Gisela Madrigal

The process, the context, and the artist’s voice are redefining collecting.   Gisela Madrigal Olivares In this inaugural issue, we open a conversation around contemporary collecting: how it is evolving, how it takes shape, and what it means today to engage with an artwork beyond its acquisition. Access to art has never been broader, and ... No.1 Beyond the Artwork: How Art Is Collected Today

Art is increasingly incorporated into investment strategies, yet it continues to be valued according to its own criteria. Gisela Madrigal Olivares In this issue, we explore the integration of art into financial strategies: how it is analyzed, what it means to think of art as an asset, and where the limits of that perspective lie. ... No.2 Investing in Art: Does It Perform Like Other Assets?

Salvator Mundi auction, Christie’s New York, 2017. Editorial use.   Cases that revealed how value is constructed, validated, and attributed to an artwork.     Gisela Madrigal Olivares In this issue, we revisit four episodes that left a lasting mark on the art market over the past decades: a record-breaking sale, an artwork partially destroyed ... No.3 Stories That Shaped the Art Market

Diego in My Thoughts, Frida Kahlo. Courtesy of INBAL. What does it mean for an artwork to be recognized as cultural heritage? In this issue, we examine what it means for an artwork to be recognized as artistic heritage. In some cases, even when held in private collections, these works cannot leave the country without ... No.4 Protected Art and Cultural Heritage

Giardini, Venice Biennale. La Biennale di Venezia. Can Art Be Separated from Politics? In this issue, we explore how the Venice Biennale became the world’s most influential contemporary art exhibition, why its national pavilions reflect historical hierarchies, and how the 2026 edition was shaped by geopolitical tensions, the unprecedented resignation of its international jury, and ... No.5 The Venice Biennale

Art Basel Paris, Grand Palais, 2025. The Art Newspaper. In this issue, we explore how international art fairs transformed the contemporary art market into one of its most important commercial platforms, accounting today for approximately 35% of the global market. We examine how the leading fairs emerged, what distinguishes each one, and why cities such ... No.6 The Art Fairs That Drive the Art Market

Andy Warhol, ca. 1982. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. In this issue, we explore how the size of the global art market is measured and why its value is often described as an estimate. More than half of the global art market operates through private galleries and dealers, where sales figures ... No.7 The Art Market and Its Invisible Numbers

Deutsche Museen (2005). Galería y Ediciones Niels Borch Jensen. In this issue, we explore the evolution of contemporary art exhibition spaces: from the crowded salons of the nineteenth century and the emergence of the modern “white cube” in the twentieth, to the ways art is now being integrated into hotels, restaurants, and hybrid cultural spaces. ... No.8 Beyond the White Cube