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Mission
The Art Fund Association (“Art FA”) is a trade association comprised of professionals of, investors in, and service providers to, art investment funds and art funds of funds. Founded in 2009 by prominent art market professionals, Art FA shapes the dialogue, business practices and growth of the art fund industry by providing a forum where leaders, investors and practitioners in the global art fund industry can come together for the advancement and promotion of art investment vehicles.
Art FA seeks to become a leading voice for the art fund industry and in doing so, provide its members with the ability to educate the investment community, general public, media and art world regarding art investment vehicles and their role both in the art market and as a growing component of the alternative investment industry.
Art FA is also committed to helping the public through the operation of its charitable foundation, Art Funds Give Back, which through the generosity of Art FA’s members is able to support non-profit agencies dedicated to the promotion of art education in primary and secondary schools throughout the United States.
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Industry Chatter
- April 14, 2011
The Christian Science Monitor
- Art Market: Masterful Returns
- February 17, 2011
ArtInfo
- Art Fund Sell-Off Boosts Peppy Phillips Contemporary Sale
- January 26, 2011
The National
- Emirates NBD's New Fund Pursues the Art of Making Money
- January 10, 2011
DealBook - NYTimes.com
- Can’t Afford a Picasso? How About a Piece of One?
- January 7, 2011
The Wall Street Journal
- The Fine Art of Finance
- January 3, 2011
TheStreet.com
- High-End Art Poses Possibility for Investors
- September 6, 2010
Skate's Market Notes
- Russia Takes Lead in Regulating Art Securitization and Collective Investments for Art & Collectibles
- March 19, 2010
London Evening Standard
- How Mike Platt and Joe La Placa took over the Contemporary Art World
- April 7, 2010
Art Market Monitor
- Builders Surpass Boom Years
- March 13, 2010
Financial Times
- The Art Market: Tough Times for Art Funds
- February 17, 2010
Bloomberg
- Banker Waits Out Global Crisis, Auction Slump to Test Art Fund
- January 11, 2010
Forbes India
- An Asset Called Self-Preservation
- January 29, 2010
Forbes India
- Osian’s Art Fund: The Broken Paddle
- January 22, 2010
Financial Times
- The Art Market: A false Leonardo
- May 17, 2010
China Daily
- Putting the ink on a deal takes on a new meaning
- September 4, 2009
The New York Times
- Art Funds Feel Revival as Economy Thaws Out
- April 8, 2009
The Art Newspaper
- Downturn Hits Art Investment Funds
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Events & Training
Upcoming Events
First Anniversary Gala
Art Basel Miami Beach
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
5:30pm to 8pm
@ The Murano Grande
South Beach, Miami, FL
» Details to follow

Past Events
Panel Discussion, "Art Funds? Is Now The Time?"
March 4th, 2011
@ The Armory Show
New York City
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Art Funds Give Back
"Masks Around the World"
October 25th, 2010
St. Stephen of Hungary School
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