Whisper Campaign: Investigating the Rumor of Art Agency, Partners' "Gallery Advisory Services"
Philip Guston, Couple in Bed, 1977. Image courtesy of Flickr user rocor.
This week, a Gray Market special report…
Read MoreFacts Vs. Figures: Questioning the Met's Attendance Record + What Neuroscience Says about Artists
Daniel Temkin, Wrong Aspect Ratio Minesweeper (2012). Image courtesy of Flickr.
After a holiday-shortened week, two stories about the gap between headline-grabbing numbers and their actual meaning…
Read MoreMainstream Dreams: On David Zwirner's Podcast, Gagosian Quarterly + Cheim + Read's Pivot
J.M.W. Turner, Buttermere Lake, with Park of Cromackwater, Cumberland, a Shower, ca. 1797-98.
Image courtesy of Wikipedia.
This week, three stories about the new meaning of “expansion”…
Read MoreUn-Blockchain My Heart: On Maecenas's Warhol Auction + the Blind Spots of Many Blockchain Art Startups
Andy Warhol, 1975. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.
This week, dissecting one subject to put an entire system in view…
Read MoreExperience Points: A Firsthand Account of a First Trip to Art Basel
Floor shot of Art Basel 2018. Photo courtesy of The Gray Market.
This week, a reflection on four days at Art Basel 2018….
Read MoreWarren Piece: The Oracle of Omaha, Short-Termism + the Art Fair Economy
Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett, who recently co-authored an op-ed on the dangers of short-termism to the American economy. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.
This week, looking for guidance outside the cloistered world of the arts….
Read MoreStatic Cling: On the Reason Museums Might Soon Take Political Positions, a Bold New Approach to Provenance, and a Telling Quirk of Felix Gonzalez-Torres's Market
Robert Morris, installation view. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.
This week, stories about the eternal conflict between stasis and change….
Read MoreTechno-Logic: On Portia de Rossi's Art-Tech Startup, Crowdfunding Street Art with Bitcoin, and Solutions Seeking Problems
Installation view of teamLab's DMM.PLANETS. Image courtesy of Flickr user antjeverena.
This week, stories about innovative answers to problems that may not exist…
Read MoreRegulators, Mount Up: On Congressional Regulation, EU Directives, and Art Dealer Finance
Frederic Remington's The Old Stage-Coach of the Plains (1901).
Courtesy of Wikimedia.
This week, three stories on the ins and outs of art market regulation…
Read MoreThe Blockbuster Fallacy: London's National Portrait Gallery + the Myth of Increased Attendance
Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room (1994). Courtesy of Flickr user Sjoerd Los.
This week, taking a hard look at whether one popular solution actually solves a pressing problem…
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