The Gray Market Weekend Wrap #2

Featuring a new show about an alternative tech ideology, a gallery's barrier-breaking social media post, and more

Welcome back to The Gray Market’s weekend wrap, where I put together a grab bag of bite-sized recommendations on exhibitions, books, articles and more, with thoughts on what makes each one matter to the current state of art and business. 

In this edition, you’ll find: 

• A Lower East Side gallery show that turns a dominant Silicon Valley thought pattern inside-out

• A social media post that has sparked coast-to-coast bewilderment among TGM readers

• A selection of articles covering the UK’s mission to tax the rich beyond its borders, the parallels between the plights of small book publishers and small galleries, and the invisible logic of meme-makers at the nexus of luxury and art

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One quick side note: I’ll be moderating a panel at ArtLogic’s Connect ‘24 conference on Thursday, November 21, where I’ll talk with a few smart dealers—Kasmin president Nick Olney, Lisson New York director Jasmin Tsou, and Silverlens New York director Katey Acquaro—about how they’re planning for the post-election macro environment in 2025 and beyond. You can register for free here.

Ok, let’s get into the wrap, shall we?