THE BAER FAXT
The art world’s most trusted source of breaking news, insider intelligence and art market insights since 1994
The second episode of Baer with Me, our mini-series of The Baer Faxt Podcast hosted by our President, Luyang Jiang, with market insights from Josh Baer, is now available, featuring on-the-ground observations of the art market in Asia from Hong Kong Art Week.
For nearly three decades, The Baer Faxt has been trusted as the leading news source for the art world. Unlike market reporters who investigate the art world as outsiders, The Baer Faxt offers direct access to the key players shaping the art business.
The Baer Faxt was launched in 1994 as a faxed weekly newsletter for industry insiders. With the support of investors LionTree and Glenn Furhman, it has expanded to include a first-of-its-kind auction database—which provides data on buyers and underbidders gathered live on the salesroom floor, an art advisory membership program, and a suite of digital content offerings under The Baer Faxt+.
The Baer Faxt has been featured in the Financial Times, The Art Newspaper, and Bloomberg, and was recently named along with Josh Baer to Observer's Business of Art Power List for 2023. Our diverse team hails from around the globe, with cross-industry backgrounds ranging from auctions, to journalism, and corporate consulting.
Since 1994, The Baer Faxt newsletter, reported by art advisor Josh Baer, has been the industry’s premier source for art market news, delivering breaking updates and insights to the upper echelon of art collectors and dealers weekly. The newsletter's 1700+ subscribers include over 40 billionaires. Learn more
Podcast
This episode marks the one-year anniversary of The Baer Faxt Podcast, and the second episode of Baer with Me, our mini-series of The Baer Faxt Podcast hosted by our...
Jussi Pylkkänen joins Josh for his first sit-down interview since leaving his role as Global President of Christie's after nearly 40 years to start his own...
Josh sits down with Melissa Chiu, Director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden on the occasion of the museum's 50th anniversary, and the 10th...
Baer with Me is our new mini-series of The Baer Faxt Podcast, building on our past episodes featuring Josh Baer's insights on the current state of the art...
Josh sits down with Loïc Gouzer on the occasion of the relaunch of his single-lot auction platform, Fair Warning, this week. Listen as Loïc reveals his...
Another gallery seems to be shutting down every few weeks, and everyone’s talking about an art market correction, but the art fairs must go on. For this episode, Josh...
In this episode, Blum & Poe co-founder Jeff Poe discusses his decision to step back from the gallery, after 30 years helping put LA on the map as an art city. Listen as...
Curious about what's been going on with the art market? Auction results in the first half of 2023 paint a picture of a market undergoing a correction of some kind, but...
Jerry Saltz debates Josh Baer about the value of art, why auction houses are "a pox," and how the art world got to be "the f***ing mess that it is," in this candid...
Art Basel and Frieze may get all the press, but they’re far from the only players in the business of art fairs. In part 2 of our special two-part double episode on art...
In this special two-part double episode of The Baer Faxt Podcast, we sit down with the people behind four different leading art fairs from around the globe: Lauren...
What’s it like to spend millions of dollars at a contemporary art auction? Is there a danger zone where young artists’ prices blow up too quickly? Is it still possible...
What is the future of digital art? Josh Baer sat down with Beeple for the first episode of The Baer Faxt Podcast during the opening of his immersive new B.20 museum in...
The Baer Faxt Live
Doryun Chong, Deputy Director, Curatorial and Chief Curator, M+, sat down with Josh Baer for The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel Hong Kong, recorded live during...
Evan Chow, art collector and patron, sat down with Josh Baer for The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel Hong Kong, livestreamed during the VIP opening of the fair. In...
Amy Cappellazzo, Founding Partner of Art Intelligence Global, sat down with Josh Baer for The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel Hong Kong, livestreamed during the...
Elaine Kwok, Managing Partner, Asia of Hauser & Wirth sat down with Josh Baer for The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel Hong Kong, livestreamed during the VIP...
Angelle Siyang-Le, Director of Art Basel Hong Kong, joined Josh Baer at the fair’s VIP opening on Tuesday, March 26 for The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel Hong...
Josh is joined by Adam Lindemann for part 4 of The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel Miami Beach, the debut edition of our new interview series livestreaming from top art...
Want to find out what top art advisors are saying about this year's Art Basel Miami Beach? In part 3 of the debut edition of The Baer Faxt Live, our new content series...
In part 2 of The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel Miami Beach, the debut edition of our new content series streaming from major events around the globe, Josh Baer sits...
Nadya Tolokonnikova, founder of Pussy Riot, and Lauren Taschen, co-founder of Art Basel Miami Beach, join Josh Baer live from the VIP opening of the fair for The Baer...
City Guides
los angeles art week 2023 As Frieze Los Angeles celebrates its largest edition to date, and as an influx of galleries work to grow their presence in the city, The Baer...
We may be a little biased, but Korea’s art scene in the last decade has been pushed to the forefront of the global discussion. Korean art has long been an integral...
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The south of France is clearly the land of movie stars and fast cars—and Cezanne and Van Gogh, but don’t let the Impressionist canon color your rosé lenses. In fact,...
About 40 miles south of Athens lies perhaps the most coveted Post-Basel destination on the Summer art circuit: Hydra! Say it with us: Eeeeeedraahh. The island of Hydra...
While the crowds in Venice during the Biennale’s opening three days sold the story that everyone in the arts was there, in fact, post-Basel, the Cecilia Alemani-curated...
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Videos
Insider's Insights
Philip Hoffman, Founder and CEO of The Fine Art Group, and Patti Wong, Co-founder and Partner of Patti Wong and Associates, joined Josh Baer at The Upper House during...
Josh Baer sat down with Troy Carter, Founder and CEO of Venice Music, for our third annual talk at Christie's Los Angeles. The music manager and longtime...
“Chris Burden intended these things to exist, and basically your job was to just say yes.” -Josh Baer Our private panel discussion, "Beyond Limits: Unrealized Artworks...
https://youtu.be/UfOHKwf-5kQ Brett Gorvy and Tamer Ozmen of Mintus, an online art investment platform, sit down with Josh Baer to discuss the firm’s unique approach to...
Art Fairs
What makes the German art market so unique? And how did the European art market, as seen at Art Cologne, respond to the results of $2.2 billion worth of auctions in New...
Follow us to Shanghai’s West Bund for our live report from West Bund Art & Design 2023, hosted by Luyang Jiang, president of The Baer Faxt. Watch as we catch up...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rRahkuqEOQ By now, we’ve all seen that AI can make beautiful art, but can it make great art? And what is great art anyway? Josh Baer...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRWSoNyBkvs&t=776s "Fair Play: The Art Fair as an Ecosystem for Collecting, Discovery and Supporting the Arts” is a conversation...
Auctions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmZnE5NHY94 Jacqueline Wachter, vice chairman and senior specialist, private sales at Sotheby's joins Josh Baer and Liz Sterling of The...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feYzvPA04X4 ADAM, the single-owner auction at Christie’s next Thursday, sets itself apart as one of the first times that a living...
https://vimeo.com/706287847/e9c74b5879 New to the auction adventures? Our friends at Phillips and Carpenters Workshop Gallery have teamed up together to break down just...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdl95Ah0RdQ The big spring auction week kicks off with @christiesinc 21st Century Evening Sale. Sara Friedlander takes us inside some of...
Artist & Exhibitions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lk_5Xz4IKs The Baer Faxt sits down with Cuban painter Enrique Martinez Celaya, a scientist-turned artist, at his solo exhibition The...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8x3GsCoXFA During our trip to Los Angeles for Frieze, The Baer Faxt took a visit to Hauser & Wirth to check out the exhibition...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcBj0K5yAw4 The Baer Faxt sat down with Kansas-based artist Jonathan Christensen Caballero at his his exhibition La Gente/The People at...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BfBihavfWE The Baer Faxt team stopped by Des Moines, Iowa, to catch up with the Des Moines-based artist Jordan Weber, who recently...
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