{"id":9343,"date":"2008-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"hedge-fund-collectors-browse-colorful-currencies-at-lugano-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/12\/2008\/hedge-fund-collectors-browse-colorful-currencies-at-lugano-show.html","title":{"rendered":"Hedge-Fund Collectors Browse Colorful Currencies at Lugano Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bloomberg &#8211; Switzerland&rsquo;s asset managers and private bankers haven&rsquo;t drawn much mirth from investing this year, making the timing of the &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartofmoney.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Art of Money<\/a>&rdquo; show in Lugano ironic. <\/p>\n<p>The exhibition by New York-based artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jennalash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jenna Lash<\/a> features a dozen brightly colored images based on currencies, some so familiar they&rsquo;re taken for granted, and others extinct. Works on display feature pensive soldiers from the Lithuanian litas, a haunting Mahatma Gandhi from an Indian rupee, and a red, white and blue <a href=\"http:\/\/search.bloomberg.com\/search?q=George+Washington&#038;site=wnews&#038;client=wnews&#038;proxystylesheet=wnews&#038;output=xml_no_dtd&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;oe=UTF-8&#038;filter=p&#038;getfields=wnnis&#038;sort=date:D:S:d1\">George Washington<\/a> imitating the U.S. dollar. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To finish a year that will go down as the &lsquo;annus horribilis&rsquo; for money with a collection like this has beautiful irony,&rdquo; said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.klausmuhlhausser.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Klaus Muhlhausser<\/a>, a German artist whose studio in a former typography factory a few blocks off Lake Lugano hosts the show through Dec. 13. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m one of the few people in Lugano not in the financial business, and this seemed a fun way to participate.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Read Complete Article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601088&#038;sid=aSEutVXz4JbA\" target=\"_blank\">Read Complete Article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloomberg &#8211; Switzerland&rsquo;s asset managers and private bankers haven&rsquo;t drawn much mirth from investing this year, making the timing of the &ldquo;Art of Money&rdquo; show in Lugano ironic. The exhibition by New York-based artist Jenna Lash features a dozen brightly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[72,67,402,1670,414,3660,47],"class_list":["post-9343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-syndicated","tag-bankruptcies","tag-chief-executive","tag-investment-firm","tag-john-taylor","tag-jose-alberto","tag-north-america-europe","tag-third-party"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}