Opinion The Gray Market: Why Scarily Low Museum Attendance This Fall Points to an Old Problem in Art Institutions (and Other Insights) Our columnist sees paltry attendance at reopened European museums as a long-simmering result of their dependence on older audiences. By Tim Schneider, 3 days ago
People Moe Harkless Is One of the NBA’s Most Versatile Players. Now He’s in the Zone as an Emerging Art Collector, Too During a tumultuous NBA season, Harkless split time between New York and LA, expanding his collection and building his art-world network. By Tim Schneider, Oct 20, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why ‘Sticky’ High Rents Are Gumming Up the New York Art World in Its Time of Need (and Other Insights) Our columnist breaks down how Uncle Sam and Wall Street are holding back the arts by holding up commercial rents in a historic downturn. By Tim Schneider, Oct 19, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: What the Rampaging Success of a T-Rex Skeleton Says About Major Imbalances in the Auction Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist puts some analytical meat on the $31.8 million bones of "Stan," which sold at Christie's 20th-century art evening sale. By Tim Schneider, Oct 12, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Trump’s Effect on the Arts Economy Will Live in Infamy, Regardless of What Happens Next (and Other Insights) Our columnist mines the data to show how the Trump presidency has affected artists, arts workers, and other vulnerable citizens. By Tim Schneider, Oct 5, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Delay of ‘Philip Guston Now’ Will Backfire on the Entire Culture Sector (and Other Insights) Our columnist anticipates how the newly postponed Guston retrospective will only intensify the culture wars, regardless of its final form. By Tim Schneider, Sep 28, 2020
People The New Innovators: Cuseum Founder Brendan Ciecko on How Museums Can Up Their Digital Game Without Paying an Arm and a Leg Ciecko explains how his startup helped museums embrace modern technology, and what opportunities lie ahead. By Tim Schneider, Sep 23, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Wildfires and Extreme Weather Will Only Worsen Inequities in the Art World (and Other Insights) Our columnist on how climate change aggravates the financial disparities that make an arts career unattainable for a diverse talent pool. By Tim Schneider, Sep 21, 2020
Art World ‘The Local Audience Is the Central Audience’: As Tourism Tanks Across the US, Museums Pivot to the Visitors in Their Own Backyards As US museums slowly reopen in some major cities, their strategies are evolving to accommodate audiences newly dominated by local visitors. By Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Sep 18, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why an Ongoing Alliance of Mega-Dealers Suggests the Gallery System Is Still in Its Infancy (and Other Insights) Our columnist explains why a joint venture between Acquavella, Gagosian, and Pace means gallery consolidation is only just getting started. By Tim Schneider, Sep 14, 2020
Galleries ‘What Is an Exhibition Without an Opening?’: New York City Galleries Kick Off a Surreal Fall Art Season Unlike Any Other From safety upgrades to ethical reflections, New York dealers are finding their way through the strangest fall ever. By Tim Schneider & Eileen Kinsella, Sep 8, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: How a Swiftly Canceled Whitney Exhibition Relates to the NBA’s Wildcat Strike (and Other Insights) Our columnist finds common cause between the headline-grabbing collective actions taken by contemporary artists and professional athletes. By Tim Schneider, Aug 31, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why New York’s Museum Pay Gap Tells a Story of American Decline (and Other Insights) Our columnist unearths a jarring symbol of how far some of the US's top museums have wandered into cutthroat corporate territory. By Tim Schneider, Aug 24, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: What James Murdoch’s Other Investments Tell Us About the Future of Art Basel (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines the portfolio of the MCH Group's new "anchor shareholder" for clues about what might be next for its art properties. By Tim Schneider, Aug 10, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why a Senate Investigation Suggests Art-Market Self-Regulation Is Fatally Flawed (and Other Insights) Our columnist gives his takeaways from a sordid report on how two sanctioned Russian billionaires laundered millions through the art market. By Tim Schneider, Aug 3, 2020
