Sentences with phrase «investment in art»

As well as his own investment in art — he bought Damien Hirst's giant gilded woolly mammoth skeleton, Gone But Not Forgotten, for $ 15m in 2014 — Blavatnik has made donations towards several UK arts institutions, including the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the British Museum.

As art and painting become more broadly appealing to global culture, there seems to be a kind of resentment about art's own success among those with longest term investment in art.

It was a question that had plagued me ever since my first encounter with Nicole Eisenman's paintings, prints, and sculptures.1 Eisenman's investment in art history, when combined with her penchant for absurdity and subversion, seemed to upend everything I knew about contemporary art.

The way in which he uses the medium to play with representation, both in terms of the hand made and the digital, as well as his deep investment in art historical references, is exemplary within a proliferation of work in this area.

Out of 100,000 art graduates surveyed, a whopping 90 % say they would make the same investment in art school again.

Make an investment in art, and add color to your day right away!

The government is well aware of the economic arguments to support investment in the arts.

With these kinds of investments in the arts for our students and teachers, the city is slowly righting a ship that was nearly sunk by Bloomberg's misguided policies.

Sean has successfully fought for billions more in education aid, to help school districts hire more teachers, lower class sizes, and actually make investments in arts, music, and sports.

During his first term, Heppner worked with his colleagues to lower county property taxes, take greater action to combat the opioid crisis, increase County investment in the Arts to further protect our environment.

Benefits of arts education In addition to economic benefits of investment in arts education for students in the primary and secondary sectors there are a plethora of social and intellectual benefits: • encouraging self expression and self awareness • building confidence and self esteem • thinking creatively and conceptually • problem solving • increasing motivation and improving behaviour • developing organisational skills • being able to work collaboratively and independently • developing multiple learning styles • building maturity and appreciation • developing observational skills • raising global awareness and respect for other cultures • promoting literacy through analysis and interpretation • increasing enjoyment and fun in learning • developing spatial and visual skills • encouraging qualitative awareness • seeing different perspectives • openness to subtlety, nuance, flexibility and imagination

And Dr Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the NEU, called for more investment in arts subjects and teachers «for all pupils».

It protected investment in Arts Council England and only a matter of months ago confirmed its commitment to music education hubs with # 300 million of funding.

Our schools include a rigorous curriculum that is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, and our investments in the arts, technology and early childhood education provide students with a well - rounded learning experience from the moment they start Kindergarten until the day they graduate from high school.

This significant progress was the result of both public and private investment in arts instruction, including the work of arts partners to provide arts education experiences during the school day.

«The notion that we might not be able to afford continued investment in the arts would surprise me given the sums are very small in relation to the national budget.»

An investment in the arts is an investment in the future of our community!

Coming hard on the heels of the news that the English exam board AQA will discontinue A-Level art history from 2018, Inverleith House provides another example, as if more were needed, of just how quickly sustained economic, intellectual and emotional investment in the arts can be undone overnight.

The SLG's redevelopment is a good thing and demonstrates the need for more private investment in the arts: only 20 % of the costs came from public funds.

By questioning investments in art as proof of self - expression — through tactics of anonymity, collective agency, shared authorship, appropriated identities, delegated curating and art making, and financial speculation — works in the exhibition highlight how subjectivity has been treated as a form of living currency to exploit, market and sell to.

In a city where relatively cheap living standards and a diverse urban landscape are being transformed by development, it's sometimes difficult to imagine how investment in the arts (and artists) can show its value.

Finding funds for new acquisitions in the age of austerity is a problem — a report published earlier this year by Arts Council England and the New Local Government Network showed that local authority investment in arts and culture facilities has fallen # 236m since 2010.

«That's possibly because the north east is a region which in recent years has benefited hugely from economic regeneration brought about through investment in the arts (notably the opening of Baltic and the Sage Centre around the same time as the Millennium Bridge was completed — a combination of events which totally transformed this stretch of the River Tyne).

Channel 4 News Culture Editor Matthew Cain: «When it was first announced that the Turner Prize would be traveling to Baltic, there was a lot of discussion about what the Turner Prize could do for Gateshead, possibly because the north east is a region which in recent years has benefitted hugely from economic regeneration brought about through investment in the arts..

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In big box retail, Alibaba recently announced a $ 2.9 billion investment in China's second - largest hypermarket, Sun Art Retail; in the medium - sized sector, Alibaba has invested in the Sanjiang supermarket chain; and in small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience storeIn big box retail, Alibaba recently announced a $ 2.9 billion investment in China's second - largest hypermarket, Sun Art Retail; in the medium - sized sector, Alibaba has invested in the Sanjiang supermarket chain; and in small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience storein China's second - largest hypermarket, Sun Art Retail; in the medium - sized sector, Alibaba has invested in the Sanjiang supermarket chain; and in small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience storein the medium - sized sector, Alibaba has invested in the Sanjiang supermarket chain; and in small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience storein the Sanjiang supermarket chain; and in small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience storein small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience stores.

Laurence Fink, CEO of BlackRock Inc., the world's largest investment firm, caused a stir earlier this year when he suggested in a speech that people are opting for contemporary art, Bitcoins and especially apartments from London to Vancouver as a safe store of wealth in the place of gold.

With an investment from the government, you could create a place where bright, young minds can get in touch with state - of - the - art technology.

«The IOC have now got to take a lead and make sure that investment is in place for a state of the art Olympic ticketing programme that can then be improved... from games to games,» said Colin Moynihan.

In addition to the plan to move Zappos downtown, he has made a series of investments from his sizable personal fortune: seed capital for several tech start - ups that have promised to relocate; $ 2 million for a new performing - arts center that will bring Broadway shows downtown; $ 1.2 million to Teach for America to improve downtown's schools; $ 7 million for 20 percent of the charter airline JetSuite, which he plans to use to fly prominent entrepreneurs and rock bands into town.

Their estimated net worth was revealed earlier this year in public filings that document the couple's assets, including a $ 25 million art collection, and income from the Ivanka Trump lifestyle brand and various investments.

Thanks to pockets of investment for things like a new $ 1.2 billion medical center that will spearhead bio-tech research, and a staggering $ 70 billion in federal aid that has gone to rebuilding infrastructure — including a $ 15 billion state of the art levee system — Landrieu says, the city has created 9,100 new jobs since his administration took over in 2010.

Conversion rate optimization is the marketing art of maximizing your investment in existing site traffic, through improvements and problem - solving rather than additional ad spend.

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership.

It's not clear how Tata's $ 900 million lifeline will be used, but considering the failed attempt to build a state - of - the - art factory in Nevada and pushback on a proposed customer experience center in Northern California, amid an onslaught of bad press, Faraday Future has big investments to make in revitalizing its brand reputation.

Our tailored, world - class services for all plan sponsors — health plans, accountable care organizations (ACOs), state Medicaid programs, employer groups and unions — blend state - of - the - art technologies with experienced and talented professional teams to optimize your return on investment while enhancing your competitive stance in the market.

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Our customized, world - class services for all plan sponsors — health plans, accountable care organizations (ACOs), state Medicaid programs, employer groups and unions — blends state - of - the - art technologies with experienced and talented professional teams to optimize your return on investment while enhancing your competitive stance in the market.

Our tailored, world - class services for all plan sponsors — health plans, accountable care organizations (ACOs), state Medicaid programs, employer groups and unions — blend state - of - the - art technologies with experienced and talented professional teams to optimize plan sponsors return on investment while enhancing organization's competitive stance in the market.

«It's even impacted the art market,» said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer with BMO Private Bank in Chicago, citing the auction sale this spring of a Picasso painting for a whopping $ 179 million.

On the same day as Investment Advisor's interview for the October cover story, Gundlach's home was burglarized of 13 pieces of valuable art, in addition to wine, wrist watches and cash.

John H. Kunkle Investment Analyst — Investment Team Educational Background: Mr. Kunkle received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Denison University in 1985.

Fine art can be a lucrative investment but it takes a certain amount of knowledge and skill to choose pieces that are likely to increase in value over time.

This global hub, also known as «Gateway of the Americas», has everything that EB - 5 investor might want besides a growing number of EB - 5 approved projects; largest concentration of foreign banks and multinational corporations, rated Number 2 in Business Friendliness and Number 3 in Foreign Direct Investment Strategy by FDI Intelligence (a division of Financial Times), and is undoubtedly one of fastest growing urban centers of the world in commerce, finance, culture, media, arts, entertainment and international trade.»

The art part of it for me is sticking with companies / brands that I know or use regularly, and relying on dividend index funds for the majority of my investments in case my individual stock picks go badly.

Trey also launched the Arts Entrepreneurship Department in the Meadows School of Arts at Southern Methodist University and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor on staff teaching Social Entrepreneurship and an Accelerate Your Startup Class where each team is giving actual investment to help make their business viable.

If you are just getting started in the art to wet shaving this might be a good option because it is a very small initial investment.

Founded in early 2016, Maecenas is set to launch the world's first blockchain - powered investment platform for fine art, bringing together collectors who want to raise funds, and investors looking for exposure to the art market.

As a small investor I have benefited immensely by attending this workshop by way of establishing in me a wealthy mindset, the confidence, and the art in using Investment Strategies.

Mr. Mills earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Business Administration focused in Finance from the University of Oxford, and a post-MBA Master of Science focused in Investment Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Rainey comes bearing the new, academically orthodox, message that «modernism... is a strategy whereby the work of art invites and solicits its commodification, but does so in such a way that it becomes a commodity of a special sort, one that is temporarily exempted from the exigencies of immediate consumption prevalent within the larger cultural economy and instead is integrated into a different economic circuit of patronage, collecting, speculation, and investment.»