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
Opinion Why Gavin Brown’s Move to Gladstone Suggests New York Galleries Are Worse Off Than We Thought (and Other Insights) Our columnist uses the week’s biggest market story to tease out the invisible damage elsewhere in the ecosystem. By Tim Schneider, Jul 27, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Entire Art World Should Back Canadian Arts Workers’ Push for Universal Basic Income (and Other Insights) Our columnist connects the Canadian art industry’s advocacy for UBI to a week of chilling findings from across the art map. By Tim Schneider, Jul 20, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Going Into Business With James Murdoch Should Be a No-Brainer for Art Basel and the MCH Group (and Other Insights) Our columnist tunnels past the toxic legacy of James Murdoch’s lineage and finds a nearly ideal blue-chip art-fair investor. By Tim Schneider, Jul 13, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why an Indie Rock Star’s Reparations Pledge Sets an Example for the Art World (and Other Insights) Our columnist explores the art-market applicability of Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy's ongoing financial support of racial-justice nonprofits. By Tim Schneider, Jul 6, 2020
Galleries ‘It Feels Like We’re in It Together’: How a Utopian Collective-Ownership Model Is Helping This South African Art Gallery Thrive in Precarious Times In our latest spotlight on new business models for galleries, Stevenson shows how 13 owners can be better than one. By Tim Schneider, Jul 6, 2020
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