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30 January 2017, Robin Pogrebin takes a very interesting look at the world of artists estates. As a generation of artists grow older so auction houses, galleries and dealers are scrambling to represent their very lucrative estates. These estates are usually the domain of dealers and galleries but recently Sotheby’s has entered into the fray with the appointment of Christy Maclear, the chief executive of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Another way in which Sotheby’s is adapting its organisation to resemble an all encompassing art business rather than just an auction house.

26 January 2017, Artforum.

26 January 2017, Amid stories of pillaged Syrian antiquities, money laundering and Nazi looted art, Hugo Miller looks at a Geneva based initiative that has published a set of guidelines designed to counter illicit activity.

17 January 2017, Kenny Schachter provides his personal take on the recent Richard Prince/Ivanka Trump story.

12 January 2017, Brian Boucher takes a look at the evolving story of how Richard Prince has denounced a work that Ivanka Trump commissioned him to make. It is an interesting story and has caused quite a stir in the art market for various reasons.

8 December 2016, Following on from Sotheby’s purchase of the Mei Moses art index and Artnet’s purchase of Tutela Capital, Sarah P. Hanson looks at the influence of Big Data on the art market.

28 November 2016, Alyssa Buffenstein takes a look at Artnet’s recent acquisition of Tutela Capital. Tutela Capital is an advisory firm that uses a multidisciplinary approach to provide more transparency and efficiency to the collectibles market. It is another interesting development within art market analytics and follows on the back of Sotheby’s acquisition of the Mei Moses art index. Further evidence that the art market is starting to employ more sophisticated analysis to tackle problems of efficiency and transparency.