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Art Market Moneyball, With Clare McAndrew

Clare McAndrew, the author of Art Basel and UBS’s influential annual report, discusses calculating transactions in mixed years, the risk of surveying dealers to death, and how she compiles the art market’s most dependable and authoritative assessment.

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Clare McAndrew
"I’ve always believed that if you can get the right material onto the market, there are always people waiting in the wings to buy it, no matter what’s happening in the broader economy. I think that’s what happened at the end of last year," says Clare McAndrew. Photo: Paul McCarthy/Courtesy of Art Basel
Marion Maneker
April 15, 2026

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Clare McAndrew should need no introduction to readers of Wall Power. Her report measuring the art market is an annual event, and the total sales number she produces is cited around the world. But the value of McAndrew’s work goes beyond that marquee figure ($59.6 billion last year), and the report contains a lot more interesting data and insights into how the art market, dealers, and collectors function.

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