Analysis Virtual Art Fairs Were Seen as a Lifeline in the Lockdown Era. A New Study Shows They Are Failing New York’s Art Market Collectors say they are absolutely exhausted with the "onslaught of art" being sold online. By Tim Schneider, Nov 18, 2020
Art World The Cleveland Cavaliers Have Hired Artist Daniel Arsham to Be Its Creative Director as Alliances Between the Sports and Art Worlds Proliferate The genre-bending artist will chart the visual identity of the entire Cavaliers organization, from jerseys to arena imagery to merchandise. By Tim Schneider, Nov 17, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Seniors May Become the World’s Most Powerful Art-Collecting Population This Winter (and Other Insights) Our columnist thinks through the art-market inefficiencies that could be created by older collectors receiving priority inoculation. By Tim Schneider, Nov 16, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why California Voters Just Dealt an Election-Day Loss to the Entire Art World (and Other Insights) Our columnist details the dark future for artists and arts workers presaged by the passage of California’s Proposition 22. By Tim Schneider, Nov 9, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: What Galleries Can Learn From SaveLive, an Investor-Backed Network of Indie Music Venues (and Other Insights) Our columnist grapples with whether SaveLive could be a model to help small galleries weather the winner-takes-all art economy of the 2020s. By Tim Schneider, Nov 2, 2020
Galleries Subscriptions Work for Wine and Razors… So Why Not Artworks? Here’s How One Gallery Is Rethinking Art Sales to Make It Through Lockdown In our latest spotlight on new business models for galleries, Kate Werble shows why commissioning unique work isn't just for blue-chippers. By Tim Schneider, Oct 29, 2020
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, Oct 26, 2020
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