The Back Room The Back Room: A Taste of the Future This week: a 2023 predictions sampler, Singapore’s star turn begins, a Hollywood insider banks on an art-world outsider, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jan 6, 2023
The Gray Market 8 Highly Specific Predictions for the Art Industry in 2023 (Including an Art-Fair Death Foretold) Our columnist mans the fortune teller's booth again to try to envision what awaits the art world in the year ahead. By Tim Schneider, Jan 4, 2023
The Gray Market Artnet Newstradamus Tim Schneider Grades His 10 Highly Specific Art-World Predictions for 2022 Our columnist passes judgment on the predictions he made at the start of 2022 to see where he got it right and where he missed the mark. By Tim Schneider, Dec 21, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report Here Are 5 Concrete DEAI Policies Other Industries Have Used Successfully That the Art World Would Do Well to Consider From childcare benefits to a reworked board structure, these measures have made a difference across the corporate world. By Tim Schneider, Dec 20, 2022
The Gray Market How Random International, Maker of the Immersive Sensation ‘Rain Room,’ Is Bringing the Experiential Art Business Into the 21st Century The 'Living Room' appears 10 years after Random International's breakout 'Rain Room'. By Tim Schneider, Dec 14, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Initial Descent? This week in the Back Room: sorting through South Florida, a rookie sensation at the Rubell, a Hong Kong competition-stoker, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Dec 9, 2022
The Gray Market Why the Crypto Winter Could Actually Be a Good Thing for Digital Art Our columnist analyzes two new nonprofit digital projects to try and chart a path out of tech's boom-and-bust cycle. By Tim Schneider, Dec 7, 2022
The Gray Market What the Colossal Failure of FTX Means for Art Basel’s Efforts to Thrust the Art Industry Into Its Crypto Era The fair is inaugurating its new blockchain-based platform Arcual while recently bankrupted FTX plunges crypto into infamy. What's the way forward? By Tim Schneider, Dec 1, 2022
Artnet News Pro Smart Contracts Are Artists’ Best Weapon in the Fight Against Flippers. Here’s How They Work Here is everything you need to know to understand smart contracts—and how they can make the market more equitable. By Tim Schneider, Nov 23, 2022
Artnet News Pro A No-Nonsense Accounting Shows That Last Week’s $1.6 Billion New York Fall Auctions Were… Kind of a Dud It's fair to say a correction to the speculative bonanza has arrived. By Tim Schneider, Nov 21, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: The Gavel Grind This week: assessing the auction cycle’s end, counting other people’s money, Betye Saar’s latest milestone, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Julia Halperin, Nov 18, 2022
The Gray Market What the Gagosian-LVMH Rumor—and the Art World’s Obsession With It—Tells Us About the Future of the Industry Our columnist reassesses the hottest art-world rumor of 2022 to show that merging luxury retail with mega-galleries is harder than it looks. By Tim Schneider, Nov 16, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: One Point Five Billion Dollars This week: Christie’s makes auction history, a Frida Kahlo legal conundrum, trophy lots keep rising, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Nov 11, 2022
The Gray Market What the Rising Tide of Art Vandalism Tells Us About Where We Are Headed as a Culture Our columnist connects the targeting of artworks in museums, on television, and in the art market to the troubling trajectory of culture at large. By Tim Schneider, Nov 9, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Fighting the Flippers This week: new resistance against rapid resales, a national shakeup at auction, Henry Taylor gets down to earth, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Nov 4, 2022