The Gray Market How the Art and Music Industries Have Begun to Value Young Talent Differently—and Why It Matters Our columnist investigates why fine art and pop music seem to have been taking opposite approaches to new talent since 2019. By Tim Schneider, Nov 2, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Beyond Imagination This week: A.I. upending the art-making business, a new Castelli to know, an antiquities reckoning, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Oct 28, 2022
The Gray Market What Galleries Can Learn About Poaching Artists From Soccer Star Neymar’s Transfer Deal Gone Wrong Our columnist kicks up art-market lessons from the curious case of soccer superstar Neymar's fraud and corruption trial. By Tim Schneider, Oct 26, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Paris Goes Boom This week: Paris+ gets in the game, Gilbert and George get anti-woke, a trustee gets auction-y, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Oct 21, 2022
The Gray Market How to Avoid the Worst Traps of the A.I.-Assisted Artwork Debate Our columnist consults with two visionary artists on the hottest topic in art and tech: what is the future of A.I.-assisted artwork? By Tim Schneider, Oct 19, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Keep Calm and Carry Cash This week, Frieze London in a flash, Paris+ on the horizon, Lucian Freud up for reappraisal, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Oct 14, 2022
The Gray Market Why Artists Getting Involved With Shared Virtual Worlds May Do Well to Look Beyond the Zuckerverse Our columnist combs through reams of recent press on Meta to chart the struggles and dangers of its shared virtual world to art and culture. By Tim Schneider, Oct 12, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Out With the Old This week: a new museum deaccessioning standard, Frank Stella’s extended family drama, bidders go gaga for Kaga, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Oct 7, 2022
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