The Back Room The Back Room: Waiting on the Future This week: A gut check on art-market innovation, July’s relaxed auction highs, the Macklowe collection (maybe, finally) in motion, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Aug 13, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Rocky Mountain High This week in the Back Room: Aspen’s ascent, Phillips’s private sales peak, a museum board’s reckoning, and much more By Tim Schneider, Aug 6, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Once Upon a Time in the West A former LA textile mill churns out art stars, the law catches up to a scandalous SoCal dealer, Gagosian goes big online (again), and more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 30, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Return to Form This week: the eerie familiarity of the “new normal,” U.S. dealers regain their footing, the Rubells’ always-churning star machine, and more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 23, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Go Figure The flagging(?) market for figurative art, Hunter Biden as artist’s rights case study, Christie’s private-sales surge, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 16, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Changing the Game Art whales splash into sports memorabilia, information (and NFTs) don’t want to be free, Dana Schutz’s market conquers all, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 9, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: A Post-Auction World This week: Ex-Sotheby’s collaborators get competitive, an overseas auction cheat sheet, the next million-dollar millennial artist, and more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 2, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: London Calling The biggest sellers in next week’s London auctions, the Basquiat estate in play, a design market bonanza, and much more. By Julia Halperin, Jun 25, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Billions and Billions Served This week in the Back Room: Billionaires give and take, Banksy prints go berserk, bidders chase youth, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jun 18, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Crypto Ain’t Dead Yet This week: An NFT market correction, Kenny Schachter radios in from the crypto frontier, mega-galleries jostle for supremacy, and more. By Tim Schneider, Jun 11, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Counting Galleries’ Money This week in the Back Room: Dealer salaries, surveyed; Marlborough Gallery, resurrected; U.S. museums, stabilized(?); and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jun 4, 2021