The global art market experienced a decline in 2023, as reported by UBS, with total sales dipping 4% year-on-year to approximately $65 billion. This slowdown followed two years of strong growth, with economic factors like high interest rates, inflation, and political instability
Artistic expression is considered a crime now in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Independent artists are punished with extrajudicial execution, arbitrary detention, arrestment, and public humiliation. It is also prohibited for women and girls to study arts and pursue a career in arts. Museums, archives,