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Contemporary art: A terrible investment?

May 15, 2014
It's not just the art, it's the spectacle and the production surrounding it.

The Corcoran Gallery is philanthropy's latest failure

Mar 14, 2014
Can we trust the rich to fund our nation's cultural assets?

Is our culture too obsessed with the tastes of the mega rich?

Jan 22, 2014
An exhibition of work by the jeweler JAR at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has one art critic asking if our culture is too dominated by the 0.1 percent.

Dr. X stitches together brand name merchandise and art

Dec 16, 2013
Darren Romanelli, aka Dr. X, specializes in blending, art and fashion with branding and marketing.

Artists use social media to make an "Insta-grand"

Nov 22, 2013
Artists are finding more ways to sell their work online.

A painting that gets better as art if it sells for $100 million

Nov 13, 2013
Last night, a Francis Bacon triptych sold for $142.4 million. Tonight, an Andy Warhol painting may top it. And one art critic says that may actually make it better as art.

Forget the movie, the Girl with a Pearl Earring is a blockbuster painting

Oct 21, 2013
7th century "it" girl, Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, is back in New York for the first time in 30 years.
Johannes Vermeer's The Girl With The Pearl Earring

For public good, not for profit.

Does income inequality stifle creativity?

Oct 9, 2013
Musician David Byrne argues that wealth inequality in New York is favoring the rich over the creative.

Coins and stamps now more profitable than art and wine

Sep 23, 2013
New trends in luxury investing. But while collecting rare collectibles may be fun, don't give up on stocks and bonds -- these 'passion investments' don't add too much heft to your portfolio.

Job Wanted: French Turn Resumes into Street Art

Sep 3, 2013
A group of unemployed workers in France developed a new tactic to put themselves in front of potential employers.