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
The Back Room The Back Room: Compare and Contrast This week: a big-picture Frieze breakdown, advisors and dealers form major new alliances, a glaring museum-tech divide, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Oct 15, 2021
Artnet News Pro The Art World’s Technological Revolution Is Coming. Here’s What a Truly Networked Art Market Will Look Like Here are five innovations that will push the market into the future. By Tim Schneider, Oct 13, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Turn and Face the Change This week in the Back Room: the next generation of art institutions, ultra-contemporary lots outsprint the field, mega-galleries chase crypto cool, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Oct 8, 2021
The Gray Market Why A.I. Art Authentication Isn’t Necessarily the Game-Changer the Industry Wants It to Be (and Other Insights) Our columnist writes up a non-techie's guide to A.I. attribution research using a freshly disputed Rubens painting. By Tim Schneider, Oct 6, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: The Center Cannot Hold This week in the Back Room: Hong Kong’s internal struggle, dealers behaving badly, the grounding of global art travel, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Oct 1, 2021
Science & Tech The Duo That Invented the Art World’s First Crypto Platform in 2014 Is Back With a Tool to Help Galleries Launch Their Own NFT Marketplaces Monegraph has released a software suite called Readymade NFT that enables crypto newcomers to buy, sell, and distribute NFTs with art-specific customizations. By Tim Schneider, Sep 30, 2021
The Gray Market Why the Art Industry Should Brace Itself for the Permanent Staycation Era (and Other Insights) After surveying the travel landscape, our columnist finds the strong Euro flavor of Art Basel 2021 is a taste of more regionalism to come. By Tim Schneider, Sep 29, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: A Post-American Art World? This week: Euro buying boosts Basel, the young artist with a 196-strong waitlist, the global market’s first-half rebound, and more. By Tim Schneider, Sep 24, 2021
