Art of the deal: South Korean millennials swap stocks for art

Incheon, South Korea – Kim, 35, did not explicitly object when his wife started investing in art three years ago – but he had his reservations. "I told her that I'm fine as long as you want it," the video game designer, who asked to be identified by his last name only, told Al Jazeera. "But I was secretly thinking, why not just invest that money into stocks or something?" But as time passed, Kim began to appreciate how art could offer an escape from the COVID-19 pandemic and the monotony of work. Last year, he joined her in collecting fine art.