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Critics' Corner
Collectors Behaviour: Wealth on the Wall

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Collectors Behaviour: Wealth on the Wall, Friction in Cash

A slowdown in top-end sales is pushing collectors to draw on art-backed credit far earlier, turning stored and displayed works into active financial tools.

By Critics' Corner 11 Dec 2025
Crowded Sotheby’s salesroom in New York with bidders raising paddles as the auctioneer drives the price higher.

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A New High, A New Roar: Auction Nights That Shoved the Art Market Back Into Orbit

Klimt, Kahlo and a gold toilet sent the New York salesrooms into a delirious sprint, pushing prices into territory that stunned even veterans.

By Critics' Corner 21 Nov 2025
Unit Gallery’s Don’t Look Back exhibition curated by Beth Greenacre and Sigrid Kirk.

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Don’t Look Back With Teeth: UNIT Gallery’s Survival Gig

Curators Beth Greenacre and Sigrid Kirk stage a festival-style exhibition that swaps swagger for stamina, pitching ’90s legacies against today’s precarity and digital myth-making.

By Critics' Corner 11 Oct 2025
Digital art restoration via an MIT AI mask

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Digital Art Restoration: MIT AI Mask Restores in Hours

MIT’s reversible AI “mask” restores damaged paintings in hours—mapping 5,612 regions and 57,314 colors. See how digital art restoration brings works back to view.

By ART News, Critics' Corner 29 Sep 2025
Booths at international art fair during market downturn debate

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Art Market Armageddon? Why Headlines Distort Reality and How Reporting Should Change

Are art market downturns as dire as headlines suggest? Discover why cycles, nuance, and responsible reporting matter more than fear-driven narratives.

By ART News, Critics' Corner 11 Sep 2025
Frieze Seoul 2025 art fair at COEX in Gangnam, South Korea

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Frieze Seoul 2025: The Ultimate Art Lover’s Travel Guide to the Fair, the City, and Beyond

Plan your trip to Frieze Seoul 2025 with our curated art travel guide. Explore the fair at COEX, discover Frieze House Seoul, must-see museums, gallery districts, the best hotels, and where to eat—from barley rice to fugu—during art week in Seoul.

By Critics' Corner 01 Sep 2025
AI, Money, and the Future of Art: Art as the Last Currency

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AI, Money, and the Future of Art: Art as the Last Currency

Art is feeling, thought, love, time, emotion, resonance—experience crystallized in form. Against the future of soulless, fractionalized “art,” only meaning remains rare —Panu Syrjämäki, Editor-in-Chief, ART Walkway News

By Critics' Corner 24 Aug 2025
Millennial and Gen Z gallerists reshaping the art world with collaborative, decentralized approaches

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Millennial and Gen Z Gallerists Redefine Success Beyond Art-World Empires

A new generation of galleries is trading expansion for collaboration, community, and decentralized art ecosystems.

By ART News, Critics' Corner 11 Aug 2025
Black-and-white side portrait of Panu Syrjämäki, Editor-in-Chief of ART Walkway, reflecting on the ethics of AI and authorship.

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How AI Systems Use Your Work and Forget Your Name

As AI systems use creative work without consent, art and AI critic Panu Syrjämäki asks: What’s left of authorship in a world built on erasure?

By Critics' Corner, ART News 23 Apr 2025
Panu Syrjämäki, Editor-in-Chief of ART Walkway, standing outside the Finnish presidential residence in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki.

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Panu Syrjämäki Inside Stubb’s House: Finnish President Shows the World a Different Kind of Power

President Alexander Stubb leads by example—supporting artists, elevating art, and sending a quiet but urgent message globally.

By ART News, Critics' Corner 30 Mar 2025
The NASDAQ stock exchange building in Times Square, New York City.

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Art Investment: The Truth About Fractional Ownership

Fractional ownership is reshaping the art market, but does it offer real connection to the artwork—or just another financial play?

By ART News, Critics' Corner 22 Feb 2025
View of a contemporary art gallery interior with visitors.

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Major Art Galleries Keep Expanding Despite Post-Pandemic Losses

Recent UK filings disclose that Lisson, Thaddaeus Ropac, Pace, and David Zwirner are investing heavily in staff despite profit stagnation.

By ART News, Critics' Corner 10 Feb 2025
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