Art Investment Funds Put On The Brakes

“The London-based Art Trading Fund, which launched its second fund in May 2008, has had to ‘delay’ its plans as it was ‘unable to raise the necessary amounts’… The fund aimed to raise $50m to invest in contemporary art and boasted Mr Saatchi as one of its consultants. While potential invest­ors had verbally committed around $35m to the fund, only $15m came in.”