Art World What I’m Buying and Why: Collector Dean Valentine on Where He Shops for Art, and Having a ‘Basement Full’ of Duds Top collectors share their strategies (and obsessions). By Tim Schneider, 9 hours ago
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Trump Tax Cuts Are Killing the Art Market Despite Coddling the Richest American Families (and Other Insights) Our columnist connects an eye-popping new tax statistic about the 400 richest American families to a surprising downturn in the art trade. By Tim Schneider, 17 hours ago
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Kickstarter May Be the Next Battleground for Ethical Arts Patronage (and Other Insights) Our columnist on how a unionization struggle is attracting the same calls for boycotts of Kickstarter as for museums with problematic patrons. By Tim Schneider, Oct 7, 2019
Art Fairs Money Troubles Force MCH Group, Art Basel’s Parent Company, to Choose Its Fairs Over Its Event-Marketing Business A difficult restructuring process continues as the Swiss company seeks to reinvest in Art Basel and a streamlined portfolio of trade fairs. By Tim Schneider & Eileen Kinsella, Oct 4, 2019
Art World See You at the Fair? Nope! Why the Art World Is Embracing ‘JOMO’—the Joy of Missing Out—in a Big Way From art fairs to auctions to gallery shows, the dramatic upscaling of the art world has begun fostering joy in those people who opt out. By Tim Schneider & Julia Halperin, Oct 1, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Endeavor’s Aborted IPO Is—and Isn’t—Like a ‘Burned’ Auction Lot (and Other Insights) Our columnist on what the art market can learn from how the financial markets process the delayed IPO of Frieze's majority owner, Endeavor. By Tim Schneider, Sep 30, 2019
Analysis Frieze’s Majority Owner, the Hollywood Colossus Endeavor, Is About to Go Public. What Does the IPO Mean for the Art-Fair Company? Want a possible sneak peek into Frieze's future? Endeavor's SEC filings and underlying business offer clues about what to expect next. By Tim Schneider, Sep 26, 2019
Market Is the Art Market Headed for Another Recession? 9 Tips From the Experts on How Galleries Can Survive the Fallout From general business fundamentals to specific art-market hacks, these strategies from veterans of the trade will help keep your doors open. By Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Sep 25, 2019
Market Who’s the Next Market Superstar? Here Are 5 Artists to Watch at This Week’s Contemporary Art Auctions in New York Our market experts select five artists positioned to become the talk of this month's contemporary-focused auctions in New York. By Nate Freeman & Tim Schneider, Sep 23, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Opaque Pricing in the Gallery Sector Makes Museum Collections Less Diverse (and Other Insights) Our columnist connects the dots between old-school thinking about price transparency and old-school thinking about what museums should buy. By Tim Schneider, Sep 23, 2019
Market Contemporary Art Stars Have Ruled the Photography Market at Auction—But Now Their Works Are Available at Steep Discounts Auction results for Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, and others show there is no such thing as a single photography market at auction. By Tim Schneider, Sep 18, 2019
People ‘You Have to Create the Market’: Dealer Mariane Ibrahim on Moving to Chicago and Promoting Artists From Africa, Its Diaspora, and Beyond Mariane Ibrahim's new 5,000 square-foot space results from a much longer journey than her move from Seattle to Illinois. By Tim Schneider, Sep 17, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Thousands of Unsold New York Condos Should Worry High-Dollar Art Dealers (and Other Insights) Our columnist reveals why we're seeing eerily similar sales statistics for luxury condos and the priciest artworks at auction in 2019. By Tim Schneider, Sep 16, 2019
Art World Pace’s New Chelsea Flagship Is a Strange, Stunning Gamble on a New Direction for the Mega-Gallery. Can It Pay Off? From its use of space to its financial commitments, Pace's new headquarters breaks hard from expectations set by its competitors in 2019. By Tim Schneider, Sep 11, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Sterling Ruby’s Fashion Shows Won’t Save the Art Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist on why Sterling Ruby's fashion business isn't as far away from the art business as he'd like to believe. By Tim Schneider, Sep 9, 2019
