The Gray Market: How an Artist-Run Bank Reveals the Extent of the Art Market’s Debt Dependency (and Other Insights)

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The Gray Market: How an Artist-Run Bank Reveals the Extent of the Art Market’s Debt Dependency (and Other Insights)

Inspired by Daniel Edelstyn and Hilary Powell's "Bank Job," our columnist takes a high-speed tour of debt's role in the art market.

By Tim Schneider, Jun 9, 2019

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A Gallery Has Sold More Than $1 Million in Art Made by an Android, But Collectors Are Buying Into a Sexist Fantasy

Ai-Da's artwork says more about the penchants of its creators than it does about the potential of artistic robots.

By Naomi Rea, Jun 6, 2019

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The Gray Market: Why Facebook’s New Art Patronage Deserves More Ethical Scrutiny Than You Think (and Other Insights)

Our columnist raises ethical concerns about Facebook beyond its role in spreading election-based disinformation in 2016.

By Tim Schneider, Jun 2, 2019

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The Gray Market: Why Generation Z Is More Hype Than Hope for the Dealers Who Need Them Most (and Other Insights)

Our columnist on why most art dealers aren't ready to pursue Generation Z, and why the market's future probably looks a lot like its past.

By Tim Schneider, May 26, 2019

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Kenny Schachter Reveals the Mystery Buyer of Jeff Koons’s Bunny—and Blurts Out Other Secrets From Auction Week as Well

artnet News's intrepid columnist found plenty to marvel at in this latest round of New York sales.

By Kenny Schachter, May 20, 2019

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The Gray Market: Why Many Working Artists Are Much Closer to a Venice Biennale Pavilion Than They Realize (and Other Insights)

Our columnist finds unsettling common ground between the average artist and their few peers exhibiting in the 2019 Venice Biennale.

By Tim Schneider, May 12, 2019

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The Gray Market: Why a New Exhibition Satirizing the Elite Art Market Misses Its Target (and Other Insights)

Our columnist visits artist Eric Doeringer's exhibition of "bootleg" blue-chip works to see what it can—and can't—say about the art market.

By Tim Schneider, May 5, 2019

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‘I’m the Donald Trump of the Art World,’ Sean Scully Says in His New Movie. Kenny Schachter Has a Few Other Descriptors to Add

The abstract painter shows a mind-boggling degree of self-regard in a new BBC film about his life, our columnist writes.

By Kenny Schachter, May 5, 2019

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How Did Leonardo da Vinci Become So Famous? 500 Years After His Death, a New Book Offers Some Intriguing Answers

The authors of 'The Da Vinci Legacy' make a case for an alternate reading of history.

By Jean-Pierre Isbouts & Christopher Brown, May 1, 2019

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The Gray Market: Why Hollywood’s Love Affair With ‘Art Boys’ Reveals Something Bigger About the Art Market (and Other Insights)

Our columnist takes a serious look at A-list stars' recent interest in pairing up with 'Art Boys' like Cooke Maroney and Lucas Zwirner.

By Tim Schneider, Apr 28, 2019

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The Gray Market: Why Gagosian’s New Art Advisory Brings It Closer to Becoming the Amazon of the Art World (and Other Insights)

Our columnist examines the Gagosian brand's expansion into independent art advising—and shows how it ties into the bigger cultural picture.

By Tim Schneider, Apr 22, 2019

The Gray Market: Why the Guggenheim’s Panza Collection Initiative Does—and Doesn’t—Matter to the Market for Minimalist Art

Our columnist uses the Guggenheim's research into the Panza Collection to access the common and not-so-common sense of the art market.

By Tim Schneider, Apr 14, 2019

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Right-Wing Groups Have Made an Uneasy Alliance With Feminists to Blast This Show of Muslim Fashions

Headscarves are not necessarily demeaning, despite what opponents of the exhibition say.

By Quynh Tran, Apr 8, 2019

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