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A new platform lets you buy shares of blue-chip paintings – but is art a wise investment?

  • Written by: Kathryn Graddy, Dean, Brandeis International Business School and Fred and Rita Richman Distinguished Professor in Economics, Brandeis University
A new platform lets you buy shares of blue-chip paintings – but is art a wise investment?For as little as $20, you can now own a tiny piece of a valuable work of art.Yasuko Inoue/iStock via Getty Images

In the fall of 2018, a Banksy work, “Love is in the Bin,” sold for US$1.4 million.

Now the original buyer has put the work up for sale, and it’s expected to fetch over $5 million – that would amount to a return of...

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