The Back Room The Back Room: Cash Over Crypto This week: crypto doesn't pay for paintings, an art-fair ticket-price face-off, Erik Parker heats up, and much more. By Tim Schneider, May 27, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Sequel Success This week: wrapping up New York’s auctions, a stampede of artists switching stables, a verbal joust in a bidding war, and much more. By Tim Schneider, May 20, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Pivot Point This week: auction week’s emerging themes, an art-fair flurry, Mike Bidlo’s surprise rise, and much more—all in a 7-minute read. By Tim Schneider, May 13, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Auctioneers Unleashed This week: deregulating NYC's auctions, an online sales surge, dumpster-diving for greatness, and much more. By Tim Schneider, May 6, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Nature vs. Nurture This week: the Almine Rech method, Marlene Dumas defies speculators, Vera Molnár’s market paradox, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Apr 29, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Pavilions and Profits This week: Venice Biennale business etiquette, LGDR’s head-scratching artist list, spring auction anchor lots ahoy!, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Apr 22, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Double Trouble? This week: BOGO or go home, a viral mayor visits NYC’s art world, an auction glimpse at Philip Guston, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Apr 15, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Social Media Mayhem This week: Instagram infuriates art marketers, a second Koons family NFT launch, Michelangelo’s auction miracle, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Apr 8, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Tiny Slices of Art, Big Business This week: Fractionalized art ownership, David Zwirner loses a star, a Venetian Monet, and much more. By Naomi Rea, Apr 4, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: End of an Era This week: Russian patrons’ long retreat, Mary Boone’s nonprofit penance, Yves Klein’s proto-NFT, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Mar 25, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Mass Movement This week: NFTs try to break big, Robert Indiana's auction troubles, Lynne Drexler goes supersonic, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Mar 18, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Crypto’s Star Map This week: the NFT market’s old-school structure, Sotheby’s latest youth-marketing ploy, the Met’s landmark deaccession, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Mar 11, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Red Alert This week: the war's blowback on the art economy, a CryptoPunk collusion, high-flying auction action, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Mar 4, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: How the West Was Won This week: Frieze L.A. in a flash, rising star Kandis Williams on the move, museums still in pandemic-induced peril, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Feb 25, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Up, Up, and Away This week: inflation's effects on the art market, a painting that can't stop flipping, millions spent on Washington lobbyists, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Feb 18, 2022
