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The art world in 2023: market predictions, big shows, museum openings

The Week in Art

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The Art World Really Wants to Talk About Brexit

All those sort of concerns about Brexit that were expressed many years ago are now coming home to roost. I've been speaking to dealers in the aftermath of the masterpiece announcement and it has very much galvanised them to take action in London again. The British Art Market Federation has been lobbying the government to introduce zero import VAT, for instance. And indeed next week, there's a report by a House of Lords Committee, which is being published on the future of the creative industries in the UK. But straight out of the block this year, I can't say things are looking too rosy. Now, auction houses, on the other hand, have been posting record years in 2022. So tell

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