Opinion The Gray Market: Why the American Art Market Is at the Mercy of a Culturally Divided Nation (and Other Insights) Our columnist considers how the European Union's pending ban on US travelers puts the stateside art business at a unique disadvantage. By Tim Schneider, Jun 29, 2020
Politics How a Mysterious Figure Known Only as ‘American Artist’ Is Exposing Hidden Histories of Social Control in Surveillance and Policing American Artist has been sounding the alarm about the police's lethal relationship with Silicon Valley for years. It's past time we listened. By Tim Schneider, Jun 24, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Online Art Fairs Aren’t Solving the ‘Fairtigue’ Problem (and Other Insights) Fresh off Art Basel's latest online viewing rooms, our columnist explains why virtual fairs are still exhausting the art world. By Tim Schneider, Jun 22, 2020
Art Fairs High-Octane Sales During the VIP Preview of Art Basel’s Second Online Fair Solidify the ‘New Normal’ of the Socially Distanced Art Market The online stand-in for the marquee Swiss fair saw familiar galleries striking plenty of deals under $1 million, but few true fireworks. By Tim Schneider & Eileen Kinsella, Jun 18, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Inigo Philbrick’s Arrest Doesn’t Mean the Art Market Is Done With Him Yet (and Other Insights) Our columnist ranks the newly arrested dealer alongside the biggest art-market scandals of the 2010s—and reminds us the case is far from over. By Tim Schneider, Jun 15, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Art World Needs Actionable Plans, Not #BlackoutTuesday, to Fix Racial Injustice (and Other Insights) Our columnist on why hashtags and form emails won’t solve centuries of racism in the American art world. By Tim Schneider, Jun 8, 2020
People The Art World Works From Home: Artist Gabriel Kuri Is Brushing Up on His Drumming Skills and Reading About How to Raise Resilient Teens The art world may be working remotely, but it certainly does not stop. We're checking in with art-world professionals to see how they work from home. By Tim Schneider, Jun 5, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why New National Security Laws May Be the End of the Hong Kong Art Market as We Know It (and Other Insights) Our columnist dissects how the Chinese state may have destroyed Hong Kong's status as a global hub of commerce with one legislative move. By Tim Schneider, Jun 1, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Selling the Mona Lisa Would Be a Ridiculous Way to Try to Dig France Out of Massive Debt (and Other Insights) Our columnist responds to a French entrepreneur's proposal that selling the Mona Lisa could net France a whopping €50 billion. By Tim Schneider, May 25, 2020
Analysis Online Viewing Rooms Are Creating a Goldmine of User Data on Art Collectors. Here’s How Galleries Are Using It—and How They Could in the Future Dealers and fairs are beginning to take advantage of information that has long been accessible to other online retailers. By Tim Schneider, May 21, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: How a Work-From-Home Revolution Will Change Galleries’ Relationships With Their Landlords Forever (and Other Insights) Our columnist breaks down why a crisis-induced corporate exodus from major cities would only give galleries limited leverage on their leases. By Tim Schneider, May 18, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why America’s Art-World Shutdown Is Reaching a Breaking Point (and Other Insights) Our columnist finds signs inside and outside the arts that social-distancing measures are losing traction—and raising impossible questions. By Tim Schneider, May 11, 2020
Art Fairs What’s It Like to Actually Shop at a Virtual Art Fair? We Zoomed Along With a Collector to See What He Thinks of Frieze’s Inaugural Online Edition Following Chris Birchby gives a sense of the strengths and weaknesses of perusing the aisles remotely. By Tim Schneider, May 7, 2020
Analysis ‘It’s Liberating’: 3 Ways a Tech-Savvy Los Angeles Gallery Is Using the Lockdown Era to Leapfrog Into Future of the Global Art Market In our first spotlight on new business models for galleries, Various Small Fires leverages technology, intimacy, and collaboration in Seoul. By Tim Schneider, Apr 28, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s Reckoning Offers an Important Example for Gallery Owners (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines the parallels and possibilities in Gabrielle Hamilton's radical reassessment of her restaurant, Prune. By Tim Schneider, Apr 27, 2020
