Art Fairs 8 of the Best Artworks to See at the ADAA Art Fair, From a Supernatural Alice Neel Painting to Zanele Muholi’s Latest Portrait Series We perused the booths to highlight the most impressive stands in the fair. By Sarah Cascone & Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Feb 27, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why History Equipped the Mega-Dealers to Win the $450 Million Marron Estate (and Other Insights) Our columnist charts the precedents that positioned Pace, Gagosian, and Acquavella to beat the auction houses for Donald Marron's collection. By Tim Schneider, Feb 24, 2020
Art Fairs ‘I’m the Kind of Guy Who Wants to Buy Everything’: Hollywood Executive David Hoberman Takes Us on a Joy Ride Through the Felix Art Fair in LA Touring the second annual edition of the event with Hoberman reveals how vital fairs are to the buyer-seller relationship. By Tim Schneider, Feb 14, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Coronavirus Canceled Art Basel Hong Kong When the Protests Couldn’t (and Other Insights) Our columnist digs through the aftermath of Art Basel Hong Kong to explain why the devil was in the (insurance) details. By Tim Schneider, Feb 10, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Super Bowl Helps Explain the Flaws in the Latest ‘Salvator Mundi’ Scandal (and Other Insights) Our columnist tackles the questions raised by allegations that the 'Last Leonardo' was on sale while on view in a 2011 National Gallery show. By Tim Schneider, Feb 3, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Art Dealers Need to Focus on New Audiences or Risk Irrelevance (and Other Insights) Our columnist weighs in on his main lesson from Talking Galleries 2020, the two-day think tank for art dealers. By Tim Schneider, Jan 27, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Carlos Ghosn’s ‘Grow or Go’ Business Strategy at Nissan Is a Cautionary Tale for the Art World (and Other Insights) Our columnist pounces on a connection between the troubled automaker's aggressive growth plan and galleries considering a similar strategy. By Tim Schneider, Jan 20, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: What the Craze for Holograms of Dead Pop Stars Could Mean for the Market for Performance Art (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines how the growing business of touring hologram "performances" could open the door to eternity in contemporary art. By Tim Schneider, Jan 13, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: What the Debut of a $5 Billion ‘Post-Shopping Mall’ Does—and Doesn’t—Mean for Art (and Other Insights) Our columnist ponders American Dream, a three-million-square-foot mall with more space for "experiences" than retail. By Tim Schneider, Jan 6, 2020
Opinion 7 Dramatic and Highly Specific Predictions for the Art Industry in 2020 Our columnist dons his fortune-teller’s robes and peers into the near future of the ever-changing industry. By Tim Schneider, Jan 2, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: How My 9 Highly Specific Art-Industry Predictions for 2019 Worked Out (and Other Insights) Our columnist evaluates the clarity of his crystal ball 12 months after he last gazed into it for answers about art's future. By Tim Schneider, Dec 23, 2019
Auctions Hong Kong’s Art Auctions Declined in the First Major Slate of Sales Since Political Protests Engulfed the City Despite setting several new artist records in the region, fine-art sales were down about six percent versus last fall. By Tim Schneider, Dec 16, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the End of Art Berlin Reveals a Weakness in All Art Fairs (and Other Insights) Our columnist unpacks the ways that real estate is just as important to trade fairs as to their exhibiting galleries. By Tim Schneider, Dec 16, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: 3 Takeaways From the 2019 Edition of Art Basel Miami Beach (and Other Insights) Our columnist wraps up this year's Miami Art Week extravaganza, from sales, to parties, to, yes, because it's the law, that banana. By Tim Schneider, Dec 9, 2019
Art Fairs 4 Striking Trends at NADA Miami That Show Us Where the Art World—and Market—Are Headed Next The fair this year included a healthy number of works priced at $10,000 and less. By Julia Halperin & Tim Schneider, Dec 6, 2019