shining a light on the shadowy fine art industry
Jeff Koons, Michael Jackson and Bubbles, 1988, created five years before the superstar was first investigated for child sexual abuse. Image by Flickr user G. McDougall.
This week, a look at how a pop-cultural mega-scandal reverberates in the art industry…
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Photo by Damien Hirst, Legend (detail), 2011. Photography by Jonathan Bliss. Courtesy of Flickr.
This week, two reminders that, sometimes, the real business of art is marketing…
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Charles Ray, Sleeping Woman, 2012.
Image courtesy of Flickr user rocor.
This week, taking a different look at the interplay between museums, money, and politics…
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AI's biggest threat isn't killer robots. It's ruthless CEOs.
Image courtesy of Dick Thomas Johnson.
This week, inspecting the brave new world of art and AI...
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Juan Muñoz is not here to bolster your self-esteem.
Image courtesy of Flickr user ginio444.
This week, stories about the downsides and upsides of a shifting client base…
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Mike Kelley, Educational Complex Onwards, 1995–2008.
Image courtesy of Flickr user Marc Wathieu.
This week, triangulating the arts’ place within the biggest political story of the year…
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Cai Guo-Qiang, Unmanned Nature. Image courtesy of Flickr user John Lord.
This week, asking a big, uncomfortable question about a key market assumption…
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Francisco de Zurbarán, Hercules Fighting with the Nemean Lion, 1634.
Image courtesy of Wikimedia.
This week, drilling into the industry’s most consequential story about class and power…
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Paul Cézanne, Study for Card Players, n.d. Image courtesy of Wikimedia.
This week, two market stories with two central points each…
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Image courtesy of Pixabay.
This week, looking back on a year of the Gray Market through its signature lens…
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