The big art slowdown, Dutch funding crisis, Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow

The big art slowdown, Dutch funding crisis, Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow

Published: March 14, 2025

Duration: 54:23

After a challenging year in which international galleries, auction houses and museums have been forced to scale back their operations and make redundancies on an alarming scale, a slower, more considered approach to business seems to be emerging. So are we into an era of longer, more in-depth exhibitions and bespoke events concerned more with authentic connection than flashy spectacle? Ben Luke talks to Anny Shaw, a contributing editor at The Art Newspaper. In the Netherlands, just as in the US, cuts by far-right politicians to international development seem likely to have a huge impact on arts projects. As...