Opinion The Gray Market: What the ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ College Admission Scandal Has to Do With the Art World (and Other Insights) Our columnist connects CalArts $50,850 annual tuition to the celebrity-ensnaring college-admissions scandal and an American aristocracy. By Tim Schneider, Mar 18, 2019
Market The Much-Hyped Chinese Art Market’s Best Days May Already Be Gone, a New Study Says TEFAF's new report on the Chinese art market sees trouble ahead for homegrown contemporary artworks, fairs, and private museums alike. By Tim Schneider, Mar 15, 2019
Market The Auction Price of an Artwork Is Directly Related to How Much Blue or Red Is in It, a New Study Finds Blue and red actually make green, it seems. By Tim Schneider, Mar 13, 2019
Art Fairs Are We at ‘Peak Art Fair’? Collectors and Advisors Say They’re Hitting Their Saturation Point—and Something’s Got to Give In the wake of a thinner-than-usual Armory Week, collectors and advisors reflect on the shifting art-fair landscape. By Julia Halperin & Tim Schneider, Mar 11, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Michael Jackson and ‘Leaving Neverland’ Matter to the Art World (and Other Insights) Our columnist draws uncomfortable parallels between the art world and Michael Jackson's legacy in the wake of the harrowing new documentary. By Tim Schneider, Mar 11, 2019
Art Fairs Best Buys: Eight Artists at Independent to Collect for Under $15,000 (If You’re Lucky and Move Fast) There are some really excellent works on offer in the fair this year, but they won't be available for long. By Taylor Dafoe & Tim Schneider, Mar 7, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Damien Hirst’s $200,000-Per-Weekend ‘Empathy Suite’ Is Like ‘Salvator Mundi’ (and Other Insights) Our columnist explores the business behind Damien Hirst's wild Las Vegas suite and SFMOMA's choice to deaccession a major Mark Rothko. By Tim Schneider, Mar 4, 2019
On View Alan Moore’s ‘Watchmen,’ a Killer Cop’s Ghost, and the Blue Lives Matter Movement Collide in a Politically Charged Gallery Show At Koenig & Clinton, the artist known as American Artist has created a surreal police-training seminar to expose the double standard of Blue Lives Matter. By Tim Schneider, Mar 1, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Strong 2018 Earnings Are Propelled by Record Private Sales and a Strong Showing in Asia The auction house expects more strong growth in 2019 through its continued focus on Asian clients, estates, and the middle market. By Tim Schneider, Feb 28, 2019
Exhibitions Here Are the 75 Artists Appearing in the 2019 Whitney Biennial—and the One Who Declined in Protest Michael Rakowitz dropped out amid controversy surrounding one of the museum’s board members. By Tim Schneider, Feb 25, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why a Changing Donor Base Might Finally Convince Museums to Get Woke (and Other Insights) Our columnist explores why supporting progressive causes might pay off in a big way for major American art museums. By Tim Schneider, Feb 25, 2019
Art Fairs With Sales and Stars, the First Frieze Los Angeles Was a Major Hit. But How Much of That Was Special Effects? Our columnist peels back the euphoria around the first Frieze Los Angeles to examine the fair's prospects beyond year one. By Tim Schneider, Feb 20, 2019
Art Fairs Frieze Los Angeles Opens With Pop-Cultural Cachet in the Aisles, on the Stands, and in the Sales Figures The fair debuted with an impressive slate of sales, including several works that spoke directly to a hoped-for Hollywood clientele. By Tim Schneider, Feb 15, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: How the Met’s Artificial Intelligence Initiative Masks the Technology’s Larger Threats (and Other Insights) Our columnist relates the Met's partnership with Microsoft and MIT to artificial intelligence's harrowing effects on the workforce. By Tim Schneider, Feb 11, 2019
People ‘I Will Always Be Interested in What Money Does to People’: ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Director Dan Gilroy on the True Value of Art Plus, the filmmaker explains why there should be a Netflix for the art world. By Tim Schneider, Feb 7, 2019
