Artist Adrian Piper Responds to Our Special ‘Women’s Place in the Art World’ Report

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Artist Adrian Piper Responds to Our Special ‘Women’s Place in the Art World’ Report

The artist says we overlooked one very important factor: ourselves.

By Adrian Piper, Sep 25, 2019

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The Gray Market: Why Opaque Pricing in the Gallery Sector Makes Museum Collections Less Diverse (and Other Insights)

Our columnist connects the dots between old-school thinking about price transparency and old-school thinking about what museums should buy.

By Tim Schneider, Sep 22, 2019

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Our Exhibition on Nazi Design in the Netherlands Has Been Controversial. Here’s Why We Did It—and Why It’s More Urgent Now Than Ever

Timo de Rijk, the director of the Design Museum Den Bosch, defends his institution's divisive exhibition.

By Timo de Rijk, Sep 17, 2019

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The Gray Market: Why Thousands of Unsold New York Condos Should Worry High-Dollar Art Dealers (and Other Insights)

Our columnist reveals why we're seeing eerily similar sales statistics for luxury condos and the priciest artworks at auction in 2019.

By Tim Schneider, Sep 15, 2019

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Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Instagram Star and ‘Art Historian’ Caroline Calloway? Her Art Writing Actually Offers Some Insight

Calloway's writing on Cecil Beaton and Salvador Dali offers a glimpse into the Instagramification of art.

By Ben Davis, Sep 13, 2019

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Fistfights! Gallery Defections! Artist Lawsuits! Kenny Schachter on the Chaos of an Art Market Addicted to Easy Credit

In a special back-to-school column, Kenny Schachter talks about who's up in the art market, who's down, and who had better call a lawyer.

By Kenny Schachter, Sep 10, 2019

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The Gray Market: Why Sterling Ruby’s Fashion Shows Won’t Save the Art Market (and Other Insights)

Our columnist on why Sterling Ruby's fashion business isn't as far away from the art business as he'd like to believe.

By Tim Schneider, Sep 8, 2019

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The Gray Market: Why Political Turmoil in the Three Largest Art Markets Proves That Governments Shape Culture (and Other Insights)

Our columnist analyzes the commercial and artistic consequences of controversial recent policies in China, the US, and the UK.

By Tim Schneider, Sep 1, 2019

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The Gray Market: Why New York’s Museum of Ice Cream Wins at Business by Betraying Its Name (and Other Insights)

Our columnist digs into what makes the Museum of Ice Cream depressingly sustainable compared to legitimate art museums and galleries.

By Tim Schneider, Aug 25, 2019

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Context Collapse Is Threatening the Future of Big Art Fairs. Here’s Why We Should Be Very Concerned

In the first of a two-part series, Independent founder Elizabeth Dee considers the biggest problem facing art fairs today.

By Elizabeth Dee, Aug 25, 2019

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The Guardian Arts Editor Sparked a Furor by Suggesting Curators Don’t Need to Be Named in Reviews. Here’s What’s Really at Stake

At the heart of the debate is the matter of curatorial prestige—and pay.

By Naomi Rea, Aug 23, 2019

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The Gray Market: Why Pace Gallery’s New Tech Initiative Could Worsen One Art-World Problem by Solving Another (and Other Insights)

Our columnist on the likely limitations of PaceX, the mega-gallery's new initiative to expand the market for tech- and experience-based art.

By Tim Schneider, Aug 18, 2019

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