Analysis A Data-Driven Look at This Week’s Day Sales Offers More Proof That the Auction Market Is Only Growing at the Top Evening-sale estimates have exploded, while their day-sale counterparts have stagnated. By Tim Schneider, Nov 12, 2018
Art World The Gray Market: Why Christie’s Is Selling an $80 Million Hockney Painting With No Reserve or Guarantee (and Other Insights) The consignor of what could become the most expensive work by a living artist is taking a considerable risk. By Tim Schneider, Nov 12, 2018
Auctions Christie’s Misses the Mark With a $279.3 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale, Leaving Starry Casualties in Its Wake The sale was a disappointing opener for New York's fall auction season, with several highly touted lots failing to find buyers. By Tim Schneider, Nov 12, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Thomas Campbell’s New Gig Suggests the True Solution to the Museum Diversity Problem Will Be Extreme (and Other Insights) Our columnist on Thomas Campbell's new Bay Area directorship, Brexit's impact on blockbuster shows, and changes in the Andy Warhol market. By Tim Schneider, Nov 5, 2018
Art Fairs Art Basel’s Parent Company MCH Group Is Pulling Out of Regional Art Fairs to Usher in a ‘Profound Transformation’ MCH Group decides "not to proceed" with Art SG and will sell its interests in both the India Art Fair and Art DĂĽsseldorf. By Tim Schneider, Nov 2, 2018
Analysis ‘The Price of Everything’ Has a Vision of the Art Market to Sell You. Don’t Buy It Nathaniel Kahn's new film buries interesting truths about the contemporary art market in layers of empty calories. By Tim Schneider, Oct 31, 2018
Analysis Who Survived the Zombie Formalism Apocalypse? We Surveyed the Wreckage of the Last Great Art-Market Fad Five years ago, the market experienced unprecedented speculation on young artists. Which ones got out of the bubble alive? By Tim Schneider, Oct 31, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: How Christie’s So-Called ‘AI-Generated’ Art Sale Proves That Records Can Distort History (and Other Insights) Our columnist on the hidden dangers and distortions created by the all-consuming hype around Christie's partnership with Obvious. By Tim Schneider, Oct 29, 2018
Art World A New Museums Report Reveals the (Perhaps Lopsided) Calculations Behind Hosting Traveling Exhibitions Vastari, an exhibition-making organization, has released some research into what museums want. By Tim Schneider, Oct 23, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Auctioning a Major Collector’s Estate Is a Lot Like Taking Uber Public (and Other Insights) Our columnist compares the art market and financial markets through Uber's pending IPO, early auction speculation, and art finance. By Tim Schneider, Oct 22, 2018
Analysis At Hong Kong’s Latest Round of Auctions, Work by Western Artists Reached a New High Sales topped $260 million during the October auction week, with western artists tripling their previous total. By Tim Schneider, Oct 18, 2018
Art World Michael Bloomberg Thinks Midsize Arts Nonprofits Can Change American Cities, and He’s Spending Over $100 Million to Prove It Bloomberg Philanthropies has expanded its American Cities initiative and is giving grants to hundreds of arts nonprofits. By Tim Schneider, Oct 17, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why We Need to Bust Old Myths About Artist-Brand Collaborations (and Other Insights) Our columnist on why corporate patronage is more complicated than ever before for artists, institutions, and governments alike. By Tim Schneider, Oct 15, 2018
Analysis Wondering How Instagram’s New Tap-to-Buy Features Might Work for Selling Art? Here Are the Answers Instagram's new Shopping features now allow users to buy artwork from approved sellers with a few taps. But will it work for the art world? By Tim Schneider, Oct 10, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Chicago’s Kerry James Marshall Sale Strengthens a Sad Misconception About Cultural Funding (and Other Insights) Our columnist on the trap inside the upcoming sale of Kerry James Marshall's library mural and the mass appeal of rediscovering masterpieces. By Tim Schneider, Oct 8, 2018