Provenance Matters More Than You Think. It’s Also More Fragile.
Clean provenance is no longer a nice-to-have. Restitution claims, sanctioned collectors, and disputed estates have made a paper trail an active risk.
AI Art’s Valuation Problem Is Not What You Think It Is
The question isn’t whether AI images can be good. It’s whether any AI work has the structural scarcity to hold a price outside its own ecosystem.
The Kusama Infinity Problem: How Much Room Is Left?
Kusama has been the most bankable contemporary artist of the last decade. Our audit asks whether that’s a ceiling, a plateau, or something more permanent.
The Ultra-Contemporary Boom Cools — But Doesn’t Crash
The red-chip cohort that defined 2021–2023 has entered the messy middle. Prices are normalizing, flippers are tapped out, and the real discovery starts now.
The Next Wave of Women Painters: What the Data Actually Says
We pulled five years of evening sale results and museum acquisitions. The correction on women painters isn’t what the press releases tell you.
Framing Risk in Art: The Five Exposures Nobody Underwrites For
Even sophisticated collectors under-price concentration, liquidity, authentication, storage, and reputational risk. Here’s how to think about each.
Banksy, Audited: What Happens When Meme Liquidity Runs Out
Banksy’s market isn’t collapsing — but it is normalizing. We unpack the slow convergence toward ‘normal’ blue-chip patterns and what that costs early buyers.
Women Artists at Auction: The Rerate Is Real. The Parity Is Not.
Works by women are outperforming works by men on a like-for-like basis. The headline masks a more interesting and less comfortable dataset underneath.
Reading a Gallery Roster Like a Portfolio Manager
Every gallery is a fund. Its roster is the fund’s holdings. If you can’t read it the way you’d read a 13F, you shouldn’t be buying from it.
Cecily Brown: The Painter the Market Finally Caught Up With
For years Cecily Brown was the artist serious collectors name-checked while her prices stayed suspiciously reasonable. That window has now closed.