Analysis How Do You Build a Blue-Chip Market in 10 Years? The Trajectory of ‘Bad Painter’ Albert Oehlen Provides a Blueprint Could 2020 be the year that Albert Oehlen—a polarizing artist both beloved and dismissed—sees his work top $10 million at auction? By Nate Freeman, Jan 8, 2020
Analysis In the Wake of Devastating Floods, It’s High Time for the Art World to Rethink Its Cherished Relationship to Venice The curator of the next Venice Biennale should be named any week now. That person is going to have a lot to think about. By Kate Brown, Dec 18, 2019
Analysis The Market for Disturbing Nazi Artifacts Is Growing. Who Is Buying Them—and Why? The market has become so profitable that scammers are creating forgeries of the material. By Daniel Grant, Nov 27, 2019
Analysis Museum Workers Across the Country Are Unionizing. Here’s What’s Driving a Movement That’s Been Years in the Making The reasons tell us a lot about the state of the arts today. By Catherine Wagley, Nov 25, 2019
Analysis Goodbye Art World, Hello Art Industry: How the Art Market Has Transformed—Radically—Over the Past 30 Years Today’s art business looks nothing like it did 30 years ago. By Tim Schneider, Nov 24, 2019
Analysis Tad Smith Went From the Entertainment World to Remake Sotheby’s. Now That He’s Out as CEO, Where Does the Auction House Go From Here? Unpacking the ways Sotheby's evolved—and didn't—during Smith's four and a half years as CEO of the renowned auction house. By Tim Schneider & Eileen Kinsella, Oct 30, 2019
Analysis How New York’s MoMA Raised More Than $400 Million for Its Expansion in Just Four Years Four people—Leon Black, David Geffen, Ken Griffin, and Steve Cohen—gave more than 50 percent of the target sum. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 9, 2019
Analysis How Scholars and Curators Helped Create an International Art Market for Pioneering American Modernist Marsden Hartley The market for the artist's work, once confined to the US, has become much more widespread. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 29, 2019
Analysis ‘You Make a Decision to Continue’: Amid a Crushing National Deficit, Beirut’s Art Scene Finds Creative Ways to Stay Afloat Many were pleasantly surprised by the strong attendance at the recent Beirut Art Fair. But for some, it's still not enough. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Sep 27, 2019
Analysis Frieze’s Majority Owner, the Hollywood Colossus Endeavor, Is About to Go Public. What Does the IPO Mean for the Art-Fair Company? Want a possible sneak peek into Frieze's future? Endeavor's SEC filings and underlying business offer clues about what to expect next. By Tim Schneider, Sep 26, 2019
Analysis At Home and Abroad, the Market for Chinese Art and Antiquities Sharply Declined in 2018, Our Exclusive Auction Report Reveals Sales of Fine Chinese paintings and calligraphy—the largest collecting category in mainland China—experienced a major decline. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 24, 2019
Analysis How Newly Minted Art Market Star Loie Hollowell’s Prices Rose More Than 1,200 Percent in Just Three Years The artist has just unveiled her most high-profile exhibition yet at Pace's new flagship. But if you want a painting, you'll have to get in line. By Nate Freeman, Sep 15, 2019
Analysis The Studio Museum Residency Has Shaped the World’s Understanding of Black Contemporary Art. That’s a Lot of Responsibility The influential residency program's latest cohort suggests a shift in focus for the institution. That could have big implications. By Melissa Smith, Sep 2, 2019
Analysis Beyond Context Collapse: 4 Things Fairs Can Do to Differentiate Themselves—and Strengthen the Art World in the Process Art fairs dominate the art world, but they can make many improvements to help themselves and galleries survive. By Elizabeth Dee, Aug 28, 2019
Analysis The Art Market Is Having a Party About Nicolas Party. Here’s How the Playful Young Art Star Got So Hot, So Fast What's driving the flurry of interest in the young artist's work? By Naomi Rea, Aug 18, 2019
