February 4, 2026

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Feb 04, 2026

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Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Epstein files show art market financialisation in full flow by Josh Spero for Financial Times. Spero investigates how the Epstein files reveal the art market’s deepening financialization, with artworks increasingly used as collateral in opaque, high-value loans.

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