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There is more variety than ever in how and why art is funded and the Silicon Valley models have arrived

Here is everything you need to know to understand smart contracts—and how they can make the market more equitable.

The resurgent $US65 billion market has led to rampant speculation around the work of young artists – who gain little of the profit.

U.S. pensions’ allocations to Russian assets are limited, but plans are responding to the conflict by considering their long-term approach.

Our columnist unpacks how "no-flip" provisions are another chance for artists to capitalize on their growing leverage in the trade.

A pioneer of the Conceptual art movement, he used words as his métier more than any other artist of his generation.

Featured in Can Artists Use Their Sale Contracts to Game the System? 50 years ago, a manifesto by Seth Siegelaub reimagined what economic justice could look like in the arts Graphic for KADIST’s new Artist Contract, 2020. Courtesy: KADIST In March 1971, a broadside boldly labelled The Artist’s Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement rolled off an independent press in New York. Across the poster’s front was a manifesto by Seth Siegelaub, the innovative conceptual a...

School janitor arrested on child porn charges passed N.J. background check, superintendent says Updated Feb 15, 2021; A former school janitor facing multiple child pornography charges passed state and local background checks before he was hired to work in Essex County schools, the district’s superintendent said Friday. Christopher M. Lucas, 30, of Clifton in Passaic County, worked for the North Caldwell Public School System from September 2020 until his arrest on Thursday. Lucas, who worked ...

The meeting was held online because of the coronavirus pandemic. Because it was the last regular meeting of the year, the proposed ordinances would have to be introduced again in 2021. One of those tabled would have removed a stop sign at the intersection of Beachmont Terrace and Hamilton Drive East. The stop sign was approved in 2018 to try to slow speeding on Beachmont near Grandview School. Residents who spoke against the proposed ordinance said it would send the wrong message to drivers if ...

Commonwealth and Council gallery family portrait at Elysian Park, Los Angeles. Photo: Ruben Diaz Covid-19 has laid bare the unsustainable expectations of an increasingly stratified market and the narrowing margins of both creative and financial success it yields. But the Los Angeles gallery Commonwealth & Council has revised its business plan to rethink how small and mid-level galleries can turn a profit and support their artists in both lean and flush times going forward. ...