22. Does Belgium have the best art market in the world?

Episode 22 is the the show's first city deep-dive, and Tom and Georgina chose Belgium, to answer question: is Belgium really home to more art collectors per capita than anywhere on earth?
Tom went to Brussels for Brussels Art Week (rendezvousbxl.com) to understand why through conversations with the Belgian heads of Christie's and Sotheby's, gallerists, collectors and fair organisers, he unpicks what makes Belgian collecting distinctive and the harder truths - the "lasagna" of overlapping language-based bureaucracy, a nightmare in public cultural funding.
Our conclusion. Brussels is perhaps one of the most undervalued art city in the world.
Enjoy!
Link (borgerhoff-lamberigts.be/en/shop/boeken/brusse…) to 'Brussels City Guide for Art Lovers'
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