The Gray Market Who Knew the Art Industry Spends Millions of Dollars on Washington Lobbyists? (and Other Insights) Our columnist analyzes four years of public records to relay who paid up to be heard on Capitol Hill—and why. The answers will surprise you. By Tim Schneider, Feb 16, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: The Great Online Unknown This week in the Back Room: a crypto art identity crisis, Rauschenberg’s auction paradox, a first-day sell-out in Art Basel's OVR, and more. By Tim Schneider, Feb 11, 2022
The Gray Market How the Unmasking of the Bored Ape Yacht Club Founders Reveals the True Dangers of Anonymity in the Metaverse Our columnist makes the case that blockchain anonymity, while seductive, ultimately most benefits the rich and powerful. By Tim Schneider, Feb 9, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Keys Open Doors This week: the (physical) space race returns, a pay-to-display scheme in Chelsea, new horizons for the Chicago Imagists, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Feb 4, 2022
The Gray Market Why Art Businesses Are Once Again Drunk on Growth and Racing to Scale Up (and Other Insights) Our columnist susses out what to make of the nearly 30 art businesses that have been expanding during the pandemic. By Tim Schneider, Feb 2, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: From Paris to the Pacific This week: Art Basel takes France, Kusama wins the volume game, Christ returns (to auction), and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jan 28, 2022
The Gray Market Why Resale Restrictions Are Another Arena for Artists to Flex Their Muscles in a Talent-Driven Art Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist unpacks how "no-flip" provisions are another chance for artists to capitalize on their growing leverage in the trade. By Tim Schneider, Jan 26, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Law and Order This week, the uncertain limits of resale restrictions, South Korea blasts off, a shared-custody Kusama, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jan 21, 2022
The Gray Market 4 Burning Questions About Resale Restrictions Ignited by the Market’s Latest Art-Flipping Scandal (and Other Insights) Our columnist parses the very public legal battle between Michael Xufu Huang and Federico Castro Debernardi. By Tim Schneider, Jan 19, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Bright Lights, Big Promises This week: new African art in the limelight, the Artist Pension Trust in shambles, Magritte in the record books, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jan 14, 2022
The Gray Market Why One Crypto Critic’s Thought Experiment May Actually Point the Way Forward for Digital Art (and Other Insights) Our columnist addresses whether avant-garde NFTs can be the exception to the rule that the internet's next phase will repeat past mistakes. By Tim Schneider, Jan 12, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Back to the Future This week, the case for Sotheby’s to go public again, Judy Chicago x Kanye West, and another 30-year-old talent goes stratospheric in Asia. By Tim Schneider, Jan 7, 2022
The Gray Market Artnet Oracle Tim Schneider Offers 10 Adventurous, Highly Specific Predictions for the Art World in 2022 (and Other Insights) Our columnist once again peers into the swirling mists of the new year to try to decipher what lies ahead of the art industry. By Tim Schneider, Jan 5, 2022
The Gray Market How Artnet Oracle Tim Schneider’s 10 Highly Specific Art-World Predictions for 2021 Worked Out (and Other Insights) Our columnist grades the predictions he made at the start of 2021 to see where he went right (and wrong). By Tim Schneider, Dec 29, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: A Year That Went Boom This week: art-market acceleration hits a new gear, Sotheby's outsells itself, European gavels get loud too, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Dec 17, 2021