The Gray Market
Tim SchneiderMapping the forces shaping the business of contemporary art, from inside and out.
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It’s not your fault the fall art season feels suffocating
Me among the press releases, metaphorically. Photo by Vitaliy Shevchenko on Unsplash
My conversations with other art pros lately have confirmed two things: practically everyone was already fully back to the grindstone this past week; and t...
It’s time for Masterworks to walk the walk
Now is the moment for fractional art ownership’s giant to prove its model fully scales, ArtTactic’s data shows.
Most art pros view Masterworks in about the same way that most evangelicals view pop music: they don’t like, trust, or respect...
The Great Wealth Transfer is art’s reddest herring
I realize this ugly reddish mofo is probably not actually a herring so don’t @ me! Photo by Colin Watts on Unsplash
From its litany of weird customs to its belief in the spiritual power of objects, the art world often behaves more like a r...
Archival Gray: Get ready for the big Smithsonian sell-off
- Exterior view of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, DC. Photo: frogvixen, courtesy of Wikimedia via Creative Commons license
Welcome back to The Gray Market! I’m reaching into the archives today because I’ve been on...
Art sellers + the SEC don't care what info you want
Photo by Jim Petkiewicz on Unsplash
One core belief at TGM is that my value as an analyst depends partly on my willingness to recognize patterns even—and especially—when I hate them. So it goes with the hapless trek toward art market trans...
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