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Alexander Forbes @AlexanderForbes

expanding the art market to support more artists in the world @artsy

Joined July 2009
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25 Jun 2025
TODAY at 12pm ET - @RandiZuckerberg on The State of the Art Market 🇨🇭@KennySchac on #ArtBasel & Trends 🌐@Artsy's @AlexanderForbes on the Online Art World 🖼️@Fifi_Lovett on Contemporary & Modern Art 🎨@SarahLDouglas the current Art Landscape 🔊Tune in on #SiriusXM132🔊
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I Looked Through All 5,000 Images in Beeple's $69 Million Magnum Opus. What I Found Isn't So Pretty 👏👏 @benadavis news.artnet.com/opinion/beep…
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"Several veteran art advisors and appraisers noted the intimidation factor that even uber-wealthy collectors experience when it comes to fine-art buying. Publicly posted prices help topple those barriers." Duh. news.artnet.com/market/ovr-a…

After a Year of Being Forced to Sell Art Online, Gallerists Have Learned 5 Surprising Lessons—and...

We spoke with more than a dozen gallerists to learn their biggest takeaways, both positive and negative, from online viewing rooms.

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Proof That Making Art Prices Public Benefits Artists, Dealers, and Collectors

Publicly available prices can empower collectors to be more adventurous in their purchases, rather than falling back on brand-name artists.

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More liquidity opportunities will help spark the next wave of entrepreneurship. Applying this model to the creator economy is next news.crunchbase.com/news/e-c…

E-Commerce Marketplace Aggregators Are Hot On Thrasio’s Heels As Companies Raise $2.3B

These companies purchase thriving private labels and direct-to-consumer brands that sell on Amazon or Shopify and then use their expertise and capital to take the brand to the next level.

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last week to check out our celebration of black history month with @OUTFRONTMEDIAUS across nyc, atl, and sf
Everette Taylor
@Everette
25 Feb 2021
Our nationwide campaign celebrating “Black Joy” here at @Artsy has made its way to Atlanta 🖤
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Not a bubble—a preview for how the traditional art market can grow by becoming more liquid, welcoming, and transparent news.artnet.com/market/nyan-…

Is This the Next Art-Market Bubble? A Unique NFT for the Popular 'Nyan Cat' GIF Just Sold for a...

A popular internet video known as Nyan Cat just sold for $560,000 via an auction of a non-fungible token, or NFT.

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if I had a kid the day I started at @artsy it'd be in kindergarten today six years with the best team the art world's ever seen
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future of art fairs = @DoubleRobotics? news.artnet.com/market/art-b…

For Dealers Unable to Travel Internationally, Art Basel Hong Kong Is Now Offering an Intriguing...

Art Basel Hong Kong dealers will now have the option of maintaining a booth without physically being present at the fair.

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Can we get all the $GME folks a @SarahMeyohas? sarahmeyohas.com/projects/st…

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meanwhile, in the art world—want this painting
Kelly Crow@KellyCrowWSJ
28 Jan 2021
.@Sothebys just sold Sheldon Solow's Sandro Botticelli portrait of a "Young Man Holding a Roundel" circa 1480 for $92.2 million, over its $80 million est. Highest price ever achieved for an old master at the house. Appears to have sold to a European. More analysis soon on @wsj.
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leading esg asset manager: "i'm not here to debate whether the climate is changing due to something we've done or a tilt of the earth" uh, you should be 🙄
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Melanie Gerlis@mgerlis
28 Jan 2021
Withdrawn. Basically I no longer believe in lots for sale or art fair dates
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how long until people stop saying things on clubhouse they wouldn’t on a panel discussion in front of 100 journos? love the transparency but doesn’t seem likely to last
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All for 2021 optimism but feels like these will be subdued, regional events at best
alain servais@aservais1
28 Jan 2021
Tefaf Maastricht 2021 postponed again—this time to September, immediately before delayed Art Basel & on same dates as @thearmoryshow. Tefaf NY Spring, scheduled for May has been cancelled and will return (hopefully) in 2022. By @AnnaBrady_Art theartnewspaper.com/news/tef…
newsletter wars heat up. interesting to see how writers will weigh 50% lower take rate on subscriptions vs tying up with big tech
Martijn
@mdekuijper
26 Jan 2021
1/ We're full circle: @revue is joining @twitter — the company that inspired me to build Revue in the first place! I’m extremely excited to join the flock.
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also—axios, who arguably spawned this shift, opted for launching an internal comms tool instead of opening up their tools to non-masthead writers. interesting to see how that call plays out in the next few years
probably time moma thinks about a new board chair
Dan Primack
@danprimack
26 Jan 2021
Very good point from a reader today, vis-a-vis Pro Rata item on Leon Black. The Dechert report refers to "underage women" -- a quote I included. There is no such thing. They were girls.
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