ART VALUE LAB / RESEARCH READINGS

Article readings

Read the research. See how artistic value takes shape.

In-depth readings on collecting, markets and cultural participation

Search readings

Showing 46 of 46 readings

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.09.24

Auctions & pricing · 6 min read

Auctions rebound. Why does the market still feel strained?

A higher buyer’s premium looks like a change in transaction costs. Margaret Carrigan uses it to ask a broader question: why have trophy sales not restored the vitality felt in galleries and fairs?

Margaret Carrigan / The Back RoomRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2025.07.12

Technology & creativity · 3 min read

Is the Art Trade Facing an A.I. Industrial Revolution?

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2025.12.05

Technology & creativity · 4 min read

Art Basel Needs Digital Art Collectors. Do They Need Art Basel?

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.01.16

Markets & finance · 7 min read

The Art Trade’s ‘Necessary Evil’ Keeps Getting More Expensive

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.01.09

Galleries & business · 12 min read

How Artist Estates Became Fertile Ground for Young Dealers

Kate Brown / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.02.14

Regional markets · 4 min read

Africa’s Art Market Is Shifting as Competition in the Middle East Heats Up

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.03.11

Galleries & business · 3 min read

Gagosian Preps Nam June Paik Show in Seoul

Andrew Russeth / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.02.03

Markets & finance · 7 min read

Epstein Files Reveal Opaque World of Top Art Deals, Loans, LLCs

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.02.03

Regional markets · 8 min read

Art Basel Qatar Opens With Big Ambitions

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.03.07

Regional markets · 4 min read

What War in the Middle East Could Mean for the Art Trade

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.03.26

Markets & finance · 14 min read

Dark Mode? Inside the Art Market’s Private Auction Playbook

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.06.12

Galleries & business · 7 min read

What Comes After Grow-or-Go? How Goodman Gallery Changed Course

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.05.04

Museums & institutions · 5 min read

The Venice Biennale Is High Stakes. James Cohan Gallery Is All In

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.05.28

Markets & finance · 10 min read

What the May Auctions Revealed About Art as an Asset Class

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.05.18

Markets & finance · 10 min read

Consignors Revealed? The Mystery Sellers Behind the $1.8 Billion May Auctions

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.07.24

Museums & institutions · 8 min read

Roy Lichtenstein’s Market Is on Fire. Here Comes a Whitney Show With Mega Loans

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.08.28

Museums & institutions · 7 min read

Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Leonardo da Vinci Loan to the Met Signals Big Ambitions

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.09.10

Museums & institutions · 6 min read

Fair-Brokered Museum Prizes Are Multiplying. Here’s Why

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.08.31

Museums & institutions · 3 min read

What Is the Value of a Museum?

Margaret Carrigan & Sonia Manalili / Art Market MinuteRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.04.24

Museums & institutions · 9 min read

The Multibillion-Dollar Maneuvers Behind the Met’s Raphael Show

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.05.01

Museums & institutions · 4 min read

The Venice Biennale’s Polite Fiction of Being ‘Above the Market’ Is Wearing Thin

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.06.09

Regional markets · 3 min read

India Surges Ahead as Asia’s Art Market Splinters

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.02.02

Regional markets · 4 min read

Singapore to Doha to Delhi? The New Cultural Corridor Shaping Asia’s Art Market

Vivienne Chow / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.09.17

Regional markets · 5 min read

Frieze Abu Dhabi’s VIP Invites Just Went Out. Who’s Actually Going?

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.09.03

Collecting & culture · 6 min read

Why a New Generation of Collectors Is Chasing 20th-Century Modernism

Jussi Pylkkänen / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.09.11

Markets & finance · 4 min read

U.K. Pushes to Standardize Auction Data—and More Industry Intel

Jo Lawson-Tancred / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.09.18

Galleries & business · 5 min read

Profits Quadruple for Art Basel’s Parent Company—and More Industry Intel

Jo Lawson-Tancred / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.03.26

Regional markets · 7 min read

At Art Basel Hong Kong, the Emphasis Is on Slower, Smarter Buying

Vivienne Chow & Cathy Fan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.04.13

Regional markets · 4 min read

Which City Will Be the Next Asian Art Hub? That’s the Wrong Question

Cathy Fan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.03.31

Markets & finance · 3 min read

Which Artists Are Dominating the Auction Market?

Artnet News / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2025.11.26

Collecting & culture · 5 min read

9 Artists Whose Markets Artnet Pro Appraised in Depth in 2025

Eileen Kinsella / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.09.18

Galleries & business · 7 min read

Will Gagosian’s Brice Marden Blockbuster Send His Market Soaring Again?

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.01.10

Collecting & culture · 4 min read

Can the Art Market Attract New Wealth in 2026?

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2025.12.16

Regional markets · 6 min read

Where Is the Asian Art World Headed in 2026? 4 Insights

Vivienne Chow & Cathy Fan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2025.10.04

Galleries & business · 3 min read

Are There Sunnier Skies Ahead for the Art Market?

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.09.03

Markets & finance · 5 min read

The Fairs, Shows, and Sales That Actually Matter This Fall

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2025.09.23

Museums & institutions · 12 min read

Why Corporate Sponsorship Is Getting Riskier for Museums

Vivienne Chow / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2025.09.22

Museums & institutions · 3 min read

Is This the Breaking Point for Museums?

Brian Boucher / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.06.04

Galleries & business · 5 min read

Pace Gallery Downsizes, Cutting Artists and Staff

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.06.12

Regional markets · 3 min read

Christie’s London Sale Confirms Growing Appetite for South Asian Art

Richard Whiddington / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.05.18

Markets & finance · 3 min read

$1.1 Billion Christie’s Auctions Shatter Records for Pollock, Brancusi, Rothko

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.03.22

Collecting & culture · 4 min read

What the Art Market Still Gets Wrong About Next-Gen Collectors

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.04.28

Technology & creativity · 3 min read

Online Auctions Continue to Draw in First-Time Art Buyers as Sales Grow

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.05.12

Markets & finance · 3 min read

Art Collectors Bet on Known Quantities Amid Market Reset

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.07.11

Markets & finance · 4 min read

Results at the Big Three Auction Houses Tell Two Different Stories

Margaret Carrigan / Artnet ProRead the article guide

ARTICLE READING

Artnet News

2026.09.09

Galleries & business · 7 min read

Less Is More? Inside the Art World’s New Season of Recalibration

Katya Kazakina / Artnet ProRead the article guide