Art World A New Museums Report Reveals the (Perhaps Lopsided) Calculations Behind Hosting Traveling Exhibitions Vastari, an exhibition-making organization, has released some research into what museums want. By Tim Schneider, Oct 23, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Auctioning a Major Collector’s Estate Is a Lot Like Taking Uber Public (and Other Insights) Our columnist compares the art market and financial markets through Uber's pending IPO, early auction speculation, and art finance. By Tim Schneider, Oct 22, 2018
Analysis At Hong Kong’s Latest Round of Auctions, Work by Western Artists Reached a New High Sales topped $260 million during the October auction week, with western artists tripling their previous total. By Tim Schneider, Oct 18, 2018
Art World Michael Bloomberg Thinks Midsize Arts Nonprofits Can Change American Cities, and He’s Spending Over $100 Million to Prove It Bloomberg Philanthropies has expanded its American Cities initiative and is giving grants to hundreds of arts nonprofits. By Tim Schneider, Oct 17, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why We Need to Bust Old Myths About Artist-Brand Collaborations (and Other Insights) Our columnist on why corporate patronage is more complicated than ever before for artists, institutions, and governments alike. By Tim Schneider, Oct 15, 2018
Analysis Wondering How Instagram’s New Tap-to-Buy Features Might Work for Selling Art? Here Are the Answers Instagram's new Shopping features now allow users to buy artwork from approved sellers with a few taps. But will it work for the art world? By Tim Schneider, Oct 10, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Chicago’s Kerry James Marshall Sale Strengthens a Sad Misconception About Cultural Funding (and Other Insights) Our columnist on the trap inside the upcoming sale of Kerry James Marshall's library mural and the mass appeal of rediscovering masterpieces. By Tim Schneider, Oct 8, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Formal Education Is Overrated When It Comes to Dealing Art (and Other Insights) Our columnist on the value of ethical hustling, a key wrinkle to art as an asset class, and the growth prospects of art-secured lending. By Tim Schneider, Oct 1, 2018
Art World Has Artificial Intelligence Given Us the Next Great Art Movement? Experts Say Slow Down, the ‘Field Is in Its Infancy’ Christie's decision to sell a work of AI art this fall has sparked a debate about the status of the movement. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Sep 25, 2018
Art World Jim Carrey’s Political Cartoons Are Getting a Show at Maccarone, Timed to the Midterm Elections After two years of promoting his work on Twitter, the actor-turned-cartoonist has earned a prestigious new venue. By Tim Schneider, Sep 24, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Yusaku Maezawa’s Plan to Send Artists to the Moon Is Cosmically Misguided Patronage (and Other Insights) Our columnist on Yusaku Maezawa's "Dear Moon," new statistics on viewer behavior, and museum representation of African American artists. By Tim Schneider, Sep 24, 2018
Art World WAGE Just Released a Calculator That Tells Artists If They’re Getting Paid Fairly for Their Work WAGENCY offers artists an online system to calculate, request, and negotiate fees for everything from exhibitions to lectures. By Tim Schneider, Sep 21, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Tate’s Wikipedia-Supplied Artist Biographies Are More Than Just Embarrassing (and Other Insights) Our columnist on dangers in Tate outsourcing online content to Wikipedia, funding the arts with hotel taxes, and Art Basel Cities. By Tim Schneider, Sep 17, 2018
Analysis A Decade After Damien Hirst’s Historic ‘Beautiful Inside My Head Forever’ Auction, Resale Prices Are Looking Ugly The single-artist sale brought Hirst $201 million, but a number of those works have since lost millions for their original buyers. By Tim Schneider, Sep 12, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: What Mary Boone’s Tax Evasion Plea Reveals About All Galleries (and Other Insights) Our columnist on important values buried in Mary Boone’s tax evasion case, a Van Gogh mall tour, and American museums’ natural disaster plans. By Tim Schneider, Sep 10, 2018
