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freeport

A nondescript windowed building as viewed from across the street on a cloudless day

A Collector’s Guide to Freeports: Capital Efficiency, Tax Timing and Strategic Anonymity

“Savvy art buyers can take advantage of the benefits," one lawyer told Observer, "but care must be taken to avoid blurring the distinction between legal tax avoidance and illegal tax evasion.”
By Daniel Grant
An exterior view of M7 in Doha, showing a wide sunlit plaza lined with modern beige buildings and geometric shading panels above.

Qatar Is Set to Open a Freeport Powerhouse Ahead of Art Basel in Doha

The country is showing an early but timely awareness that high-end art fairs thrive when connected to the right logistics ecosystem.
By Elisa Carollo
Three oil portraits of a man adjusted on wall by two art handlers

A 1963 Francis Bacon Will Become the First Painting to Go Public

Want to own a million-dollar masterwork at a discount? A new company will sell you a Francis Bacon triptych for $100 a share.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Bright pink print of Marilyn doubled

Meet the Platform Selling Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’ to Investors for $53 a Share

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
September 1942: Attendants take a painting out of storage at Manod Quarry, north Wales, where paintings from the National Gallery had been moved for safe keeping during wartime.

A Tax Dodge Grows in Harlem

By Guelda Voien
Hieronymus Bosch, The Temptation of St. Anthony, (ca. 1500-1510). (Photo: Radboud University website, ru.nl)

Hieronymus Bosch Found in Kansas City, Egyptian Cartoonist Arrested—and More

By Alanna Martinez
She's suing me for how much?

New Oversight of Freeports in Switzerland May Reduce Tax Fraud, Smuggling

By Guelda Voien

Delaware Freeport Lets Investors Skirt NY Taxes, Frieze Masters Sales Slump, and More

By Guelda Voien
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