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The Gray Market

Why the Wave of Climate-Crisis Art Is More Than Just Virtue-Signaling, Even If It’s Not Enough (and Other Insights)

Our columnist asks who will follow the lead of artists confronting collectors with the ecological crisis at even the most commercial events.

By Tim Schneider, Sep 22, 2021

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How the ‘Platform Delusion’ of Big Tech Helps Explain Why Galleries Are Finally Turning Away From Big Art Fairs (and Other Insights)

Our columnist transports lessons from a new book on Silicon Valley that clarify galleries' growing hesitance around fairs.

By Tim Schneider, Sep 15, 2021

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Why Art Basel’s $1.6 Million ‘Solidarity Fund’ Creates One of the Most Compelling Social Experiments in Art-Market History (And Other Insights)

Our columnist uses news of Art Basel's unprecedented, late-breaking package of exhibitor benefits to vault toward the bigger picture.

By Tim Schneider, Sep 8, 2021

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Why Facebook’s Virtual Office Initiative Raises Big Questions About the Return of Live Art Fairs (and Other Insights)

Our columnist examines what the tech giant's new remote office software says about virtual art fairs just ahead of their IRL return.

By Tim Schneider, Sep 1, 2021

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Coffee and Psilocybin: Why Two Seemingly Very Different Art Dealers Just Went Into Business Together (and Other Insights)

Our columnist tries to tease out what dealer-artist Mike Egan and gallerist Meredith Rosen are up to in their new joint space.

By Tim Schneider, Aug 18, 2021

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Why Real Art Market Innovation Has Been Shamefully Scarce Even in the Face of the Pandemic (and Other Insights)

Our columnist looks at the post-shutdown landscape and finds too many players too satisfied with making just enough changes to get by.

By Tim Schneider, Aug 11, 2021

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How France’s Plan to Give Teens Free Cash to Spend on Culture Exposes the Art World’s Deepest Anxieties (and Other Insights)

Our columnist surveys the French government's Culture Pass initiative to discover what it can tell us about snobbery in the art world.

By Tim Schneider, Aug 4, 2021

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How One Dog-Eat-Dog Market Proves That the Art Industry Really Doesn’t Have to Be That Way (and Other Insights)

Our columnist dives into another fiercely contested specialty market and drags out an important lesson by the scruff of its neck.

By Tim Schneider, Jul 28, 2021

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Why U.S. Business Trends Suggest the Pandemic Changed Far Less Than Predicted About the Art Market (and Other Insights)

Our columnist shows how 2021 is defying popular predictions about remote work and urban migration in epicenters of U.S. wealth.

By Tim Schneider, Jul 21, 2021

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How Hunter Biden’s Ethics Agreement Sets a Dangerous Precedent for Rising Artists (and Other Insights)

Our columnist thinks through the curious ethics agreement between the presidential progeny’s gallery and the White House.

By Tim Schneider, Jul 14, 2021

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How the $5.4 Million World Wide Web NFT Lays Bare the Promises and Lies of the Crypto-Art Market (and Other Insights)

Our columnist examines whether information really wants to be free, or if that old ruse suggests a deeper problem.

By Tim Schneider, Jul 7, 2021

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What Goldman Sachs’s Florida Expansion Tells Us About the Future of the Art Market (and Other Insights)

Our columnist sees the mega-bank’s plans for West Palm Beach as the latest sign the South Florida art market is here to stay.

By Tim Schneider, Jun 23, 2021

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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 16, 2021

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 2, 2021

Why the Wave of Climate-Crisis Art Is More Than Just Virtue-Signaling, Even If It’s Not Enough (and Other Insights)

How the ‘Platform Delusion’ of Big Tech Helps Explain Why Galleries Are Finally Turning Away From Big Art Fairs (and Other Insights)

Why Art Basel’s $1.6 Million ‘Solidarity Fund’ Creates One of the Most Compelling Social Experiments in Art-Market History (And Other Insights)

Why Facebook’s Virtual Office Initiative Raises Big Questions About the Return of Live Art Fairs (and Other Insights)

Coffee and Psilocybin: Why Two Seemingly Very Different Art Dealers Just Went Into Business Together (and Other Insights)

Why Real Art Market Innovation Has Been Shamefully Scarce Even in the Face of the Pandemic (and Other Insights)

How France’s Plan to Give Teens Free Cash to Spend on Culture Exposes the Art World’s Deepest Anxieties (and Other Insights)

How One Dog-Eat-Dog Market Proves That the Art Industry Really Doesn’t Have to Be That Way (and Other Insights)

Why U.S. Business Trends Suggest the Pandemic Changed Far Less Than Predicted About the Art Market (and Other Insights)

How Hunter Biden’s Ethics Agreement Sets a Dangerous Precedent for Rising Artists (and Other Insights)

How the $5.4 Million World Wide Web NFT Lays Bare the Promises and Lies of the Crypto-Art Market (and Other Insights)

What Goldman Sachs’s Florida Expansion Tells Us About the Future of the Art Market (and Other Insights)

Why the Myth of the ‘Good Billionaire’ Is Undermining the Nonprofit and For-Profit Art Industry Alike (and Other Insights)

Why Beeple’s ‘Everydays’ Could Be the $69.3 Million Key to Lucrative Venture Capital Investments (and Other Insights)

What a Travel Company’s ‘Decolonization Project’ Can Teach Us About the Limits of Equity in the Art Market, Too (and Other Insights)

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