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

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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

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A Very Special Easter Poem From Kenny Schachter and Jeff Koons’s Inflatable Bunny

It turns out the iconic artwork has a lot on its mind—and can rap, too.

By Kenny Schachter, Apr 21, 2019

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Why the Cultural Battle Over the Meaning of the Notre Dame Fire Is Playing Into the Hands of the Far-Right

There is a battle for the meaning of the terrible fire's symbolism.

By Ben Davis, Apr 18, 2019

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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

Opinion

The Gray Market: How the Met and the Shed Are Sharing Their Wealth in Two Very Different Ways (and Other Insights)

Our columnist considers what it really means to "redistribute privilege" as a wealthy cultural center.

By Tim Schneider, Apr 7, 2019

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The Shed Is a Shiny Billionaire’s Box of Dreams. Can It Be an Important Cultural Center Too?

What the flashy new institution's merger of high-tech and social justice rhetoric means about culture now.

By Ben Davis, Apr 4, 2019

Opinion

The Gray Market: Why the Sackler Philanthropy ‘Halt’ Could Mean Even Bigger Changes for Museum Funding (and Other Insights)

How the “Overton Window” theory in politics applies to recent trends in arts philanthropy.

By Tim Schneider, Mar 31, 2019

The Gray Market: Why Gagosian’s Record-Breaking Online Sale of an Albert Oehlen Painting Sets a ‘Very Juicy Precedent’ (and Other Insights)

Our columnist analyzes Gagosian's latest version of its online viewing room, and the sale that just broke the artist's $4.7 million auction record.

By Tim Schneider, Mar 24, 2019

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