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A Philosophy of Abdication

This is the third in a series. The first was about how this market works. The second was...

Spring Shows To See

Spring Art Guide New York 2026 What to See Now by Anni Irish Spring in New York City...

It Should Feel Like Arrival

I have been writing to you about everything wrong with this industry for over a year now. The...

Art as Pedagogy

Good morning. This edition of The New Art World Order is a little different from our usual material. It’s shaped...

The bank is fine. Please don’t withdraw your money.

This is one of my favorite parts of the job being right on analytics. So without further delay,...

Who Actually Controls the Artist?

Good morning and happy spring, we made it! It has been a busy and exciting start to the...

The Whitney Biennial That Won’t Pick a Fight

The 82nd edition. 56 artists, duos, and collectives, co-organized by curators Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer. Whitney Museum of...

You Can’t Tell By Looking, Can You?

Alexis MATA - Encrypted Dreams 2023| Oil on canvas | 70.9 × 59.1 inches Welcome back to At the...

What Is Holding Up

During the first two hours of Scottsdale Art Week’s opening night reception, a painting by Justin Bua sold...

Art Basel HK 2026 | The performance vs. reality

The Gap Nobody Wants to Name I can’t even begin to count the fairs I’ve been to over...

What Does Success Mean to You?

Spring has officially sprung, and with it I will be leaning heavily on metaphor. Seasoned readers of this...

When the House Takes the House

There’s a sentence buried in a recent Financial Times report about Sotheby’s that I keep coming back to....

The Venetian Problem

Venice opens May 9. The week it opens, almost everything that would normally govern it, the artist selection...

The Art Market That Built Itself Without You.

A note from the editor: Most collectors have never heard of SP-Arte. That is not a reflection of...

Withheld Resolution

There is a painting type circulating right now that I keep stopping at and so, it seems, does...

Why People Buy Art at Turning Points

She didn’t come in looking for art. She came in three weeks after her mother died, wearing the...

The Art Coaching Industrial Complex

I‘m writing this from a place of frustration. I work with full time working artists all day every...

2026 Predictions

We’ve officially reached the end of 2025, the Year of the Wooden Snake. It has been a strange,...

The Work of Choosing in the Messy Middle

Welcome to 2026. Wow have you come out with a bang, in more ways then one. I’m opening the...

Selling Art Is a Human Problem

Welcome to the first iteration of At the Studio Table, a place where I speak plainly about what is...

The End of Free Distribution

Good morning. It has become increasingly clear that I have no idea what to do in a snowstorm. As...

When Growth Becomes Real: L&L Case Studies

Robert Mars at Lion and Lamb Gallery in August 2025 We share a monthly note from inside the work,...

The Return of Human Intermediaries

Welcome back and yes, I survived the Great Snowpocalypse of 2026 ❄️ Last Friday's New Art World Order laid out...

When Money Looks for Shelter

Good afternoon. I hope this finds you warm and well. I’ve just finished a weekend at the largest...

From Fracture to Form: 2026 Fair Season Opens

Good morning. I’m writing to you from the international terminal in Mexico City, still buzzing after a week...

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