Art now, pay later – art shopping just became easier

A cultural entrepreneur has launched an innovative borrowing scheme designed to bring more money into the art market.
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Hiromi Tango Now, at one of the participating Art Money partner galleries Sullivan+Strumpf; supplied

CEO of the new start-up Art Money, Paul Becker, claims he is not from the art world. ‘I just try to fake it by wearing black,’ he said at the company’s launch today.

But far from faking it, Becker has launched a scheme that has set the visual art world buzzing with the promise of new money. Becker is the​ cultural entrepreneur behind 10 Group, which has partnered with City of Sydney to deliver an interest-free loan scheme to support the growth of art collecting in Australia.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina