FROM BANKS TO WAREHOUSES, ART AS INVESTMENT

FROM BANKS TO WAREHOUSES, ART AS INVESTMENT

by | Sep 8, 2016 | Love

My loyal followers know this story already, I have blogged before about this, it did not leave my head since and I still see it as a concept which has to find there way into reality . It starts where the Chinese have discovered the art market as a way to invest their money, the global art business has grown exponentially, reaching estimated sales of €43 billion in 2012. ”
In the top price segment, art functions as an investment.
The rich want to protect their assets,” says American collector and author Ethan Wagner (“Collecting Art for Love, Money and More”) in an interview.

There is no better place to do this than in Switzerland, where, unlike in Germany, exported art is exempt from value-add tax. This is one of the reasons Art Basel has become a global hub for art and home to its most important fair. Sam Keller, director of Fondation Beyeler, a Basel museum, is also stunned by the development. “Artists now attract the same attention as rock stars used to get,” says Keller, who headed Art Basel for a long time.
He sees nothing wrong with the global elite’s choosing to spend their money on art. Albeit it is widely acknowledged that many of these artworks promptly disappear into art warehouses.
One of the world’s most valuable art treasures is being stored in an extremely ugly place, a six-story concrete building known as the Geneva free port. Instead of windows, much of the façade of this giant safe for the world’s wealthy is covered with gray panels.

A movement what is fairly new and should be questioned if the Artist is happy with his artwork which houses now in a place like described, basically not to be seen miserable in a grey not sexy place, to be forgotten?,..
Gives me time to dream away and invent a safe warehouse more like a get together for art collectors and ‘extremely’ rich or fortunate to be able to show off their latest buys while having a drink in a nicely designed super safe house! A place safe to show your treasures as jewellery , photos , paintings and anything else which is with a certain amount of value enough to be stored in a safe house.
Why not enjoy our so well collected treasures instead of hiding it ?
Maybe the ¨safe house¨- cq warehouse- will be the newest stock market, we go back to the floor , see, talk ,buy , and leave it there to be sold to the next for a higher bid.
From private clubs to private stock markets…..
There is always an opportunity everywhere and always!

LoveMe XXXX

And the so feared bug entered my property …

And the so feared bug entered my property …

by | Sep 3, 2016 | Love

So many years I drove up my parking place happy to be greeted by my beautiful Palmtree , leaves would swing against my car as in saying Hi good you are back..people tend to complain about the leaves leaving marks on your car..I saw it as a warm welcome.

But now after all the years the bug entered my beautiful palmtree..

So what happens when the bug enters the red palmtree ,the little red beetles fly in and they spend their entire lifecycle there, as long as there is food to eat. When the food runs out, they fly off to colonise other trees. The beetles tunnel their way into the centre of the tree from the crown, and sometimes reach the base of the trunk. This destabilises and ultimately kills the trees.

Adult moths of the palm borer lay their eggs in the crowns of palm trees between May and November. The eggs hatch within 2-3 weeks and then caterpillars begin to bore their way into the trunk, creating tunnels up to 1.5 metres long, which destroy the palm’s vascular system. If the caterpillar hatches late in the summer, it will remain in the tree through the winter.

There is almost nothing you can do, it dies on you looking at it within weeks it completely collapse .
It is sad that this bug came to the island in 1990 ,lots of palmtrees are cut on the island to be left like weird looking pillars. Too expensive or trouble to get the whole tree and roots out .

I am very lucky with the kings of the island to put back an Olive tree which was already growing in front of the house.

Historically, the olive tree was a symbol of peace. In the Bible, olive branches were used regularly to signal the end of a conflict or the approval of a higher power.

The oldest olive tree in Croatia more than 1500 years old, has survived many wars, diseases, natural disasters and human negligence and is still bearing fruits.
This is one of the reasons why the olive tree is regarded as a symbol of patience: looking at an olive tree gives a feeling of serenity, peace and tranquility.
Furthermore, the olive tree is the symbol of immortality: it gives power to kings and priests, and it’s boughs crown heroes and Olympic champions.

Time for change !

LoveMeXXXX