To Buy Or Not To Buy: Advice For Building A Collection

How do you know when you’ve found the one? When it comes to buying art, the answer is not always that clear. Before you head out into the vast world of art in search of the pieces to build your collection, arm yourself with our advice…

The Business Model of the Nonprofit Museum

Many people think of museums like Botticelli’s Venus, a perfectly formed entity that…

What’s it Worth? The Art of Art Valuation

Today’s art market is a complex global machine that consists of many moving parts in…

Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Materialism and Ephemeral Prints

Ed Ruscha’s 1969 print portfolio Stains signifies a paradigm shift in the artist’s practice, marking a departure from painting in favor of experimental printmaking using ephemeral materials. An experiment in West Coast…

6 Books To Fuel Your Art World Obsession

Forgery, looting, hidden treasures from antiquity, notorious art crimes, and everything…

How Provenance Contributes to Trust: A Case Study of Klimt’s Portrait of Gertrud Loew at Auction

Art Business Today: 20 Key Topics

“From the 1950s to the 1970s, the art market developed out of a series of national markets into a…

History of the Artist: From Turner to van Gogh

While great art can speak to us from across the centuries, much can be lost in…

The Suns, Moons, and Circles of Ugo Rondinone

Ugo Rondinone is a Swiss-born mixed-media artist living in New York. His work…

The New Zeitgeist of Contemporary Ceramics

An ancient craft, ceramic production is one of the earliest forms of human…