The Gray Market: Why the Art World Needs a Clear Marker for What the ‘End of the Pandemic’ Means (and Other Insights)

Opinion

The Gray Market: Why the Art World Needs a Clear Marker for What the ‘End of the Pandemic’ Means (and Other Insights)

Our columnist explores US medical experts' thinking on how to define when to lift public-health restrictions.

By Tim Schneider, Feb 28, 2021

Opinion

The Myths About FDR’s New Deal Arts Programs Are Misleading. Here Are the Real Lessons for Struggling Artists Today

Commentators have looked the New Deal art projects for lessons for today's crisis. Do we really understand their legacy?

By Ben Davis, Feb 24, 2021

Opinion

Kenny Schachter Gets Sucked Into the Surreal NFT Vortex… and Makes a Fortune Overnight in the New Virtual Art Market

Our columnist describes his entry into the wild, revolutionary, and highly confusing art market springing up around virtual artworks.

By Kenny Schachter, Feb 23, 2021

Opinion

Know Your Rights: Can I Turn My GameStop Stock Certificate Into a Work of Art? + Other Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered

Plus, can I sell a line of handmade artworks based on the Met's collection? And would it be possible to turn "War & Peace" into a podcast?

By Katarina Feder, Feb 23, 2021

Op-Ed

I Led the Indianapolis Museum of Art for Five Years. Here’s How Charles Venable, Its Recently Ousted President, Failed the Institution

The museum excluded large parts of its core audience while failing to grow its endowment, despite its former president's business-oriented plans.

By Maxwell Anderson, Feb 22, 2021

Opinion

The Gray Market: Why ‘Global Weirding’ Makes Art Museums Needier Than Ever for Unglamorous Donations (and Other Insights)

Our columnist connects a devastating winter storm in Texas, climate change, and a longstanding drought within cultural philanthropy.

By Tim Schneider, Feb 21, 2021

Op-Ed

How Can I Tell If My Keith Haring Is Fake? Here Are Five Tell-Tale Clues, According to an Expert

Haring expert Richard Polsky breaks down what you need to know about warning signs in the artist's many bodies of work.

By Richard Polsky, Feb 8, 2021

Opinion

The Gray Market: How Public-Health Data Can Help Us Predict the Future of Art-Market Recovery (and Other Insights)

Our columnist looks at how major differences in US and international inoculation campaigns are threatening to keep the art world off its axis.

By Tim Schneider, Feb 7, 2021

Op-Ed

Here’s Why I Believe Lockdown Has Pushed the Art World Out of Its Comfort Zone—and on a Path to a More Equitable Future

Artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman on how this moment could transform the arts for the better.

By Chila Kumari Singh Burman, Feb 4, 2021

Opinion

The Gray Market: Why Big Money Is Urging the Art Industry to Get Loud About Going Green (and Other Insights)

A slew of major finance and business moves convince our columnist the arts should get seriously transparent about climate action now.

By Tim Schneider, Jan 31, 2021

Opinion

The Gray Market: Why Young People Are Skipping the Art Market to Buy Stock in GameStop (and Other Insights)

Our columnist uses GameStop's historic surge to break down why Wall Street has outperformed the art trade in attracting young investors.

By Tim Schneider, Jan 24, 2021

Op-Ed

Opinion: With Light at the End of the Tunnel, Art Fairs Are a Risk Not Worth Taking Before Vaccinations Are Widespread

We have already figured out how to survive without fairs for nearly a year. Why squander our health now?

By Jonathan Schwartz, Jan 24, 2021

Opinion

3 Observations About Culture, Politics, and Social Media Radicalization in the Post-Trump Era

On digital populism and the influencer economy as a base of reaction.

By Ben Davis, Jan 22, 2021

Opinion

Can the Capitol Rioters Sue Me for Making Art That Includes Footage of Them Storming DC? + Other Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered

Plus, what's the deal with the Great Gatsby now that it's public domain? And can publications really embed my Instagrams without my consent?

By Katarina Feder, Jan 19, 2021

Opinion

The Gray Market: Why Silicon Valley Is Not Going to Be Able to Save In-Person Art Fairs in 2021 (and Other Insights)

Our columnist dissects what the newly announced Vaccination Credential Initiative would—and wouldn’t—mean for IRL art fairs.

By Tim Schneider, Jan 17, 2021