The Gray Market Weekend Wrap #30

From quasi-illicit attic worship to spousal paparazzo photography

Welcome back to The Gray Market’s weekend wrap, where I assemble a one-of-a-kind set of recommendations covering exhibitions, podcasts, articles and more, with thoughts on what makes each one matter to the current state of art and business.

In this weekend’s rare, abbreviated TGM-on-vacation edition, you’ll find:

• A hidden gem of a museum in an unlikely Amsterdam locale

• A smart podcast countering the consensus view of 2020s culture

• A candid glimpse of what I look like as a tourist

If any of that sounds interesting—or if you just want to support The Gray Market in its ongoing mission to explore where the art business is headed and why—you can subscribe or upgrade your membership using the button below. Paid subscribers will receive all future editions of the weekend wrap, access to the full Substack archive (free posts are paywalled after two months), and much more. And if you’re already a paid subscriber, thank you.

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Two shameless plugs

Fellow art world Substack Artplace gave me a slot in their ongoing By Invitation Only interview series with notable names around the industry. Click here to read me yap about the ups and downs of going independent on this platform, the advice I’d give to my younger self (less jaded than you probably expect!), and more.

And if you still haven’t gotten caught up on wtf happened in New York’s marquee auctions in May, Zachary Small and I jumped on the ArtTactic podcast to recap the good, the bad, and the ugly.

One programming note

Although I’m still on vacation (or going back to it, after putting together this newsletter) for another few days, TGM will resume its usual publishing schedule later this week: one free post by Friday, one full (paywalled) weekend wrap on Sunday morning. Thanks for sticking with me during my first attempt to take dedicated time off in 2.5 years.