The Back Room The Back Room: Turn and Face the Change This week in the Back Room: the next generation of art institutions, ultra-contemporary lots outsprint the field, mega-galleries chase crypto cool, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Oct 8, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: The Center Cannot Hold This week in the Back Room: Hong Kong’s internal struggle, dealers behaving badly, the grounding of global art travel, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Oct 1, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: A Post-American Art World? This week: Euro buying boosts Basel, the young artist with a 196-strong waitlist, the global market’s first-half rebound, and more. By Tim Schneider, Sep 24, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Things Fall Apart This week: the twilight(?) of the art-fair industrial complex, inside MOCA’s executive drama, how to raise an artist from the dead, and more. By Tim Schneider, Sep 17, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: New Steps in Old Spaces This week in the Back Room: Art Basel’s about-face, August’s unexpected auction king, Hollein holds forth, and much more By Tim Schneider, Sep 10, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Unite and Conquer This week: four blue-chip dealers join forces, live art fairs step up to the starting blocks, NFTs go Hollywood, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Sep 3, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Corporate Temptation This week: Art Basel's golden boy joins an enemy encampment, Banksy’s extraordinary auction rise, NFT scammers target the art world, and much more. By Naomi Rea, Aug 27, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Let’s Get Digital This week: A spotlight on Platform, NFTs vacuum in new clients, MISA turns online sales experimental, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Aug 20, 2021
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
