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
The Back Room The Back Room: Pivot Point This week: auction week’s emerging themes, an art-fair flurry, Mike Bidlo’s surprise rise, and much more—all in a 7-minute read. By Tim Schneider, May 13, 2022
The Gray Market Why (and How) Global Economic Chaos Will Hit the Art Market in Ways You Might Not Expect (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines how multiple asset markets in free fall might impact an art market fixated on its own business. By Tim Schneider, May 11, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Auctioneers Unleashed This week: deregulating NYC's auctions, an online sales surge, dumpster-diving for greatness, and much more. By Tim Schneider, May 6, 2022
The Gray Market How Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Explains Why the Art Market Will Always Cater to a Handful of Elites (and Other Insights) Our columnist parses how the new business of meme stocks butts up against time-honored fundamentals of art-market success. By Tim Schneider, May 4, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Nature vs. Nurture This week: the Almine Rech method, Marlene Dumas defies speculators, Vera Molnár’s market paradox, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Apr 29, 2022
The Gray Market What the Art World Can Learn From the Creators of ‘Moneyball’ and Their Skepticism About the Quantitative Revolution (and Other Insights) Our columnist explains why the thinkers who took data science mainstream now have serious reservations about its overuse. By Tim Schneider, Apr 27, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Pavilions and Profits This week: Venice Biennale business etiquette, LGDR’s head-scratching artist list, spring auction anchor lots ahoy!, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Apr 22, 2022
