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Tim Schneider

@thegraymarket.bsky.social
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I write about the business of art and culture at thegraymarket dot Substack dot com. Former art market editor at The Art Newspaper, former art business editor at Artnet News

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Brian Galle @bdgesq.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Had a good chat with @thegraymarket.bsky.social about whether nonprofit hostile takeovers are a thing. Now I'll be looking for places to drop the phrase "skeleton key to a kleptocratic hellscape" into casual convos. thegraymarket.substack.com?utm_source=n...
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The Gray Market | Tim Schneider | Substack
Mapping the forces shaping the business of contemporary art, from inside and out. Click to read The Gray Market, by Tim Schneider, a Substack publication.
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Tim Schneider @thegraymarket.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Had to push back against this narrative that Trump is automatically going to be great for the art market thegraymarket.substack.com/p/dealwashin...
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Dealwashing and the overlooked costs of Trump 2.0
An uptick in art sales may not offset the operational damage to sellers
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Cabelle Ahn @cabellerina.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Nosferatu and A Complete Unknown both open on Dec 25th: it’s going to be a BOBFERATU Christmas
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Tim Schneider @thegraymarket.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Spent four days drilling Art Basel’s new chatbot and have the screen caps to prove it open.substack.com/pub/thegraym...
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Art Basel makes its big AI move
8 lessons from test-driving the fair’s new in-app chatbot
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Tim Schneider @thegraymarket.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I’m having trouble pinpointing how, exactly, but there is a certain type of Miami dude that combines the worst aspects of a certain type of LA dude and a certain type of NY dude
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Tim Schneider @thegraymarket.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Galleries: for the love of all you hold dear, if you’re sending a representation announcement, a photo of *the artist’s work* >>>>>> a photo of the artist. I will die on this hill
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Tim Schneider @thegraymarket.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Wrote about how the govt has paid whistleblower programs and no one in the art market knows they could be selling out bad actors for big money (but prob detonating their careers too) thegraymarket.substack.com/p/meet-art-f...
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Meet art fraud's covert enemy: government-paid whistleblowers
Federal programs that reward informants with recovered money could help purify the art trade—if insiders are ready to make their own careers radioactive
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Tim Schneider @thegraymarket.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Tbh I would pay $6.2m just to avoid all the banana puns jfc
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Tim Schneider @thegraymarket.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
How many social networks can I join before I die challenge
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