According to Greek myth, the origin of spiders can be traced back to a talented weaver named Arachne, whose tapestries were ...

The second type of person is an art collector, maybe $50-100 million asset value with a $20-30 million collection, who wants to buy a new piece without selling any other.

Athena Art Finance Was Founded With $280 Million in Funding. It Was Just Sold for Only $170 Million The art-finance market draws on a small pool of investors, which may be a sign of trouble ahead.

Athena was founded in 2015 and was controlled by private equity firm Carlyle Group along with individual investors (one of whom is Olivier Sarkozy, the half-brother of the former president of France).

The digital investment platform YieldStreet has bought the art-based lending company Athena Art Finance from The Carlyle Group and its co-investors for around $170m.. Since Athena was launched in ...

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Athena Art Finance Corp, a New York-based specialty lender focused on the art market, has launched with $280 million in funding. The Carlyle Group and the Pictet Group's private equity unit led ...

Athena Art Finance announced today that Noah Kupferman—who has served as Program Director of Art Law and Business at Christie's Education since 2016—has been appointed its new Director of ...