It’s “Technically” Art: Google DeepMind’s Adam Brown and A.I. Strategist Liv Boeree Debate the Future of A.I. and Art with Josh Baer
Like many regular listeners of The Baer Faxt Podcast, host Josh Baer has Big Questions about art and creativity in our A.I. future. It’s a deep and fascinating topic, with wide-ranging implications for anyone involved in the art world, from creators an…
The Return of Beautiful Pictures: Liz Sterling & Josh Baer on the Paris Sales
The morning after the Christie’s Durand-Ruel and Sotheby’s Schulmberger sales in Paris, Josh Baer sits down with art advisor Liz Sterling, who spent 15 years at Christie’s and Sotheby’s before going independent.Why are collectors reaching for fresh, ea…
The Price of Certainty: Anika Guntrum on Phillips and Sotheby’s London
Twelve hours after the Phillips and Sotheby’s evening sales, Josh Baer sits down with Anika Guntrum, Managing Director in Europe for Gurr Johns. She spent 28 years in Christie’s Impressionist and Modern department before crossing to the other side of t…
Christie’s London Sales Unpacked with Josh Baer & Tim Taylor
The morning after Christie’s London evening sale of Monsoon: The Peter Simon Collection and the 20/21 Evening Sale, Josh Baer sits down with London dealer Timothy Taylor to unpack the results.They cover why collectors of a certain age are deaccessionin…
What Makes A Collector? With Mary Stanley & Josh Baer at Atlanta Art Fair
When Mary Stanley started her Young Collectors Club in Atlanta in 2006, it had two members. It now has 300, around 75 of them serious collectors. Josh Baer, who ran a New York gallery forty years ago, recalls having maybe one client in the entire city….
Nobody Loves Their Microsoft Stock: Mark Bell & Josh Baer on Art & Value at Atlanta Art Fair
Mark Bell is Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Family Office Solutions at Balentine, which manages around $9.5 billion for 300 families, and for a long time has taught a course at Emory on art as an emerging asset class. He thinks art is a financial a…
Art Criticism, Community, and Humor with Sarah Higgins & Josh Baer ahead of Atlanta Art Fair
Sarah Higgins has curated more than 40 exhibitions for institutions like MOCA Georgia and the Zuckerman Museum of Art, and led Art Papers, the country’s longest-running nonprofit art journal, since 2018. This year, Higgins is the guest curator of the A…
Why Sports Stars Are Buying Art—Gardy St. Fleur & Josh Baer ahead of Atlanta Art Fair
If anyone can speak to the rising interest in art among sports stars, it’s art advisor Gardy St. Fleur, whose education-first, community-centric approach has made him the person athletes call first. Over the course of his career, he’s built a practice …
The Baer Faxt Podcast Podcast ep. 31: Art Galleries Are Still Not OK—Now What? With Marc Spiegler & Amy Cappellazzo
Art Galleries Are Still Not OK—Now What? In the latest episode of The Baer Faxt Podcast, Josh sits down with Marc Spiegler, Cultural Strategies Consultant, former CEO of Art Basel and author of the New York Times piece that set the art world talking, along with Amy Cappellazzo, one of the most respected art advisors in the business and founder of Art Intelligence Global. Between the three of them, there’s over a century of experience in the art world—and they’re not here to commiserate. From the structural failures that predate the current crisis, to price transparency, to a student’s idea that might actually save galleries money, this is an honest conversation about the gallery model that has struggled to adapt to changing conditions. Is FOMO a business model? (No.) Is hope a strategy? (Also no.)
Artist Trevor Paglen on The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel 2026
Artist Trevor Paglen joins host Josh Baer at Art Basel Basel to talk about his curatorial vision for Zero 10 (co-curated with Eli Scheinman), Art Basel’s initiative reframing what “digital art” actually means, and why the answer might surprise you. The…