Collecting Art Is Easy. Running a Museum, Not So Much.
Rachel Martin (Tlingít), Gochman Family Chalk drawings, 2022. Chalk, site-specific. Photo: Alon Koppel Photography At some point this fall, a new art...
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Key Takeaways from the 2026 Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report
The 2026 Art Basel and UBS Art Market Report finds the global art market grew to $59.6B in 2025, driven by top auction results as galleries restructure....
Inside the Increasingly Litigious World of High-Value Art Sales
Lengthy art sale contracts are designed to anticipate every possible contingency a buyer and seller might face. Observer Labs Judd Grossman is a major player...
Four Trends in Art Buying That Dominated 2025
David Hockney, The Poet, from The Blue Guitar, 1976-77. Courtesy of Adam Baumgold Gallery Auction results are usually the only public data available for...
Art Collector Guide: Do Galleries Ever Offer Discounts?
Dealers must walk a fine line between sustaining an artist’s market and closing the sale. © Vasco Stocker Vilhena (for Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art)...
Meet the Art Collector: Yu Kimoto and the CLTV Collection
Kimoto’s CLTV Collection captures how younger collectors move fluidly across categories, dissolving boundaries between art, design, fashion and lifestyle....
Experts Explain How to Protect Your Art Collection from Theft
Experts say most art thefts stem from inside information—contractors, staff or acquaintances who learn too much about what’s inside a home. Observer Labs In...
The Art World’s Latest Scams: Fake Profiles and Consignments and More
Scammers no longer need to hack profiles because they can just clone advisors’ identities, stage fake sales and then vanish before platforms can react....
A Collector’s Guide to Donating Art to Hospitals and Other Nonprofits
When faced with the estate planning question of what to do with valuable artworks, some art collectors look at alternative nonprofit sites, including...
Christie’s Secures Max Berry’s Encyclopedic Art Collection
Alexander Calder, Untitled, circa 1938. Wood, rod, string and paint; 21 × 53 × 13 in. (53.3 × 134.6 × 33 cm.). Estimate: $1.5-2 million. Courtesy of...
