Maddalena Alvi, a historian with an impressive academic background from Cambridge, Oxford, and Glasgow, dives into the dramatic transformation of the European art market during the First World War. She discusses how the war disrupted established collecting practices and led to a more modern, capitalist art market. Alvi shares insights from her multilingual research, revealing the contrasting dynamics of the British, French, and German markets, the impact of nationalism, and how art became a lucrative, tangible investment amidst chaos.
