Opinion The Gray Market: How Sotheby’s Going Private Does—and Doesn’t—Limit Our Understanding of the Broader Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist on why Sotheby's stock was our best window onto the minds of the world's wealthy—and why that ended before Patrick Drahi. By Tim Schneider, 1 day ago
People Who Is New Sotheby’s Owner Patrick Drahi? Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Mysterious Magnate Known as the ‘Cost Killer’ Here's everything we know about Sotheby's new owner Patrick Drahi, from his business strategies to his impulsive proposal to his wife. By Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Jun 20, 2019
Auctions What the Sotheby’s Sale Means for the Future of the Art Industry—and How It Reflects a Broader Shift in Global Economics Patrick Drahi's acquisition of Sotheby's is the latest in a long line of public companies-gone-private. Here's what it means. By Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Jun 19, 2019
Art Fairs What Can We Learn About Art Fairs From Liste, Basel’s Platform for Emerging Talent? Here Are Four Lessons Liste, the world's premier fair for emerging contemporary art, can teach fair organizers and exhibitors a few things. By Tim Schneider, Jun 13, 2019
Art World An Artist Has Recreated Famous Lost Artworks for Art Basel—and They Will Disappear Again Before the Fair Is Over Alvaro Urbano's works are on view for a limited time only. By Tim Schneider, Jun 12, 2019
Art Fairs The 6 Best—and Riskiest—Artworks at Art Basel Unlimited, Where the Fair’s Supersized Artwork Shines Among the show-stopping works is a Buddhist take on casino capitalism. By Tim Schneider & Kate Brown, Jun 11, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: How an Artist-Run Bank Reveals the Extent of the Art Market’s Debt Dependency (and Other Insights) Inspired by Daniel Edelstyn and Hilary Powell's "Bank Job," our columnist takes a high-speed tour of debt's role in the art market. By Tim Schneider, Jun 10, 2019
Art Fairs Can Art Basel Bring Foot Traffic Back to Galleries? Its Newly Enhanced App Aims to Send People to Visit Its Elite Exhibitors Around the World The Global Guide seeks to increase collectors’ engagement with participating Art Basel galleries year-round through a slate of new features. By Tim Schneider, Jun 5, 2019
Art World Watch Shoppers Maim and Trample Each Other to Get KAWS’s New UNIQLO T-Shirts in These Horrifying Videos Chaos struck at UNIQLO stores in China today. By Tim Schneider & Caroline Goldstein, Jun 3, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Facebook’s New Art Patronage Deserves More Ethical Scrutiny Than You Think (and Other Insights) Our columnist raises ethical concerns about Facebook beyond its role in spreading election-based disinformation in 2016. By Tim Schneider, Jun 3, 2019
Market A Swiss Collector Wanted to Buy a Ryan McGinley Artwork From Team Gallery. Then a Cyber Thief Slithered Into the Deal The cyberfraud that shocked the art world in 2017 is still in play, and its latest victims appear to be Team Gallery and a young collector. By Tim Schneider, May 30, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Generation Z Is More Hype Than Hope for the Dealers Who Need Them Most (and Other Insights) Our columnist on why most art dealers aren't ready to pursue Generation Z, and why the market's future probably looks a lot like its past. By Tim Schneider, May 27, 2019
Auctions Who Were the Breakout Stars of New York’s Spring Art Auctions? We Crunched the Numbers to Find Out Data shows which new entrants to Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips contemporary sales sparked the fiercest bidding in New York. By Tim Schneider, May 23, 2019
Auctions Who Won Auction Week? Here Are 15 Key Takeaways From New York’s Eyebrow-Singeing $2 Billion Spring Art Sales From the most expensive work to the biggest flop, here are our parting observations from last week's auction marathon. By Tim Schneider & Eileen Kinsella, May 20, 2019
Auctions Francis Bacon’s Screaming Pope and a String of Artist Records Deliver Sotheby’s a Robust $342 Million Contemporary Sale Francis Bacon's "Study for a Head" and Mark Rothko's "Untitled" each netted $50 million, while new marks were set for Lee Krasner and others. By Tim Schneider, May 17, 2019
