Articles & Essays
2016
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- Sarah Douglas on Lisa Cooley closing her gallery: “This morning, Cooley spoke with us about some of the reasons for her closure, saying that, due to recent changes in the art world and art market, running a gallery of her size “is not a sustainable business right now.” To read the whole article, Art Newspaper, 29 August 2016
- LISTE Director Peter Bläuer on what gallerists do for the artists: “we have a lot of artist-run spaces. But the difference is that they don’t represent the artists. It’s a very different concept—they’ll show an artist, but they don’t represent them, they won’t show them a second or third time, and the don’t make the connections to museums.The gallerist has a different profile. He’s the manager of an artist. I think the way it works is that the young gallerists go to the artist-run projects to look for new artists, but, in the end, the artists would like to be represented, and it’s still the gallery that does this work.”
Read the whole article at Artspace here. - Cristina Ruiz, When artists and gellerists part company. The Art News Paper. 12 April 2016
- Code of Ethics for art galleries, 2016, Written by a committee of three members of the Board of Directors: David Fleiss, Benoit Sapiro et Philippe Valentin.
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The purpose of this Code of Ethics is to specify the rights and obligations of art galleries and dealers. It defines the professional relations with artists and an artist’s successors in title, presents relations with buyers and sellers, and relations between confreres.The stipulations are based on the applicable legislation, case law and regulations. They are also based on accepted common practice within the profession, respecting the interests of each person. Galleries that belong to the french Professional committee of art galleries act in accordance with their legal obligations and undertake to com- ply with this Code of Ethics. - Marc Spiegler, Ten questions all gallerists should be asking themselves now. The Art Newspaper 29 January 2016
- José Da Silva, London’s emerging galleries host exhibitiors from abroad. The Art News Paper. 15 January 2016
- Melanie Gerlis, The price is right? Galleries would rather not say, The Art Newspaper, # 275, January 2016
2015
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- Brian Boucher, The Most Respected US Contemporary Art Dealers of 2015, Artnet News, 31.12.205
- Julio Marqués Barrios, ¿Por qué la gente no visita las galerías?, Dimensiones Variables, 9.12.2015
- Luca Cerizza, The Gallerist: René Block and Experimental Music, 1965–1980 (Part I/III), Art Agenda, 8.12.2015
- Gareth Harris, Galleries go off the beaten track, The Art Newspaper, 4.12.2015
- Nate Freeman, Noah Horowitz, Art Basel’s Newly Minted Macher, Takes his Talents to South Beach, ArtNews, 1.12.2015
- Daniel Grant, The New Art World Math: What It Really Costs to Be an Art Dealer, Observer, 28.11.2015
- Gea Politi, Noah Horowitz on Art|Basel|Miami Beach, FlashArt, 30.11.2015
- Chris Dercon, Public museums need a new way of working with collectors, The Art Newspaper, 27.11.2015
- Sabrina Möller, Interview to Jocelyn Wolff – Artissima Committee Member, Art and Signature, 8.11.2015
- Georgina Adam, The Art Market: Italians in NYC. Threshold resistance for Taubman goodies; controversial art agents; objects that won’t sell, Financial Times, 07.11.2015
- Llucià Homs, Nuevas tendencias en el mercado del arte, Culturas – La Vanguardia, 31.10.2015
- Judd Tully, Can the Single-Venue Gallery Survive?, BlouinArtInfo, 26.10.2015
- Julia Halperin, Melanie Gerlis, Gallerists at Frieze are saluting their pioneering forebears. Stands pay tribute to dealers who were ahead of their time, The Art Newspaper, 15.10.2015
- Melanie Gerlis, London and New York forge ahead. Forget opening galleries in far-flung territories—globalisation is benefiting the traditional hubs, The Art Newspaper, 14.10.2015
- Javier Díaz Guardiola, Primer «Gallery Weekend»: La Barcelona vigoréxica, ABC Cultural, 14.10.2015
- Melissa Stern, From Jell-O Shots to Money Scams, an Artist’s Account of Suing Her Gallery, Hyperallergic, 07.10.2015
- Jackie Wullschlager, Lunch with the FT: Marian Goodman, Financial Times, 02.10.2015
- Bea Espejo, Barcelona: nuevo mapa galerístico, El Cultural – El Mundo, 02.10.2015
- Kristen Dodge, Art Fairs and County Fairs and Their Affairs, ArtSpace, 02.10.2015
- M.Palau / M.Frisach, Els galeristes fan pinya i es reinventen, El Punt-Avui, 30.09.2015
- Hannah Ghorashi, Art Dealers Association Elects Adam Sheffer Board President, ArtNews, 25.09.2015
- Bea Espejo, Las ferias son el centro del mercado del arte, El Cultural – El Mundo, 04.09.2015
- Bea Espejo, ¿Hacia dónde van las galerías de arte?, El Cultural – El Mundo, 03.09.2015
- Nina Siegal, Instagram Takes on Growing Role in the Art Market, New York Times, 04.08.2015
- Henri Neuendorf, Hans Ulrich Obrist Says Beuys and Warhol Would Have Loved Instagram, ArtNetnews, 31.07.2015
- Jonathan Griffin, Spaces—The Live/Work Gallery, Art Agenda, 27.07.2015
- Doreen Carvajal, Danh Vo and Bert Kreuk’s Legal Battle Pits Artist Against Collector, The New York Times, 13.07.2015
- Jerry Saltz, In Praise of Art-Gallery Attendants, Vulture, 23.06.2015
- Graham Bowley, At Art Basel, a Powerful Jury Controls the Market, New York Times, 14.06.2015
- Marga Perera, China con ojos nuevos, Tendencias del Mercado del Arte, Mayo 2015
- Andrew M. Goldstein, Collector Alain Servais on Insider Trading in the Art Market, “Blood-Sucking Leeches,” and Why We’re Now Just the Fashion Industry, ArtSpace, 23.05.2015
- Anneliese Cooper, Esther Schipper to Merge with Johnen Galerie, BlouinArtInfo, 6.05.2015
- Andrew M. Goldstein, Collector Alain Servais on Why the Venice Biennale Is the World’s Best Art Fair, ArtSpace, 2.05.2015
- Chris Sharp, Spaces—The Apartment Gallery, Art Agenda, 01.05.2015
- Georgina Adam, The Art Market: The highs of the tiger, Financial Times, 24.04.2015
- Hannah Ghorashi, Price Check: Nozkowski at Pace, Haring at Skarstedt, Gupta at Hauser & Wirth, ArtNews, 14.04.2015
- Deepika Shetty, Nearly a third of Gillman Barracks galleries have decided not to renew their leases, The Straits Time, 11.04.2015
- Hannah Ghorashi, Price Check: Palermo at David Zwirner, Schnabel at Andrea Rosen, and Saul at Venus over Manhattan, ArtNews, 6.04.2015
- Julia Halperin, Almost one third of solo shows in US museums go to artists represented by just five galleries, The Art Newspaper, 2.04.2015
- Hyperallergic Editors, Whitney Museum Replacing Biennial with Program Devoted to Art Galleries, Hyperallergic, 01.04.2015
- Julia Halperin, Dealers abandon bricks and mortar galleries for more flexible models, The Art Newspaper, 01.04.2015
- Rachel Corbett, Artists’ co-op dumps dealers to sell direct, The Art Newspaper, Section 2, Number 266, March 2015
- Berta Sichel / Blake Gopnik, How is the proliferation of art fairs changing the business?, El País, 22.02.2015
- Scott Reyburn, Gérard Faggionato Moves to David Zwirner as London Galleries Feel the Pinch, The New York Times, 20.02.2015
- Cait Munro, Hollywood Agency Announces Plans to Represent Visual Artists — Guess Who?, ArtNetNews, 11.02.2015
- Martine Robert, Les galeries d’art étouffées par les foires et maisons de vente, Les Echos, 10.02.2015
- V. García-Osuna, El hombre que sabía demasiado [Entrevista a Guy Jennings], Tendencias del Mercado del Arte, Num 80, February 2015
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2014
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- Harald Falckenberg, Tips for a Gallerist: On Galleries as Commercial Enterprises, Texte zur Kunst ‘The Gallerists’, December 2014
- Christopher Glazek, The Art World’s Patron Satan, The New York Times, 30.12.2014
- William Deresiewicz, The Death of the Artist—and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur, The Atlantic, 28.12.2014
- Coleccionar Arte Contemporáneo, El experto en mercado del arte: Michael Findlay, Coleccionar Arte Contemporáneo, núm 3, 2014
- Art Media Agency, Leading the way for the Dubai art scene: an interview with Kourosh Nouri, Art Media Agency, 04.12.2014
- Jorge Kunitz, La gran explosión. Interview to Georgina Adam. Tendencias del Mercado del Arte. Num 78 December 2014.
- Andrea Zlotowitz, Do We Need Galleries Anymore? The Utility of Online Exhibitions, Artslant, 20.11.2014
- Alain Servais, Art in the Shadow of Art Market Industrialisation, SFQA, 10.11.2014
- Sabrina Möller, Interview with Annamaria Mólnar, www.artandsignature.com, 30.10.2014
- Magnus Resch, Will Market Aversion Snuff Out German Galleries?, ArtNet News, 30.10.2014
- Elizabeth Day, Marian Goodman: gallerist with the golden touch, The Guardian, 12.10.2014
- Rachel Spence, Art Fairs – do we love them? Financial Times, 08.10.2014
- Art Fair Report I Fall 2014, Skate’s – ArtNews, 08.10.2014
- Tim Schneider, Deciphering Spain’s Symbols, The Gray Market, 08.10.2014
- Edward Winkleman, Art and Commerce” …A Growing Redundancy?, www.edwardwinkleman.com, 07.10.2014
- Edwin Heathcote, Why art galleries are moving back into domestic settings, Financial Times, 03.10.2014
- Edward Winkleman, It takes an ecosystem, www.edwardwinkleman.com, 03.10.2014
- Georgina Adam, The Art Market: all dressed-up, Financial Times, 03.10.2014
- Melanie Gerlis, Loyalty is a two-way street, The Art Newspaper, 02.10.2014
- Entrevista a Manuel Borja-Villel, No tengo más remedio que decir que el mercado manda hoy en el mundo del arte, El Cultural, 19.09.2014
- Alan E. Katz, Do I really need a Consigment Agreement?, Art Business News, 19.09.2014
- Coline Milliard, artnet Asks: James Mayor, ArtNet, 10.09.2014
- Teresa Sesé, Carles Taché y Ferran Adriá impulsan un centro artístico en Montjuïc, La Vanguardia, 10.09.2014
- Una Meistere, “We don’t sell art, we place it” – An interview with Thaddaeus Ropac, Artterritory, 08.09.2014
- Carolina A. Miranda, Galleries Are Man’s World and Micol Hebron is Keeping Score, KCET, 02.09.2014
- Anthony Haden-Guest, The Future of Commercial Art Galleries, Part Two, ArtNet, 20.08.2014
- Teresa Sesé, Barcelona tendrá su Gallery Weekend, La Vanguardia, 19.07.2014
- Arte Informado, Benjamin Weil: No hay que subestimar la función del galerista, Arte Informado, 18.07.2014
- Valérie Duponchelle, Fermeture d’Yvon Lambert : le monde de l’art en émoi, Le Figaro, 04.07.2014
- Jan Dalley, Winners and losers from the art market’s new rules, Financial Times, 27.06.2014
- Jay Grimm, Galleries vs. Appraisers: Can’t We All Just Get Along?, Extraordinary Assumptions Blog, 20.06.2014
- Kenry Schachter, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Art World: A Mea Culpa, The New York Observer’s, 13.06.2014
- Gareth Harris, Dealers unite for events to pull in crowds, The Financial Times, 13.06.2014
- Anthony Haden-Guest, New York Dealers Discuss the Future of Galleries, Part One, ArtNet, 13.06.2014
- Andrew M. Goldstein, Margaret Lee on the Unlikely Rise of 47 Canal, Her Artist-Run Gallery, ArtSpace, 5.06.2015
- Nicholas O’Donnell, Reactions and Reviews of “Art Fairs: An Irresistible Force In The Art World?” At Sotheby’s Institute Last Week, Art Law Report, 02.06.2014
- Eileen Kinsella, Are Art Fairs Good for Galleries – Or Killing them?, ArtNet, 31.05.2014
- Mark Brown, Not paying artists deeply entrenched in gallery culture, research suggests, The Guardian, 26.05.2015
- Kristina Nazarevskaia, Are art fairs shaping contemporary art?, GalleryIntel, May, 2014
- Kristina Nazarevskaia, Economics of art fairs. Is it worth the investment?, GalleryIntel, May, 2014
- Kristina Nazarevskaia, The rise of the art fair: who wins and who loses, GalleryIntel, May, 2014
- Niru Ratnam, The rise of the art fair – and the death of the small gallery, The Spectator, 17.05.2014
- Scott Reyburn, Galleries Try to Find their Niche, The New York Times, 11.05.2014
- Rachel Spence, Small galleries adjust as screw tightens, Finantial Times, 02.05.2014
- Jerry Salz, Zombies on the Walls: Why Does So Much New Abstraction Look the Same?, Vulture, 117.06.2014
- Georgina Adam, “How can galleries make the future brighter? Georgina Adam at Talking Galleries Symposium, Art Radar, 11.04.2014
- Anthony Haden-Guest, Are Mid-Size Galleries Disappearing, And Who’s To Blame?, ArtNet, 10.04.2014
- Sylvia Ruttimann and Karin Seinsoth, Interview with René Block, On Curating, April 2014
- Jerry Salz, Saltz on Stefan Simchowitz, the Greatest Art-Flipper of Them All, Vulture, 31.03.2014
- Andrew M. Goldstein, Cultural Entrepreneur Stefan Simchowitz on the Merits of Flipping, and Being a “Great Collector”, Artspace, 29.03.2014
- Steven Zevitas, The Things We Think and Do Not Say, or Why the Art World is in Trouble, The Huffington Post, 28.02.2014
- Elena Vozmediano, El negocio de la Feria de arte, El Cultural, 24.02. 2014
- Teresa Sesé, La feria, ese monstruo que nos devora, La Vanguardia, Edición Cultura, 23.02.2014
- Blake Gopnik, Great art needs an audience, The Art Newspaper, 13.02.2014
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2013
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- Christian Viveros-Fauné, Business Art, Reconsidered, A Blade of grass, 17.12.2013
- Nigel Warbuton, We’re all poorer when art is locked up, The Art Newspaper, 12.12.2013
- Nick Paumgarten. Dealer´s hand. Why are so many people paying so much money for art? Ask David Zwirner, The New Yorker, 02.12.2013
- Jerry Saltz, Saltz on the Trouble With Mega-Galleries, Vulture, 13.10.2013
- Graham Bowley, For Art Dealers, a New Life on the Fair Circuit, The New York Times, 21.08.2013
- Eduard Winkleman, An Interview with Elizabeth Dee about the Contemporary Art Gallery Model, www.edwardwinkleman.com, 04.06.2013
- Jerry Saltz, Saltz on the Death of the Gallery Show, Vulture, 30.03.2013
- Harry Bellet, Le marché de l’art en crise ou en mutation?, Le Monde, 28.03.2013
- Charlotte Burns. Nicole Klagsbrun to close gallery after 30 years in the business, The Art Newspaper, 28.03.2013
- Jerry Saltz, More on mega-galleries; which I like as much as any other gallery, 03.03.2013
- Andrew M. Goldstein, How Leo Castelli Remade the Art World, ArtSpace, 11.02.2013
- Robin Pogrebin and Kevin Flynn, As Art Values Rise, So Do Concerns About Market’s Oversight, The New York Times, 27.01.2015
- Georgina Adam, What’s in store for the market?, The Art Newspaper, 10.01.2013
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2012
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- Olav Velthuis, The contemporary art market between stasis and flux, Flanders Arts Institute, 2012
- Georgina Adam, Fair or foul: more art fairs and bigger brand galleries, but is the model sustainable?, The Art Newspaper, 20.06.12
- Rebecca LaMarre, ‘Selling the unsellable’: the contemporary art market, Royal College of Art, 14.11.2012
- Julia Halperin, ‘It’s Become Extremely Brutal’: Pace’s Marc Glimcher on What’s Driving the Gallery’s Splashy London Expansion, Blouin ArtInfo, 2.07.2012
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2011
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- Charlotte Burns, Gallery system is structually weak, The Art Newspaper, 28.07.2011
- Clare McAndrew, The personal touch can still pay off, The Art Newspaper, 28.07.2011