Observer
  • Business
  • Art
  • Lifestyle
Newsletters
  • Business
    • Finance
    • Media
    • Technology
    • Policy
    • Wealth
    • Insights
    • Interviews
  • Art
    • Art Fairs
    • Art Market
    • Art Reviews
    • Auctions
    • Galleries
    • Museums
    • Interviews
  • Lifestyle
    • Nightlife & Dining
    • Style
    • Travel
    • Interviews
  • Power Lists
    • Nightlife & Dining
    • Art
    • A.I.
    • PR
  • About
    • About Observer
    • Advertise With Us
    • Reprints
Newsletters

buying art

The Art Basel and UBS Collecting Survey Shows Gen Z Setting the Pace, and the Megafair Is Remaking Itself to Keep Up

Gen Z collectors are spending at the highest levels across art, digital media and luxury categories, as women gain market influence and traditional ideas of ownership and status shift. For Art Basel CEO Noah Horowitz, the report's findings also confirm the necessity of a different kind of art fair—one that's less of a tradeshow and more of a year-round experience platform.
By Elisa Carollo
Painting by Tom Friedman depicting discarded art materials

Experts On How to Mitigate the Ethical and Environmental Impacts of Collecting Art

In the fine art world, one increasingly hears terms like "ethical" and "sustainable" used in reference to art advising, installation practices, upcycled mediums and even curation. But these concepts aren't fully defined in the cultural sphere, and industry professionals say collectors who want to do the right thing may run into structural obstacles.
By Daniel Grant
Design Miami at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul.

Can Seoul Art Week Sustain More Fairs? PAVILION and Design Miami Say Yes.

The city hardly lacks for fairs, but there is arguably still room for formats that are locally rooted and responsive to the people who engage with them.
By Elisa Carollo
Installation view combining a large colorful abstract painting, a suspended biomorphic sculpture, a grid of copper-toned panels and an orange floor work.

Marseille’s Art-o-rama Lets Galleries Outgrow the Fair That Made Them

By Sarah Moroz
A group of people share a long outdoor meal beside a rustic stone building, seated beneath trees as warm evening sunlight filters through the garden.

What the Art World Can Learn From Luxury’s Return to Intimacy and Cultural Depth

By Elisa Carollo
Two women in dark tailored suits stand on either side of a white lectern against a plain light gray studio background.

Rebecca Fine Launches Metis, a New Art Lender Powered by Winston Artory Group Data

By Elisa Carollo
An auctioneer stands at a Phillips podium during a crowded sale as a large screen displays Andy Warhol’s Sixteen Jackies alongside bidding figures in multiple currencies.

Phillips’s CEO Martin Wilson On What the House’s $507 Million Spring Reveals About the Market

By Elisa Carollo
A Sotheby’s specialist takes bids by phone beneath a framed Old Master painting showing a crowded biblical scene with women, children and robed figures.

In London’s Classics Week Sales, Old Masters Were Back, But Only the Best of the Best

By Elisa Carollo
An auctioneer in a vivid pink-and-orange dress stands at Christie’s rostrum during a 20/21 evening sale, with Philip Guston’s Mirror Head projected on the screen beside currency conversions.

Christie’s and Phillips Kept London’s June Auctions Moving But Not Flying

By Elisa Carollo

Inside the Business of Prints, Multiples and Editions

By J. Cabelle Ahn
Lucian Freud’s Sleeping by the Lion Carpet depicts Sue Tilley asleep nude in an armchair before a patterned lion carpet.

The Lewis and Zabludowicz Collections Anchor London’s June Auctions in the Art Market’s Final Pre-Summer Test

By Elisa Carollo

In Basel, a Cautious But Committed Market Rediscovers Its Nerve

By Elisa Carollo
An abstract collaborative painting shows bold red, black, gold, purple and blue shapes around a central white circle marked with handwritten signatures.

Can Rock Royalty Really Make Art Worth Owning?

By Simon Coates
A print of an etching of the entombment of Jesus

From Midnight Casts to Authorized Editions: Understanding the Market for Posthumously Produced Art

By Daniel Grant

At TEFAF New York, the Masterpiece Market Had Plenty to Celebrate

By Elisa Carollo
An auctioneer stands at Christie’s rostrum during the sale of Jackson Pollock’s Number 7A, 1948, displayed on a large screen beside a $157 million hammer price, with the auction room audience seated in the foreground.

Christie’s $1.1 Billion Night Confirms the Health of the Market’s Upper End

By Elisa Carollo
A white-walled booth displays Kelly Tapia-Chuning’s textile works, including four wall-hung pieces and a central floor installation.

NADA New York Opens With Fewer Early Sales But Plenty of Potential

By Elisa Carollo
Two visitors stand among tall sculptural forms printed with images of water or ice, examining the installation closely inside a gallery booth.

Beneath the Art Market’s Recovery, a Structural Reset Is Underway

By Elisa Carollo
Portrait of Elliott Safra seated in front of a colorful floral textile backdrop.

Inside the Art Marketplace, Elliot Safra’s Bid to Make Private Sales More Efficient

By Elisa Carollo

Art & Money: The Great Divide

By Kenny Schachter
  • ART
  • BUSINESS
  • LIFESTYLE
  • POWER LISTS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • ABOUT
  • ADVERTISE
  • CONTACT
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • RSS FEEDS
  • SITEMAP
  • TERMS
  • PRIVACY
  • REPRINTS
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Cookie Settings
  • Do not sell my data
Powered by WordPress VIP

We noticed you're using an ad blocker.

We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience.
But advertising revenue helps support our journalism.

To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker.
We'd really appreciate it.

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser:

For Adblock:

Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain.

For Adblock Plus on Google Chrome:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Enabled on this site.

For Adblock Plus on Firefox:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Disable on Observer.com.

Then Reload the Page