Inxalenye ebalulekileyo yophando ngalonyaka ngamnye luphando lwehlabathi lonke lwabarhwebi bobugcisa nezinto zakudala. Ndinqwenela ukubulela ngokukhethekileyo kwakhona kuErika Bochereau waseCINOA (Confédération Internationale des Négociants en Oeuvres d’Art) ngenkxaso yakhe eqhubekayo kolu phando, kunye noosihlalo bemibutho yabarhwebi kwihlabathi liphela abakhuthaze olu phando phakathi kwamalungu abo ngo-2020. Enkosi kwakhona kuArt Basel ngenkxaso yabo ekusasazeni olu phando. Ukugqitywa kwalo ngxelo bekuya kungenzeki ngaphandle koncedo lwabo bonke abarhwebi ngabanye abathathe ixesha lokuzalisa olu phando nokwabelana ngolwazi lwabo ngengxoxo nodliwano-ndlebe kulo nyaka.

Ndibulela kakhulu kwakhona kuzo zonke izindlu zentengiso zodidi oluphezulu nezodidi lwesibini ezithathe inxaxheba kuphando lwentengiso zaza zanika izimvo zazo malunga nophuhliso lweli candelo ngo-2020. Enkosi ngokukodwa kuSusan Miller (Christie’s), uSimon Hogg (Sotheby’s), uJason Schulman (Phillips), noEric Bradley (Heritage Auctions), kwakunye noNeal Glazier waseInvaluable.com ngokusetyenziswa kwedatha yabo yentengiso ekwi-intanethi.

Ndibulela kakhulu kuTamsin Selby wase-UBS ngenkxaso yakhe kuphando lwe-HNW collector, olwandiseka kakhulu kulo nyaka, lunika ulwazi oluxabisekileyo kakhulu lweengingqi nelezidlangalala kwingxelo.

Umboneleli ophambili wedatha yeentengiso zobugcisa obumgangatho ophezulu kule ngxelo ibingu-Artory, yaye ndibulela kakhulu kuNanne Dekking kunye noLindsay Moroney, uAnna Bews, no Chad Scira ngenxa yomsebenzi wabo onzima nokuzinikela ekubekeni kunye esi seti yedatha eyintsonkothileyo. Idatha yendlelangabini malunga neTshayina ibonelelwa yi-AMMA (Art Market Monitor of Artron), yaye ndibulela kakhulu ngenkxaso yabo eqhubekayo kuphando malunga nemarike yendlelangabini yaseTshayina. Ndibulela kakhulu kwakhona kuRichard Zhang ngoncedo lwakhe kuphando ngemarike yobugcisa yaseTshayina.

Ndinqwenela ukubulela uJoe Elliot neqela laseArtlogic ngolwazi lwabo olubalulekileyo malunga nophuhliso lwe-OVR, yaye enkosi kakhulu kwakhona kuSimon Warren noAlexander Forbes ngokusetyenziswa kwedatha evela eArtsy.

Enkosi kuDiana Wierbicki wase-Withersworldwide ngenxa yegalelo lakhe lobuchule malunga neerhafu nemimiselo yase-US, yaye enkosi ngokukodwa kuRena Neville ngezimvo zakhe zomthetho malunga noMmiselo wesihlanu we-EU ochasene nokuhlamba imali. Ndibulela kakhulu kwakhona kuMatthew Israel ngenxa yezimvo zakhe ngokuphembelela uphuhliso lwee-OVR. Ndibulela kakhulu kuAnthony Browne ngenxa yoncedo lwakhe neengcebiso kwiindawo ezithile zengxelo, kwakunye noTaylor Whitten Brown (Duke University) ngenxa yoncedo lwakhe kunye neengcaciso yakhe kuzo zombini uphando lwabarhwebi.

Ekugqibeleni, enkosi kuNoah Horowitz noDavid Meier ngenxa yexesha labo neenzame ekuncedeni ukuququzelela uphando.

UGqr. Clare McAndrew
Arts Economics