The decision that changed art

Our eyes are worth money. We know that, now. It has become a commonplace that our “attention economy” is functionally an eyeball economy. But how did eyeballs come to look like dollar signs? Let’s dig into what we might think of as the original Faustian Bargain by which the sciences of human perception (with their […]

A series of evening auctions held in London during the Frieze art fair at the three main houses—Phillips, Sotheby’s, and Christie’s—provided more evidence of a market contraction, with sales down a remarkable 20 percent compared to the same ones held last year. Together, the three houses pulled in a collective £139 million ($168 million) with […]

Expo Chicago, the Windy City’s marquee art fair, just closed on Sunday, after bringing more than 170 exhibitors to the famous Navy Pier on Lake Michigan. The event drew even more attention than usual, since it was acquired by Frieze last summer, and galleries all over town opened major new exhibition amid the festivities. Here […]