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Blue Star Contemporary presents the work of Doerte Weber, Joanna Keane Lopez, and Terran Last Gun
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SAN ANTONIO, TX
.-Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonios first and longest-running contemporary art nonprofit, announces the opening of three new summer 2021 exhibitions.
The solo exhibitions feature the work of Doerte Weber, Joanna Keane Lopez, and Terran Last Gun. Doerte Weber presents Shed, a collection of weavings reflecting on COVID-19, everyday life during the pandemic, and climate issues. Joanna Keane Lopez is a multidisciplinary artist whose work blurs boundaries between contemporary sculpture and architecture through the medium of adobe mud. Her BSC presentation will include a newly commissioned sculptural work. Terran Last Gun presents an exhibition of ledger drawings, a form which rose to prominence among Native American artists in the mid-1800s and continues today.
Multi-asset managers top up on protection amid inflationary spike
CPI rises 1.5% in April
The Bank of England recently forecast that inflation would gradually tick upwards towards its 2% target by Q3
Multi-asset fund managers have been topping up on allocations to assets guarding portfolios against inflation, which is expected to spike globally over the coming months as a result of booming commodities prices, wage growth and the reopening of economies.
The Office for National Statistics revealed last week that the 12-month CPI rate rose by 1.5% in April, up from 0.7% in the previous month, driven by rising household utility, clothing, and motor fuel prices.
As liquidity concerns repel them from open-ended funds
Commercial property investment trusts stand out as one of the most attractive sources of income in the market today, according to Philip Matthews, co-manager of the TB Wise Multi-Asset Income Fund.
While investors continue to avoid open-ended property funds owing to liquidity concerns, Matthews said the yield on offer within UK commercial property investment trusts makes them an appealing source of income, after what has been a tough year for the sector.
“Despite entering the covid crisis on depressed share prices following three years of uncertainty post the Brexit vote, the impact of covid has seen the net asset values (NAV) of many quoted property companies reduced by valuers in the face of material uncertainty over the sector’s outlook,” he said.