HeyJaredThe Gray Market
Mapping the forces shaping the business of contemporary art, from inside and out.
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The Pace saga + the state of mega-galleries (opens the original)
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and I took Pace’s hotly debated, work-in-progress creative and organizational retrofitting as a good enough reason to try out Substack Live yesterday. If you weren’t among the 100+ people who joined us in the moment, you can use the recording here to catch up. (Note: I have not had the time to edit the transcript, so don’t come after me for every instance where the robot got the spelling of “Glimcher” wrong or whatever.)Thanks to everyone who joined us, especially the commenter who hit me with s
Americans can barely have fun. That gives galleries an opportunity (opens the original)
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How unhealthy is arts PR? TGM Investigates! (opens the original)
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Are auction houses greedier than galleries—or just freer? (opens the original)
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It’s not your fault the fall art season feels suffocating (opens the original)
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