Dance with the devil
Should a museum be a venue for the display of works of art for sale?
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Vicarious pleasure
On the enduring allure of celebrity cast-offs
Seller beware
Sotheby’s new fee structure favours the auctioneer
Bits and pieces
Can the digital age can demystify the art world?
So many art fairs, so little time
On the forums that bring together dealer and buyer
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
Fine art versus luxury goods
The auction houses’ love expensive brands
Is a guaranteed sale fair?
Auction house practices may be distorting the picture
Land of fire and blood
The detours, if at times distracting, are worth the price of this historical journey
The dangerous lure of Europe
We must disincentivise economic migration to European states
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
The shell shock of the arts
How will the art world respond to its narrative shock?
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
