The Gray Market Why the Myth of the ‘Good Billionaire’ Is Undermining the Nonprofit and For-Profit Art Industry Alike (and Other Insights) Our columnist shows how a new investigation into legal tax avoidance by the wealthiest Americans hurts art from all sides. By Tim Schneider, Jun 15, 2021
The Gray Market Why Beeple’s ‘Everydays’ Could Be the $69.3 Million Key to Lucrative Venture Capital Investments (and Other Insights) Our columnist explains how Vignesh Sundaresan (AKA Metakovan) may be following an old path for turning art collecting into business growth. By Tim Schneider, Jun 8, 2021
The Gray Market What a Travel Company’s ‘Decolonization Project’ Can Teach Us About the Limits of Equity in the Art Market, Too (and Other Insights) Our columnist equates Atlas Obscura's sweeping review of its travel writing to the art trade's diversity, equity, and inclusion drive. By Tim Schneider, Jun 1, 2021
The Gray Market What Art Dealers Can Learn From a Revered Underground Record Store’s Move to the Heart of Manhattan (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines Rough Trade’s migration to Midtown and its value in helping dealers think through similar post-shutdown challenges. By Tim Schneider, May 25, 2021
The Gray Market Why the Art Market Is Colliding With Investors’ Biggest, Weirdest New Fixation (and No, It’s Not Crypto) Our columnist connects the dots between SPACs, NFTs, Paul Ryan, Emily Ratajkowski, and, of course, New Jersey’s Hometown Deli. By Tim Schneider, May 18, 2021
The Gray Market What Spotify’s Broken Artist-Royalty Model Can Teach Us About Inequities in the Art Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist investigates the British government's dust-up with the music-streaming service and what it can teach the art world. By Tim Schneider, May 11, 2021
The Gray Market The Gray Market: Why NFTs Aren’t the Solution to Museums’ Deaccessioning Dilemmas or Any Other Big Problems, Either (and Other Insights) Our columnist explores the prospect of major U.S. museums fundraising by issuing NFTs of world-renowned works—and why it's a distraction. By Tim Schneider, May 5, 2021