How Far Can a Mega-Gallery Expand? Kenny Schachter Shares His Predictions for 2019

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How Far Can a Mega-Gallery Expand? Kenny Schachter Shares His Predictions for 2019

Writing from the art world's holiday haunt of St. Moritz, our columnist ventures a few thoughts on what the year ahead might bring.

By Kenny Schachter, Jan 6, 2019

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Nine Heart-Racing, Highly Specific Predictions for the Art Industry in 2019

What will the coming year hold for would-be regulators, problematic museum trustees, and radical technologies? Our columnist weighs in.

By Tim Schneider, Jan 1, 2019

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The Gray Market: 13 Analogies That Helped Make Sense of the Art Business in 2018 (and Other Insights)

By Tim Schneider, Dec 30, 2018

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The Gray Market: How My Eight Highly Specific Art-Market Predictions for 2018 Turned Out (and Other Insights)

Our columnist strikes a blow for art-market accountability by facing up to his 2018 predictions a year later.

By Tim Schneider, Dec 23, 2018

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The Gray Market: How Meow Wolf Shows Artists Can Be as Gaga for Growth as Galleries (and Other Insights)

Our columnist on Meow Wolf's mega-gallery-like expansion, a short-circuited Nan Goldin sale, and money's vulnerability to virtue.

By Tim Schneider, Dec 16, 2018

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Is the ‘Fairantee’ the Next Guarantee? Kenny Schachter Races Through Art Basel Miami Beach, Trying to Dodge the Feel-Bad Art

Our columnist did a lightning-round version of the fair this year, but still managed to encounter friends (and enemies?) in the aisles.

By Kenny Schachter, Dec 11, 2018

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The Gray Market: Why the Most Exhausting Aspect of Miami Art Week Is the Most Important to the Market’s Future

Our columnist returns from the froth and frenzy of Miami Art Week thinking about spectacle versus sustainability.

By Tim Schneider, Dec 9, 2018

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The Gray Market: Why the Hauser & Wirth Institute’s ‘Wholly Independent’ Research Can Still Be a Major Market Play

Our columnist considers the potential economic impact of the international mega-gallery's new nonprofit research organization.

By Tim Schneider, Dec 2, 2018

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Has the Art Market Reached a Stage of End-Game Nihilism? Kenny Schachter on New York’s $2 Billion Auctions

Our columnist explores the underbelly of the six-day feeding frenzy of Impressionist, Modern, and contemporary auctions in New York.

By Kenny Schachter, Nov 20, 2018

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The Gray Market: Why a New Study About Finding Art-World Success Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means (and Other Insights)

Our columnist examines how art-market research published in the journal 'Science' may not be as specific to the art world as we think.

By Tim Schneider, Nov 18, 2018

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Excited for Amazon’s Arrival in Long Island City? The Results for New York’s Art Community Won’t Be Pretty

Look to Seattle to get a glimpse of the tensions wrought by the tech giant.

By Ben Davis, Nov 12, 2018

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Antonia Carver, the Director of the Jameel Arts Centre, on What Most of the World Still Doesn’t Understand About the UAE Art Scene

To mark the opening of the new Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai, its director traces the development of the local scene.

By Antonia Carver, Nov 11, 2018

The Gray Market: Why Thomas Campbell’s New Gig Suggests the True Solution to the Museum Diversity Problem Will Be Extreme (and Other Insights)

Our columnist on Thomas Campbell's new Bay Area directorship, Brexit's impact on blockbuster shows, and changes in the Andy Warhol market.

By Tim Schneider, Nov 4, 2018

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