Analysis How a New Class of Investors Driven by Nostalgia—and Flush With Cash—Shot the Video Game Market Into High Orbit Insiders say young adults are excited at the prospect of reliving old memories. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 29, 2021
Analysis 7 Unbelievable and Contentious Takeaways From a New Documentary About ‘Salvator Mundi,’ the $450 Million ‘Lost Leonardo’ Questions continue to swirl about the world's most expensive painting. By Sarah Cascone & Eileen Kinsella, Aug 27, 2021
Analysis Houston Built Big in 2020—But Shenzhen Is the Future: 7 Takeaways From a New Report on Global Cultural Trends AEA Consulting's Cultural Infrastructure Index aims to give a snapshot of the present and future of museum building. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 27, 2021
Analysis Sure, NFT Sales Are Slipping—But a Closer Look at the Data Shows the Market Hasn’t Imploded (Yet) A recent report only tells half the story of what's going on. By Amy Castor, Jun 8, 2021
Analysis The Buyers of Beeple’s $69 Million NFT Sold Thousands of Speculators on a Crypto Art Investment Scheme. So Far… It Is Not Going Well Up next? A plan to sell a new $58 million NFT. By Ben Davis, May 10, 2021
Analysis 12 Questions the Art Market Should Have About CryptoPunks, the NFT Avatars Set to Sell for Millions at Christie’s, Answered by an Actual Expert The nine Punks are being sold as one lot. By Amy Castor, May 9, 2021
Analysis Think Everyone Is Getting Rich Off NFTs? Most Sales Are Actually $200 or Less, According to One Report And that's before fees. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 28, 2021
Analysis So You Just Bought an NFT. Here’s What That May Mean for Your Taxes We asked experts how regulators are responding to the latest investment craze. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 24, 2021
Analysis ‘This Was a $69 Million Marketing Stunt’: Why Crypto Purists Say Beeple’s Mega-Millions NFT Isn’t Actually an NFT at All Details surrounding the sale of "Everydays" raise questions about what NFTs are—and why the art market values them. By Tim Schneider, Mar 17, 2021
Analysis Will NFTs Revolutionize the Art Market or Repeat Its Greatest Failures? These 4 Factors Will Determine Their Fate Technology is no guarantee of market progress. By Tim Schneider, Mar 10, 2021
Analysis Steep Job Losses in California, Home to the Largest Creative Economy in the US, Spell Trouble for the Rest of the Country, a Report Says The report's authors hope to suggest a path to recovery. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 25, 2021
Analysis The UK Has Officially Exited the EU With a Trade Deal. So What Exactly Does It Mean for the Art Business? As one expert says, when it comes to the new trade deal, "the devil will be in the details." By Kate Brown, Jan 5, 2021
Analysis Virtual Art Fairs Were Seen as a Lifeline in the Lockdown Era. A New Study Shows They Are Failing New York’s Art Market Collectors say they are absolutely exhausted with the "onslaught of art" being sold online. By Tim Schneider, Nov 18, 2020
Analysis 7 Myths About New York Art Collectors That Get Thoroughly Busted by a New Survey of the City’s Art Scene A new survey argues that New York is extremely well positioned to bounce back from the shutdown. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 18, 2020
Analysis The Market for Chinese Art and Antiques Tumbled to a 10-Year Low in 2019, According to Our Exclusive Report Tensions between the US and China and political unrest in Hong Kong had much to do with the drop. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 8, 2020