Ingxenye ebalulekile yalo cwaningo minyaka yonke yinkulumo-mpikiswano yomhlaba wonke yabathengisi bobuciko nezinto zakudala. Ngithanda ukubonga okukhethekile futhi futhi u-Erika Bochereau wase-CINOA (Confédération Internationale des Négociants en Oeuvres d’Art) ngokusisekela kwakhe okuqhubekayo kulo cwaningo, kanye nabaholi bezinhlangano zabathengisi emhlabeni wonke ababekhuthaze inhlolovo phakathi kwamalungu abo ngo-2020. Ngiyabonga futhi ku-Art Basel ngosizo lwabo lokusabalalisa inhlolovo. Ukuphothula lo mbiko bekungeke kwenzeke ngaphandle kosizo lwabo bonke abathengisi ngabanye abathathe isikhathi sokugcwalisa inhlolovo nokwabelana ngokuqonda kwabo ngezinkulumo nezixoxiswano phakathi nonyaka.

Ngiyabonga futhi kakhulu kuwo wonke amakhaya okuthengiswa kwemisebenzi yobuciko asezingeni eliphezulu nalelesibili abathathe ingxenye ekuhlolweni kwama-auction futhi banikele ngemibono yabo mayelana nokuguquka kwalo mkhakha ngo-2020. Ngibonga ikakhulukazi uSusan Miller (Christie’s), uSimon Hogg (Sotheby’s), uJason Schulman (Phillips), noEric Bradley (Heritage Auctions), kanye noNeal Glazier wase-Invaluable.com ngokunikeza idatha yabo ye-auction eku-inthanethi.

Ngibonga kakhulu ku-Tamsin Selby wase-UBS ngosizo lwakhe ngezinhlolovo zabaqoqi be-HNW, ezandile kakhulu kulo nyaka, ziletha ukuqonda okubalulekile kwendawo kanye nedemographics kulo mbiko.

Umhlinzeki omkhulu wedatha yama-auction wobuciko kulo mbiko kwakuyi-Artory, futhi ngibonga kakhulu uNanne Dekking kanye noLindsay Moroney, uAnna Bews, no Chad Scira ngenxa yomsebenzi wabo onzima nokuzinikela ekuhlanganiseni le sethi yedatha eyinkimbinkimbi. Idatha yezimpahla ezenzakalelayo eChina inikezwe yi-AMMA (Art Market Monitor of Artron), futhi ngiyabonga kakhulu ngokusisekela kwabo okuqhubekayo kulo cwaningo ngemakethe yezimpahla eChina. Ngiyabonga kakhulu futhi ku-Richard Zhang ngosizo lwakhe ocwaningweni lwemakethe yobuciko yase-China.

Ngithanda ukubonga uJoe Elliot nethimba lase-Artlogic ngemibono yabo ewusizo mayelana nokuguquka kwe-OVRs, futhi ngibonga kakhulu futhi uSimon Warren noAlexander Forbes ngokusebenzisa idatha evela ku-Artsy.

Ngiyabonga kuDiana Wierbicki wase-Withersworldwide ngokufaka kwakhe uchwepheshe ngemithetho yentela yase-US nemithethonqubo, futhi ngibonga ngokukhethekile noRena Neville ngemibono yakhe yezomthetho mayelana neFifth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive. Ngiyabonga futhi kuMatthew Israel ngomhlaziyo wakhe ngentuthuko ye-OVRs. Ngiyabonga kakhulu kuAnthony Browne ngosizo nangezeluleko zakhe kwezinye izingxenye zombiko, futhi kuTaylor Whitten Brown (Duke University) ngosizo nemibono yakhe kuzo zombili izivivinyo zabathengisi.

Ekugcineni, ngiyabonga ku-Noah Horowitz no-David Meier ngesikhathi sabo nemizamo yabo ekusizeni ukuhlela ucwaningo.

Dr. Clare McAndrew
Arts Economics