The Gray Market DALL-E’s Astonishing Images Mask That Art Is Just Another Pawn in Silicon Valley’s Endgame (and Other Insights) Our columnist unravels how DALL-E and other A.I.-driven content generators fit into Big Tech’s grand business plan. By Tim Schneider, Jul 20, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Rhythm and Seoul This week: Seoul’s global gallery scene, the culture sector’s post-COVID building boom, and Caroline Walker heats up the auction houses. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Jul 15, 2022
The Gray Market Why Better Artist Resale Royalties Are an Opportunity for Better Business in the Art Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist explains why it hurts almost all market players to portray resale royalties as a zero-sum game. By Tim Schneider, Jul 13, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Generation Gap This week: age-based divides among women artists, Stanley Whitney’s sharp ascent, a Belgian newbie bubbles up, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Jul 8, 2022
The Gray Market Corporations Are Writing the Rules of the Metaverse as We Speak. If the Art World Wants a Say, It Needs to Hurry Up (and Other Insights) Our columnist unmasks the risks to culture hidden in the dominant vision of the metaverse now being sold to the public. By Tim Schneider, Jul 6, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Stiff Upper Lip London’s eye-of-the-beholder auctions, Aboudia’s serious fanbase, crypto art’s next rising star, and much more By Tim Schneider & Julia Halperin, Jul 1, 2022
The Gray Market How Former G.E. CEO Jack Welch Altered the Art Market for Better and for Worse (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines the impact of a ruthless corporate titan on the modern economy, wealth distribution, and the business of art. By Tim Schneider, Jun 29, 2022
Art Fairs The Most Boundary-Pushing Artworks at Art Basel, From a Transcendent Mark Lecky Video to a Poignant Arthur Jafa Work Seek out this quintet of pathbreaking works inside the latest edition of Switzerland's—and arguably the world's—premier art fair. By Tim Schneider, Jun 17, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Pacific Pivot This week: two weeks of Asian market milestones, the Big Three’s big May, Old Masters running in place, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Julia Halperin, Jun 3, 2022
The Gray Market In Finance, Asset Bubbles Burst Without Warning. It Turns Out the Ultra-Contemporary Art Market Is Even Harder to Predict Our columnist dives into the curious economics of asset bubbles to find that even Nobel Prize winners can't pin down the basics. By Tim Schneider, Jun 1, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Cash Over Crypto This week: crypto doesn't pay for paintings, an art-fair ticket-price face-off, Erik Parker heats up, and much more. By Tim Schneider, May 27, 2022
The Gray Market Why Auction Houses Might Keep One Foot Off the Crypto Bandwagon After a Volatile Year (and Other Insights) Buyers take on more risk with crypto payments than auction houses do. By Tim Schneider, May 25, 2022
Art Fairs 5 Under-the-Radar Works to Seek Out at Frieze New York, From an Edward Said-Themed Video to an Artist’s Poignant Memorial Keep an eye out for these hidden gems at the fair. By Tim Schneider, May 20, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Sequel Success This week: wrapping up New York’s auctions, a stampede of artists switching stables, a verbal joust in a bidding war, and much more. By Tim Schneider, May 20, 2022
The Gray Market What the End of the iPod Reveals About the Art Industry’s Stodgy Market Model (and Other Insights) Our columnist cycles through the iPod's history for lessons on why music and art have taken different routes in a digital era. By Tim Schneider, May 18, 2022