Art Market Experts

Insightful commentary on the most important trends impacting today’s art world, written by business leaders with rare understandings of how and why art is collected, invested in, supported and appreciated. Observer Arts Contributors bring fresh lenses to the topics that matter most in today’s art market—sharing all of that (and more) with our audience of arts and culture enthusiasts. Read more Expert Insights.

How Philanthropy Is Reshaping the Global Art Ecosystem

Gilles de Greling, Palm Beach Director of Gander & White, analyzes how philanthropy has evolved from episodic generosity into a foundational pillar of the contemporary art ecosystem. He traces how auctions, museums and new institutions are increasingly reliant on collaborative philanthropic models to sustain education, community engagement and long-term cultural impact.

By Gilles de Greling

Lina Ghotmeh Is Reimagining Cultural Architecture for a Connected World

In this Q&A, architect Lina Ghotmeh discusses how she’s reimagining the role of museums and cultural institutions through projects like the AlUla Contemporary Arts Museum, the British Museum’s Western Range and the Jadids’ Legacy Museum in Uzbekistan. She explains why art spaces must evolve into living ecosystems that reflect place, context and collective memory, and how her “archaeology of the future” approach bridges past and present to create architecture that is grounded and deeply connected to its surroundings.

By The Editors

Clare McAndrew On Why the Art Market’s Future Lies Beyond the $10 Million Sale

In this Q&A, Arts Economics founder Clare McAndrew explains why confidence is the art market’s most valuable currency, how generational and geographic shifts are redistributing power and why the next phase of growth will depend on transparency, diversification and redefining what counts as “art” in an expanding global economy.

By The Editors

Art as Infrastructure: How Cultural Programming Is Redefining Luxury Hospitality 

By Sonia Rubeck

A Calibrated Market: How 2025 Shaped the Landscape for Collectors in 2026

By Megan Fox Kelly

Inside the November Marquee Auctions: What the Market’s Biggest Week Really Revealed

By Megan Fox Kelly

Phillips CEO Martin Wilson: The Great Wealth Transfer Is Also a Great Taste Transfer

By The Editors

Megan Fox Kelly On Why the Future of Art Advising Is About Strategy, Not Access

By The Editors

J. Paul Getty Trust CEO Katherine E. Fleming On the Museum’s Changing Role

By The Editors

Maria Brito On Democratizing the Art World Without Diluting Its Excellence

By The Editors

Artsy CEO Jeffrey Yin: The Next Era of Collecting Will Be Personal, Transparent and Global

By The Editors

Andrew Wolff Wants to Build the Operating System for the Global Art Market

By The Editors

Antwaun Sargent On Shifting the Balance of Power Toward Artists

By The Editors

When Algorithms Curate Culture, What Do We Lose?

By Michele Y. Smith

The Myth of the Digital Threat: How Technology Expands Art’s Reach

By Arline Mann

Beautiful Trash: Sustainability as Condition, Not Cure, in Contemporary Art

By Jennifer Findley

The Myth of the Lone Creative Genius: Why Collective Artmaking Matters Now

By Ralph Ziman

The Art of Preparedness: The Frontline of Fine Art Logistics During Hurricane Season

By Joe Piotrowski

The Frick Legacy: Taste, Ambition and a Collector’s Monument

By Megan Fox Kelly

Authorship, Autonomy and Art School: The Making of Flynn as an A.I. Student

By Auronda Scalera and Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti

What Global Collectors Are Actually Buying in 2025

By Philip Hoffman

Figures, Fantasies and Frontiers: The Art Books Shaping Summer 2025

By Megan Fox Kelly

The Carbon Cost of Culture: How the Art World Is Confronting Its Shipping Emissions

By Alexander Bradford

From Aesthetics to Impact: Rethinking Public Art’s Role in Communities

By Marissa Dionne Mead

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