculation recedes The opening hours of Art Basel are usually decisive. In expansionary cycles, red dots appear quickly. Advisors move early. Galleries
The fragmentation of the ultra-contemporary art market
Why the flipping era is fading and what comes next The ultra-contemporary art market, broadly defined as artists under 45 or within the first 10
The return of connoisseurship
Why serious collectors are moving away from speculative heat Over the past several years, the art market has experienced periods of extraordinary acceleration. Ultra-contemporary artists
Louise Giovanelli and a measured ascent
What serious collectors should understand about emerging European trajectories In the contemporary European art landscape, visibility can arrive quickly. What is rarer is measured, sustained
The quiet power of institutional validation
Why museum placement matters more than social buzz In today’s art market, visibility is immediate. A work can circulate globally within minutes. An artist can
Can art outlive capital?
Beyond market cycles, the true measure of art lies in its ability to preserve meaning, identity and cultural influence across generations Capital is designed to
Building a collection with a 25-year horizon
The long view: How to build an art collection that endures In an art market often animated by auction headlines and rapid momentum, the most
Inheritocracy in art: How the great wealth transfer is reshaping collecting
Generational capital and the redefinition of cultural legacy The largest intergenerational transfer of private wealth in modern history is already underway. Over the coming decades,
Basquiat in Denmark and the quiet mechanics of blue-chip control
A collector-led exhibition that signals how Basquiat’s market is now consolidated, controlled, and quietly institutionalised The opening of Basquiat – Headstrong at the Louisiana Museum
