Why Selling the Mona Lisa Would Be a Ridiculous Way to Try to Dig France Out of Massive Debt
Leonardo da Vinci, Portrait of Mona Lisa del Giocondo, ca. 1503-1506.
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This week, crashing a thought experiment…
Read MoreUrban Refusal: Why a Work-From-Home Revolution Would—and Wouldn't—Impact Galleries' Bargaining Power With Landlords
A deserted subway car in New York.
Photo by Elliott Scott. Courtesy of Flickr.
This week, examining where galleries would stand after a seismic urban realignment…
Read MoreKnives Out: Why Chef Gabrielle Hamilton's Reckoning Offers an Important Example for Gallery Owners
Prune founder and chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s award-winning memoir, Blood, Bones, & Butter. Courtesy of Random House.
This week, slicing down to the essentials, even when it hurts…
Read MoreHome Field Advantage: Why Regional Taste and Gallery Shows May Bounce Back From the Crisis Quickest
Red Grooms, Homer, in its original location inside Marlins Park, the home stadium of Major League Baseball’s Florida Marlins. Photo by Dan Lundberg, courtesy of Flickr.
This week, considering the sequencing of an art-world recovery…
Read MoreCruise Control: Why the Art World Should Be Encouraged by the Odd Resilience of Cruise Bookings
J.M.W. Turner, Ship Aground Brighton, 1830. Courtesy of Wikimedia.
This week, looking for leading indicators about the other side of this mess…
Read MoreAmerican Melee: Why the European Art World Will Recover Faster Than Its US Counterpart
Oriol Tuca, illustration of Joseph Beuys's 1974 performance I Like America and America Likes Me.
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This week, finding that not all rescues are created equal…
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Jasper Johns, Flag (1954), at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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This week, using art and business to check in on national mythology…
Read MoreWhy History's Biggest Work-From-Home Experiment Could Eventually Benefit the Art Market
Remember, WFH > FML. Photo courtesy of Pickpic.
This week, looking toward a possible new working-world order…
Read MoreWhy a Slew of Postponed Art-Market Events Will Trigger a Reckoning in an Overcrowded Field
On Kawara, install view of "Consciousness. Meditation. Watcher on the Hills," at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore, 2004. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
This week, asking a natural follow-up question about an art year in flux…
Read MoreSuffer for Fashion: Why the Coronavirus Proves the Art and Fashion Businesses Are Different Animals
Givenchy evening ensemble, spring/summer 1999, in "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2018.
Photo by Regan Vercruysse, courtesy of Flickr.
This week, asking about the limits of a favorite art-market comparison…
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