shining a light on the shadowy fine art industry
Civil protection volunteers conducting health screenings on travelers arriving at the Guglielmo Marconi airport in Bologna.
Photography by Italy's Department of Civil Protection. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
For this edition, wading back into the biggest health scare in the (art) world…
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The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Photography by Wally Gobetz. Courtesy of Flickr.
In this edition, leaping from the week’s biggest story back in time…
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Molecular illustration of the 2019 novel coronavirus.
Modeling by Gianluca Tomasello. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
This week, dredging the wonkiest depths for something of value…
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Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi (ca. 1500). Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
This week, questioning the entire premise of a supposed art-market controversy…
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From left: Andrew Goldstein of Artnet News, Matt Carey-Williams of Victoria Miro, Greg Hilty of Lisson, and Joost Bosland of Stevenson Gallery on a panel at Talking Galleries Barcelona 2020.
Awful crowd photography by the Gray Market.
This week, reacting to conversations instead of the news cycle…
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Former Nissan and Renault CEO and current fugitive from Japanese authorities, Carlos Ghosn. Photography copyright the World Economic Forum. Courtesy of the World Economic Forum.
This week, mapping the potholes on the road to growth…
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Marina Abramović, "The Artist Is Present" (2010).
Photography by Andrew Russeth. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
This week, extending the art business into the afterlife…
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Exterior view of the New Jersey shopping-and-experience complex now known as American Dream during the construction phase. Photography by Brad Miller. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
This week, investigating art’s overlap with the experience economy…
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Image by Ulrike Leone, courtesy of Pixabay.
It’s that time of year again: the week when I look back at my art-market predictions for 2019 to see where I was right, where I went wrong, and what we might be able to learn from both.
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Archival photograph of Berlin's decommissioned Tempelhof Airport, which served as the venue for Art Berlin for the fair's final three editions. Photography by Alexandre Vian.
This week, a case where the cure can’t be separated from the malady…
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