The Gray Market How Prices for In-Demand Living Artists Rocketed to Hair-Raising New Heights in 2021 (and Other Insights) Our columnist unpacks why the last eight months of global demand have pushed the art market into new territory. By Tim Schneider, Dec 15, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Freaking Out or Winding Down? This week: an art-market Omicron primer, downtown New York dealers on the move, a coveted Magritte appears under Bonhams’s hammer, and more. By Tim Schneider, Dec 10, 2021
The Gray Market Why the Art Market Is Unlikely to Be Affected by the Omicron Variant (and Other Insights) Our columnist surfaces from a research binge with insights into how the art market may respond to the latest pandemic twist. By Tim Schneider, Dec 8, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: We Shall Buy on the Beaches, We Shall Buy in the Booths This week in the Back Room: Miami Art Week splashes out again, a surprise power-up for a septuagenarian artist, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Dec 3, 2021
The Gray Market Art and NFTs Are Wooing Each Other in Miami. But Whether the Romance Lasts Is Far From a Given (and Other Insights) Our columnist surveys the art world's relationship to crypto since its previous peak in 2018, and reminds us linear progress is not promised. By Tim Schneider, Dec 1, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: A Taste for the Finer Things This week: everybody wins in auction week's sequel, the results of Art Basel’s solidarity fund, Giacometti meets the metaverse, and more. By Tim Schneider, Nov 19, 2021
The Gray Market Why NFTs Are Just the Latest Example of How Auction Houses Are Blurring the Line Between the Primary and Secondary Markets Our columnist examines The Big Three auction houses forays into crypto-art sales, and why it's less revolutionary than it may seem. By Tim Schneider, Nov 17, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Auction Action Returns to New York This week: a marquee auction overview, a big year of bounce-back on the block, another eight-figure Beeple, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Nov 12, 2021
The Gray Market Why Shocks to the Labor Market and Global Supply Chain Mean the Arts Are Paying More to Get Less (and Other Insights) Our columnist introduces art pros to "skimpflation" and all the ways it is forcing them to spend more for worse results. By Tim Schneider, Nov 10, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Choose Your Own Adventure This week: a fork in art’s relationship to NFTs, bidders back away from Christopher Wool, Barkley L. Hendricks’s sly left turn, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Nov 5, 2021
The Gray Market 4 Ways the Crypto Space Is Splintering From the Art World, as Seen at This Week’s Blockbuster NFT Conference (and Other Insights) Our columnist visits NFT.NYC and finds some surprising thoughts on art future in the crypto space. By Tim Schneider, Nov 3, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Spooky Season Shakeups This week: execs fleeing fairs like haunted houses, who’s burning Hirst drawings?, a Picasso that won’t rest in peace, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Oct 29, 2021
The Gray Market Why Climate Activists Think the Ford Foundation’s Commitment to Renewable Energy Investments Doesn’t Go Far Enough (and Other Insights) Our columnist looks at the Ford Foundation's eco-conscious investment pledge and what it really means for climate change action in the arts. By Tim Schneider, Oct 27, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Plot Twists and Fate Reversals This week: an alternative view of Asia’s ascent, a potential Rothko resurrection, a few surprises at FIAC, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Oct 22, 2021
The Gray Market Why the Art Market’s Pivot to Asia Is About More Than Chasing New Wealth (and Other Insights) Our columnist explores why art sellers see Asia as the world's best growth market—even though Wall Street disagrees. By Tim Schneider, Oct 20, 2021
