The Gray Market: How Deep-Pocketed Crypto-Collectors Are Rushing Into an Old Art-Market Trap (and Other Insights)

Opinion

The Gray Market: How Deep-Pocketed Crypto-Collectors Are Rushing Into an Old Art-Market Trap (and Other Insights)

Our columnist sees eerie parallels between the art spending of today’s crypto-wealthy buyers and an ill-fated group in the late 1980s.

By Tim Schneider, Mar 28, 2021

Op-Ed

Thoughtful Deaccessioning Is Part of Any Art Museum’s Mission. But the Lax Rules We Have Now Will Haunt Us Later

As large institutions move to sell works from their collections, they tacitly authorize smaller ones to do the same.

By Erik H. Neil, Mar 25, 2021

Opinion

I Visited the Digital Beeple Art Museum and All I Got Was an Aggressive Pitch for My Money

Is this really the future of online art?

By Ben Davis, Mar 24, 2021

Politics

In a Huge Win for Restitution Activists, a Scottish University Will Become the First Western Institution to Fully Repatriate a Benin Bronze

The object is expected to finally arrive in Nigeria within weeks.

By Naomi Rea, Mar 24, 2021

Opinion

Professor Kenny Schachter Is Here to Teach You More About NFTs (and Put the Crypto Critics in Detention)

Still struggling to figure out what an NFT artwork is, and what it means for you? Kenny is more than happy to fill you in.

By Kenny Schachter, Mar 23, 2021

Opinion

The Gray Market: Why the Hack of Nifty Gateway Raises Far-Reaching Questions About the Entire NFT Market (and Other Insights)

Our columnist examines what NFT platforms like Nifty Gateway can—and can’t—do to referee a market designed to sidestep authority.

By Tim Schneider, Mar 21, 2021

Op-Ed

In 2018, Christie’s Gave Away 300 Free NFTs. A Few People Who Didn’t Throw Them Out Are Now Selling Them for Over $10,000

Only 12 people out of around 300 claimed their free NFTs.

By Elliot Safra, Mar 21, 2021

Opinion

I Looked Through All 5,000 Images in Beeple’s $69 Million Magnum Opus. What I Found Isn’t So Pretty

'Everydays: The First 5,000 Days' is the third-most expensive work ever by a living artist. Not many people have actually looked at it.

By Ben Davis, Mar 17, 2021

Politics

Data Visualization: Which Country Has Dedicated the Most Money to Arts Relief During the Pandemic?

We crunched the numbers to compare how nine different countries are bailing out their culture sector.

By Naomi Rea, Mar 14, 2021

Crime

A Netflix True Crime Series Will Investigate the Brazen Robbery of $500 Million in Artworks From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

The docuseries debuts in April.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 12, 2021

Politics

A Group of Artists Has Withdrawn From an MCA Chicago Exhibition to Protest Layoffs and Alleged Unequal Working Conditions

The artists are demanding a public apology to laid-off staffers of color.

By Brian Boucher, Mar 12, 2021

Opinion

Museums Are Where Artworks Go to Die. But the Frick Madison’s Stunning New Installation Brings Them Back to Life Again

Contemplating the many meanings of Duccio's "Temptation of Christ on the Mountain" at the famed New York museum's temporary home.

By Ben Davis, Mar 11, 2021

Politics

An Exhibition Dedicated to a Legendary Asian American Art Collective Has Been Cancelled After a Majority of the Artists Withdrew

The artists oppose the museum’s acceptance of $35 million in New York City funds, which they say suggests complicity in the building of a new jail.

By Brian Boucher, Mar 11, 2021

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