The Gray Market In a World Where Decisions Are Driven by Data, Art Leaders Risk Making Big Mistakes—by Not Properly Reading the Numbers Our columnist looks at some data-based scandals from other fields—and argues that 'Dataism' might help art avoid the same fate. By Tim Schneider, Oct 5, 2022
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: How Alex Junhwan Ko Built a Quirky, Brainy Collection of Digitally Inflected Art The 37-year-old Seoul-based commodities trader began collecting seriously only four years ago. By Tim Schneider, Sep 26, 2022
The Gray Market Auctioneers Are Gatecrashing the Primary Market. But That Might Not Be a Terrible Thing Our columnist wades into the controversy over auctioneers' primary-market sales series to see who's really gone too deep. By Tim Schneider, Sep 21, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Surreal Season This week: Surrealism surrounds us, art theft meets auto theft, the rise of Danielle Roberts, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Sep 16, 2022
The Gray Market Two Buzzy Hybrid Projects Have a Lot to Teach Us About the Uneasy Merger Between Crypto and Physical Art Our columnist weighs in on what recent events in New York suggest about the total convergence of tangible and tokenized art. By Tim Schneider, Sep 14, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Seoul Focus This week in the Back Room: Frieze Seoul from a great height, Mary Boone’s second act, PPOW beats the odds, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Sep 9, 2022
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: South Korean Collector Youngsang Lee on Loving Art Enough to Brush One of His Sculpture’s Wigs The Seoul-based millennial holds court on elevating the work of his Korean peers while still keeping a global view. By Tim Schneider, Sep 6, 2022
The Gray Market Everything the Art Industry Needs to Know About the Major Change Coming to the Ethereum Blockchain (and Other Insights) Our columnist unspools how Ethereum’s upcoming technical evolutions will impact artists and the art business across sectors. By Tim Schneider, Aug 31, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Outside In This week: Small galleries making big impressions, a Wet Paint whiparound, Christie’s hopes to cash in on Clemente, and much more—all in a 6-minute read (1,608 words). By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Aug 12, 2022
The Gray Market How a Scandal in the Record-Collecting Industry Illuminates Why the Art Trade Is So Often Backward-Looking (and Other Insights) Our columnist excavates an evergreen lesson for the art world from an "existential crisis" in the market for high-end vinyl. By Tim Schneider, Aug 10, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Dollar Days This week: the U.S. dollar flexes its muscle, the Hamptons get scandalous, "The Currency" maths out, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Aug 5, 2022
The Gray Market The Art Industry Is Sabotaging Itself With Faulty Data. Here Are 4 Information Blind Spots Worth Correcting (and Other Insights) Our columnist shows the flaws in the art business's constant growth agenda, and where else alternative data could rescue the trade. By Tim Schneider, Aug 3, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Northeastern Promises This week: Maine’s market moment, Barbara Kruger’s auction ascent, European biennials barge back into the news cycle, and more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Jul 29, 2022
The Gray Market Why Artists and Curators Are Essential to Building a Metaverse That Will Do More Than Make Mark Zuckerberg Rich (and Other Insights) Our columnist explains the folly of letting better headsets and other products determine when we're officially living rich virtual lives. By Tim Schneider, Jul 27, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Brave New World This week: the covert business of A.I. art generators, the verdict on a new art-world nightlife hub, the uncertainty in June’s auction results, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Julia Halperin, Jul 22, 2022
