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Prospecting Louise

Louse MacBain is moving into pole position in the international
world of art media. The purchase of Art + Auction last
year by MacBain has already much improved the visual presentation
of the journal, a notable form manual for the art markets. A Harvard
graduate who wisely now vows ‘not to mix money and love’, she is
now prospecting alone in not entirely virgin territory – the 24
billion art market she has defined so elegantly. In mid-March she
will announce the investment of 100 million euros in an international
media group, but she is also keenly interested in expanding to acquire
suitable internet networks. Watch this space.

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