The Gray Market Why Facebook’s Virtual Office Initiative Raises Big Questions About the Return of Live Art Fairs (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines what the tech giant's new remote office software says about virtual art fairs just ahead of their IRL return. By Tim Schneider, Sep 1, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Let’s Get Digital This week: A spotlight on Platform, NFTs vacuum in new clients, MISA turns online sales experimental, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Aug 20, 2021
The Gray Market Coffee and Psilocybin: Why Two Seemingly Very Different Art Dealers Just Went Into Business Together (and Other Insights) Our columnist tries to tease out what dealer-artist Mike Egan and gallerist Meredith Rosen are up to in their new joint space. By Tim Schneider, Aug 18, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Waiting on the Future This week: A gut check on art-market innovation, July’s relaxed auction highs, the Macklowe collection (maybe, finally) in motion, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Aug 13, 2021
The Gray Market Why Real Art Market Innovation Has Been Shamefully Scarce Even in the Face of the Pandemic (and Other Insights) Our columnist looks at the post-shutdown landscape and finds too many players too satisfied with making just enough changes to get by. By Tim Schneider, Aug 11, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Rocky Mountain High This week in the Back Room: Aspen’s ascent, Phillips’s private sales peak, a museum board’s reckoning, and much more By Tim Schneider, Aug 6, 2021
The Gray Market How France’s Plan to Give Teens Free Cash to Spend on Culture Exposes the Art World’s Deepest Anxieties (and Other Insights) Our columnist surveys the French government's Culture Pass initiative to discover what it can tell us about snobbery in the art world. By Tim Schneider, Aug 4, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Once Upon a Time in the West A former LA textile mill churns out art stars, the law catches up to a scandalous SoCal dealer, Gagosian goes big online (again), and more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 30, 2021
The Gray Market How One Dog-Eat-Dog Market Proves That the Art Industry Really Doesn’t Have to Be That Way (and Other Insights) Our columnist dives into another fiercely contested specialty market and drags out an important lesson by the scruff of its neck. By Tim Schneider, Jul 28, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Return to Form This week: the eerie familiarity of the “new normal,” U.S. dealers regain their footing, the Rubells’ always-churning star machine, and more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 23, 2021
The Gray Market Why U.S. Business Trends Suggest the Pandemic Changed Far Less Than Predicted About the Art Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist shows how 2021 is defying popular predictions about remote work and urban migration in epicenters of U.S. wealth. By Tim Schneider, Jul 21, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Go Figure The flagging(?) market for figurative art, Hunter Biden as artist’s rights case study, Christie’s private-sales surge, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 16, 2021
The Gray Market How Hunter Biden’s Ethics Agreement Sets a Dangerous Precedent for Rising Artists (and Other Insights) Our columnist thinks through the curious ethics agreement between the presidential progeny’s gallery and the White House. By Tim Schneider, Jul 14, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Changing the Game Art whales splash into sports memorabilia, information (and NFTs) don’t want to be free, Dana Schutz’s market conquers all, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 9, 2021
The Gray Market How the $5.4 Million World Wide Web NFT Lays Bare the Promises and Lies of the Crypto-Art Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines whether information really wants to be free, or if that old ruse suggests a deeper problem. By Tim Schneider, Jul 7, 2021