Guessing Game

JEHANGIR SABAVALA THE CITY–II 1999 Oil on canvas, 114.5 x 152.5 cm. Courtesy Sotheby’s New York. After a rocky start to the year with Donald J. Trump stepping into the Oval Office to assume the United States presidency in January, political disarray continues to materialize in the US and abroad. His aggressive 90-day travel ban, which denies the nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries entry into the United States, has affected an estimated one million people— including artists—and impacted cultural projects in institutions across the US. In such times of uncertainty, it remains to be seen if the Trump administration’s broad policy sweeps will trickle down and disrupt global art exchange. Telling signs of a lackluster art market were already spotted in 2016 due to growing political instability. Leading international auction…

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ArtAsiaPacific (Digital) - 1 Issue, Mar/Apr 2017

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