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What exactly does it mean to collect art in uncertain times? The members of the 2024 ARTnews Top 200 list are reacting to the state of today’s uncertain art market. https://lnkd.in/eKfJKsYQ

ARTnews spoke with outgoing Hammer Museum director Ann Philbin and collector Jarl Mohn in June at the Hammer’s offices to learn more about their love and support for all things Los Angeles. tinyurl.com/ys37c2rh

Photographer Stephen Shore walked out of a lecture in Beijing last week after he noticed people in the audience were more engrossed with their mobile phones than they were with the event. tinyurl.com/24sayh45

What exactly does it mean to collect art in uncertain times? The members of the 2024 ARTnews Top 200 list are reacting to the state of today’s uncertain art market.

A man destroyed a porcelain sculpture by Ai Weiwei seemingly on purpose during the opening reception of an exhibition dedicated to the Chinese dissident artist on Friday evening in Italy. https://lnkd.in/esfSZq-D

Given the art market’s well-documented “correction” this year and last, you might think the larger luxury market would be down as well. If so, you’d be very wrong. https://lnkd.in/e-cGMzgR

In the wake of the British Museum’s recent slew of controversies, its recently installed director, Nicholas Cullinan, former boss of London’s National Portrait Gallery, has promised change. https://lnkd.in/eB_BbUhJ

Sotheby’s reported a sharp decline in its financials, with core earnings down 88 percent and auction sales falling by 25 percent in the first half of 2024. https://lnkd.in/dvMee6tE

There are artists and creatives who are willing to cooperate with companies developing the very tools designed to replace them—or, at least, diminish their labor. Why? https://lnkd.in/eW3Yevbk

A recent lawsuit, which has yet to be settled, sheds light on the business of traveling exhibition companies, a fast-growing and little-examined part of the art industry.