Opinion As Coronavirus Upends the Art World, Kenny Schachter Hits the Fairs (and Shares a Convo With His Frenemy Inigo Philbrick) Our columnist suits up to prepare for what is likely to be a bumpy ride. By Kenny Schachter, Mar 12, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Coronavirus Proves the Art and Fashion Economies Are Different Animals (and Other Insights) Our columnist tries to reconcile how two markets that are often compared have performed quite differently so far this year. By Tim Schneider, Mar 8, 2020
Opinion How to Understand the ‘Millennial Aesthetic’ + Two Other Thought-Provoking Things to Read (or Watch) From Around the Art Web A weekly digest of what's interesting in art media. By Ben Davis, Mar 6, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Coronavirus May Finally Force the Art Market to Evolve Beyond Its Old-School Ways (and Other Insights) Our columnist weathers the growing public-health panic in search of a path forward for an increasingly anxious art market. By Tim Schneider, Mar 1, 2020
Opinion Museums’ Rejection of Fossil Fuel Sponsorship Is More Than Just Symbolic. Here’s Why It Can Have Real-World Impact The co-director of Culture Unstained argues that museums' rejection of funding from oil and gas companies can spur lasting change. By Chris Garrard, Feb 28, 2020
Opinion How Gen Z’s Meme Artists Are Reshaping the Political Battlefield + Two Other Illuminating Ideas From Around the Web Plus, an epistolary exchange highlights the plight of Chilean artists and Art Spiegelman surveys the work of Rube Goldberg. By Ben Davis, Feb 26, 2020
Opinion Kenny Schachter Gets Emotional Support at LA’s Art Fairs—and Picks Up Some Intel on Larry Gagosian’s Bedroom Dealings Our columnist headed to Tinseltown for the second year of Frieze Los Angeles Week, and was surprised how much he liked it. By Kenny Schachter, Feb 24, 2020
Opinion As Trump Guts the NEA, We Need More People to Engage in Activist Philanthropy. Here’s What That Means With the NEA under threat, the founder of Anonymous Was a Woman issues a call for philanthropists to fund artists directly. By Susan Unterberg, Feb 24, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why History Equipped the Mega-Dealers to Win the $450 Million Marron Estate (and Other Insights) Our columnist charts the precedents that positioned Pace, Gagosian, and Acquavella to beat the auction houses for Donald Marron's collection. By Tim Schneider, Feb 23, 2020
Opinion Why a New Yorker Cartoonist Is Up in Arms About Appropriation Art + Another Illuminating Idea From Around the Web Plus, America's most popular picture is of a dog on a toilet. By Ben Davis, Feb 12, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Coronavirus Canceled Art Basel Hong Kong When the Protests Couldn’t (and Other Insights) Our columnist digs through the aftermath of Art Basel Hong Kong to explain why the devil was in the (insurance) details. By Tim Schneider, Feb 9, 2020
Opinion What Shaker Furniture Can Teach Us About the ‘New Minimalist’ Trend + Two Other Illuminating Pieces of Criticism From Around the Web Plus, considerations on John Cage's revolt against Musak, and the rise of "Rural Futurism." By Ben Davis, Feb 7, 2020
Opinion In One Month, For Freedoms Will Stage the Largest Congress of Creatives in America’s History. Will You Join Us? Hundreds of artists, curators, arts administrators, and academics will head to Los Angeles in advance of the 2020 Presidential election. By Eric Gottesman & Hank Willis Thomas & Michelle Woo, Feb 4, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Super Bowl Helps Explain the Flaws in the Latest ‘Salvator Mundi’ Scandal (and Other Insights) Our columnist tackles the questions raised by allegations that the 'Last Leonardo' was on sale while on view in a 2011 National Gallery show. By Tim Schneider, Feb 3, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Art Dealers Need to Focus on New Audiences or Risk Irrelevance (and Other Insights) Our columnist weighs in on his main lesson from Talking Galleries 2020, the two-day think tank for art dealers. By Tim Schneider, Jan 26, 2020
