ArtTactic

In this week's episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, host Adam Green takes a closer look at Art SG, one of the few major art fairs to kick off the global calendar each January, and examines how Singapore’s art market continues to evolve within the broader Asian ecosystem. Joined by Vivienne Chow, London correspondent and co-author of The Asia Pivot for Artnet News, they discuss how this year’s edition of the fair performed, the makeup of the exhibitor list, and what it reveals about shifting gallery strategies in Asia. The conversation also explores Singapore’s growing role as a regional hub, the recent influx of wealth, and what these dynamics mean for collectors, galleries, and the future of the market in Southeast Asia.

In this week's episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, host Adam Green sits down with Adam M. Levine, Director and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art, to discuss one of the most innovative strategies a U.S. museum has taken in recent years: selectively guaranteeing artworks at auction. Levine explains how the idea emerged, how his background in both curatorial practice and the art market shaped the approach, and what it took to bring colleagues, patrons, and the board along. He breaks down how auction guarantees work, how the strategy has played out in practice, what Toledo has learned from the works it has guaranteed and acquired, and how meaningful the additional revenue has been at a time when museums are facing serious funding pressures. The conversation also explores whether this model could realistically be adopted by other museums.

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, host Adam Green is joined by Tim Schneider, founder of The Gray Market. The conversation looks back at how Tim’s 2025 art market predictions played out before turning to his newly released forecasts for 2026, including the persistence of what Tim calls “art market dysmorphia” as galleries simultaneously expand and contract, and why auction houses may generate far more revenue from categories like wine and spirits than from young contemporary art. Adam and Tim also discuss whether brands like Frieze or Art Basel could extend beyond the fair model into other sectors, as well as the growing possibility of US museums financially guaranteeing works at auction. The episode concludes with Adam and Tim each sharing a special ArtTactic Podcast exclusive prediction for the art market in 2026.

In this special end-of-year episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, host Adam Green is joined by Brian Boucher, senior market reporter at ARTnews, to unpack one of the most confounding years the art market has seen in recent memory. Building on Boucher’s recent ARTnews article in which he described the year as “the year the art market stopped making sense,” the conversation explores the sharp contrasts between record-setting auction sales and softer performances elsewhere, the wildly different energy levels across major art fairs and what the wave of gallery closures might signal about deeper structural pressures in the gallery model. They also dig into the rise of increasingly fragmented micro-markets driven by individual artists and career stages, and why this makes it so difficult to draw broad conclusions about the market as a whole. The episode closes with a forward-looking discussion on how collectors, galleries, and auction houses are feeling as they head into 2026, and whether cautious optimism may finally be taking hold.

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, host Adam Green speaks with Andrea Crane, cofounder of 291 Agency, about the rise of the artist agent and why this role has become increasingly relevant in today’s art world. Andrea reflects on her early career at Gagosian and her long-standing relationship with Cecily Brown, which led her to become one of the first agents in the contemporary art world at a time when this model was still highly uncommon. The conversation explores the founding of 291 Agency, how artist agencies work alongside galleries, and the broader cultural shift around artist and brand partnerships.