ART
Marion Maneker
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July 15, 2025
Goldin Ticket
A wide-ranging conversation with the sports collectibles and Netflix impresario Ken Goldin, whose Goldin Auctions has helped legitimize the market. Naturally, he’s now expanding his collectibles empire even further.
Julie Brener Davich
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July 13, 2025
Blazing Paddles
The art scene of the American West, epitomized in the upcoming Coeur d’Alene auction in Reno, is a thriving world apart from the otherwise dominant coastal art scene. And that’s fine with them.
Marion Maneker
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July 11, 2025
Magritte Surprises & Glimcher’s Rothko
The art world may have decamped to the Greek Isles or the South of France, but there’s still plenty of exceptional work to enjoy in Manhattan’s galleries. Herewith, a survey of a few gems you might have overlooked…
A 1H25 Art Market Wellness Check
A gold mine of proprietary data from ARTDAI offers a nuanced portrait of the auction market in its current state. There are causes for concern, particularly at the top of the market, but also evidence of stability.
Marion Maneker
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July 8, 2025
Ay Tjoe’s Meaning of Life
Indonesian artist Christine Ay Tjoe has been a rising star in Asia for two decades. But her first U.S. show, at White Cube, offers a comprehensive view of how she grapples with the theme of grief after the death of her father.
Julie Brener Davich
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July 6, 2025
The Bone Collectors
Demand for rare dinosaur fossils has been heating up, even as the major auction houses struggle to tame the “Wild West” quality of an immature market without many comparisons.
Julie Brener Davich
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July 3, 2025
The Old Masters vs. Everything Else
As the London sales proved yet again, there’s a value gap between the best and the rest. Desire is the differentiator, with deeply covetable, exceptional works setting record prices, while much of everything else struggles to meet the reserve.
The Blumquake & The Next Shoes to Drop
Tim Blum’s shocking-but-not-surprising decision to call it quits is a signal of bigger changes afoot—not just the apparent anhedonia of the collector class, but the profound effects of financialization on the art market.
Julie Brener Davich
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July 1, 2025
Full-Blown Yuskavage
Lisa Yuskavage’s work has been criticized as too overtly sexual, and the artist herself as a “bad feminist.” But she sees the critical reception as a nuisance on her journey from working-class Philly to a Morgan Library & Museum show, which puts her works on paper alongside Thoreau’s journals and Bach’s sheet music.
Julie Brener Davich
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June 29, 2025
Old Masters, New Tricks
London is gearing up for a week of spectacular Old Masters and unusual antique sales, as the market digests a new anti-trafficking rule—provenance matters now more than ever—and strives for new heights.
Marion Maneker
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June 27, 2025
The Art Advisor Avengers
As more and more art changes hands privately, a group of top advisors are forming a collective to help manage the global demands of larger collections. And they’re all keeping their day jobs.
Basel or Bust…
The thrill is gone at what used to be one of the art market’s most storied and exclusive gatherings, as die-hard collectors stay away, preferring to conduct business in private.
Marion Maneker
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June 24, 2025
The Book of Matsuyama
Tomokazu Matsuyama, the Japanese transplant who is running a small cultural enterprise out of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is enjoying an ascendant market for his wry, textured, and homage-filled interpretation of the modern American experience.
Julie Brener Davich
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June 22, 2025
“Freedom Documents” Aren’t Free
They’re actually worth many millions, and the market is heating up as the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday. On Thursday, Sotheby’s is selling rare copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution—both of them signed by Abraham Lincoln, himself.
Marion Maneker
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June 20, 2025
London, Underground
While it’s tempting to look at last week’s Art Basel and the upcoming London fair as quiet and unremarkable, you’d be missing the deal flow humming just below the surface. The top of the market isn’t completely frozen—it’s just more discreet, and there’s plenty of exceptional work changing hands.
Lords of Art Finance
With $1 trillion of art in private hands, and only 5 percent of it leveraged, the art market is nowhere near as liquid as other asset classes. A new art-secured lender, backed by the Nahmads and selling discretion, aims to change that.
Marion Maneker
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June 17, 2025
Hustle & Dealflow in Basel
In recent years, Art Basel in Paris stole some of its thunder, but O.G. Basel is having a micro-resurgence. Early reports suggest that there’s money on the ground, but not a lot of urgency.