Art Market
Dance with the devil
Should a museum be a venue for the display of works of art for sale?
Art sales slump
Real world issues have quenched the post-COVID euphoria
Art of the deal
A simple sale, with money changing hands, was out of the question
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Vicarious pleasure
On the enduring allure of celebrity cast-offs
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?
Turning Klimt to kitsch
Why the new wave of “immersive experiences” is a threat to art
The decline of the UK art market
The UK’s prominence as a place to buy and sell the most prestigious art is under sustained threat
Don’t let it go
Communal singing is good for the soul
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
In defence of the stiff upper lip
Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
An irreversible step
If Britain embraces euthanasia for the terminally ill, it won’t end there
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
