The Baer Faxt Podcast
The Baer Faxt
What makes the art world tick? The Baer Faxt Podcast reveals the inner workings of the global art industry through exclusive interviews with artists, collectors, dealers, auction house specialists, and other players in the business. The Baer Faxt is the leading news source for art world insiders, started in 1994 as a faxed newsletter and expanded to include an advisory service and auction database with bidder data gathered firsthand on the salesroom floor.
The Baer Faxt Podcast: Art in Saudi Arabia with Mohammed Hafiz
In this episode, host Josh Baer speaks with ATHR Gallery and ATHR Foundation co-founder Mohammed Hafiz. In part one of the conversation, Baer and Hafiz engage with core questions related to the art of Saudi Arabia, tackling both its local and international contexts, and the differences between western, eastern, and middle eastern approaches to the market.
Then, tune in as Hafiz discusses Saudi Arabia’s unique approach to public-private collaboration and the gallery system; and, how art fairs h
Baer With Me: The Baer Faxt Turns 30 (Part 3)
Join us for the final part of our special three-part episode of Baer With Me as The Baer Faxt celebrates its 30th anniversary! Hosted by Luyang Jiang, listen as Josh Baer tackles the issues facing the art market today, alongside candid answers to art world questions from our listeners, readers, followers, and staff.
In this installment, tune in as Josh shares how The Baer Faxt Podcast came to be, his most memorable moments from the auction house sales floor, his “Mount Rushmore” of art dealers
Baer With Me: The Baer Faxt Turns 30 (Part 2)
Join us for Part Two of a special three-part episode of Baer With Me as The Baer Faxt celebrates its 30th anniversary! Hosted by Luyang Jiang, listen as Josh Baer tackles the issues facing the art market today, alongside candid answers to art world questions from our listeners, readers, followers, and friends.
In this installment, tune in as Josh shares his take on the dilemma facing working artists of today, what success actually means for gallerists, and other expert insights into the art wo
Adam Sender: How I Built My Art Collection—And Why I Sold It (Part 2)
In this episode, guest Adam Sender continues his discussion with host Josh Baer, sharing stories from his years as one of the world’s foremost collectors, the factors that led to his decision to sell a large portion of his collection, and how he feels about the art world of today from the outside looking in.
Plus, tune in to hear Sender and Baer discuss the evolution of today’s hyper-globalized art world, how a great collection could be built with one single work, and how Sender’s feeling as
Baer With Me: The Baer Faxt Turns 30 (Part 1)
Join us for a special three-part episode of Baer With Me as The Baer Faxt celebrates its 30th anniversary! Hosted by The Baer Faxt President Luyang Jiang, tune in to hear Josh Baer recount memories and insights from the last three decades, alongside candid answers to burning art world questions from our listeners, readers, followers, and team.
In this installment, listen as Baer explains how The Baer Faxt began, what it’s like to be at the helm of a thirty year old institution, and other lesso
Adam Sender: How I Built My Art Collection—And Why I Sold It (Part 1)
In this episode, the renowned collector Adam Sender invited us into his Miami home for a conversation with our host Josh Baer. In this special two-part episode, Sender charts his course from his middle class roots on Long Island, to being one of the most prominent collectors in the world, to his decision to sell a vast majority of his collection publicly at auction.
Adam also shares with us the lessons he learned from developing one of the most robust collections in the world during the financia
Adam Sender: How I Built My Art Collection–And Why I Sold It (Part 1)
In this episode, the renowned collector Adam Sender invited us into his Miami home for a conversation with our host Josh Baer. In this special two-part episode, Sender charts his course from his middle class roots on Long Island, to being one of the most prominent collectors in the world, to his decision to sell a vast majority of his collection publicly at auction.
Adam also shares with us the lessons he learned from developing one of the most robust collections in the world during the financia
Barbara Castelli on 25 years at Castelli Gallery
In this episode, our host Josh Baer speaks with guest Barbara Castelli, President of the legendary Castelli Gallery for the past twenty five years. In part one of the conversation, Castelli discusses her origins with the gallery, the importance of her late husband Leo Castelli’s legacy, and how Barbara’s sharp vision—alongside the trust of her artists and buyers—has carried and shaped the gallery into the present day
Then, tune in as Castelli shares lessons learned from twenty five years at Ca
Jeff Poe, Vol. 2
In this episode, our host Josh Baer speaks with returning guest, the ex-Blum and Poe Founder Jeff Poe. In part one of the conversation, Jeff discusses on the present and future states of the market, how galleries and artists can adapt to survive, and if the grass really is greener on the other side, one year after his retirement from the art world.
Then, tune in as Poe shares his thoughts on the challenges facing galleries of all sizes, the pressures influencing today’s art prices, and the impo
Takashi Murakami
In this episode, our host Josh Baer speaks with artist Takashi Murakami. In part one of the conversation, Murakami explains how he's built his global, multifaceted career, and reflects on his open letter in response to our episode with Jeff Poe.
Then, listen as Murakami discusses his relationship to pop culture & luxury, the difficulties for an Asian artist to prosper in the West, and how the lasting impacts of World War II have influenced Japan’s contemporary culture.
In part three of the c
Summer Edition
In this episode, we take a look back at some of our team's favorite moments from the past year and a half of The Baer Faxt Podcast.
Join us as our host, Josh Baer, founder of The Baer Faxt, talks through highlights and epic stories from our exclusive, in-depth art world conversations with art world movers, shakers, and groundbreakers—from gallerist Jeff Poe and critic Jerry Saltz all the way to our very first episode with artist Beeple.
Whether you’re a longtime listener or just tuning in fo
Alicja Kwade
In this episode, our President and Executive Producer Luyang Jiang visits artist Alicja Kwade in her Berlin studio. In the first part of the conversation, Alicja shares how she relates to the art market as an established artist, and her advice for young artists on putting themselves out into the world.
Then, listen as she reveals her childhood story of how she ended up moving from Poland to Germany, her path to becoming an artist, and the ways influences from science and philosophy in her work
Alexander S. C. Rower
In this episode, Josh sits down with Alexander S. C. Rower, President of the Calder Foundation (and the artist’s grandson), at the Foundation’s offices in Chelsea, New York.
Listen as Rower shares his personal journey fostering his grandfather’s legacy, and the secrets behind the greatest exhibitions he’s worked on with the foundation.
He and Josh also discuss the Foundation’s approaches to scholarship and requests for examination of Calder’s works, and the ways that artists’ foundations c
Baer with Me: Hong Kong
This episode marks the one-year anniversary of The Baer Faxt Podcast, and our 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.
On the last day of our busy Hong Kong Art Week, Josh and Luyang sat down with The Baer Faxt's team members based in Asia, Boliang Shen, our Content Strategist in Shanghai, and Claire Huang, our Business Development Consultant in Hong Kong, to compare their observations f
Jussi Pylkännen
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 independent advisory, Art Pylkkänen.
Jussi reveals the secret art of the auctioneer, sharing his favorite stories from his time negotiating deals and taking bids at the auctioneer's rostrum for many of the biggest record-breaking sales in recent years. Listen as he describes how he coaxed out the final bids for the $400 million sale of Leon
Melissa Chiu
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 anniversary of her tenure as Director.
Listen as Melissa reflects on the unique role of the national museum, their TV show, The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist, and the ways artists have influenced the museum, from Hiroshi Sugimoto's new sculpture garden, to Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms. She also shares her personal observations on
Baer with Me: 2024 Predictions
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 market. Hosted by Luyang Jiang, our President and Executive Producer of our Podcast, Baer with Me will feature regular updates on the latest trends in the global art market.
For our debut episode, Josh shares his predictions for the art business in 2024—how to buy the dip, a comeback for NFTs, and the bull market to come as interest rates co
Loïc Gouzer
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 motivations for building the unique auction app as a response to the current state of the auction world, why people buy art in times of chaos, and what we can do, as art professionals, to make the word a better place.
But first, Loïc shares a special behind-the-scenes story from his time orchestrating the auction of Da Vinci’s Salvator Mund
Art Market Correction?
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 Baer and Luyang Jiang were on the road in London for Frieze art fair and the London auctions. Listen as Josh shares his perspective as a veteran art advisor, revealing the impacts of the so-called art market correction at Frieze, what the Long Museum selling at auction recently in Hong Kong means for the future of collecting in C
Jeff Poe
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 Jeff gets candid about his experiences building a gallery amidst the art world's evolution from an insider's club to an international corporate industry.
We go behind the scenes of Blum & Poe, as Jeff describes how he split up duties in his partnership with Tim Blum, and his work with the Robert Colescott estate.
Jeff also
The Art Market Now
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 all may not be as it seems in the secretive world of auctions.
In this midyear review episode, our President Luyang Jiang asks veteran art advisor (and TBF founder) Josh Baer: Is the art market going through a slowdown, a major correction, or not?
Josh explains how one collector can make or break a market, and compares our cur
Jerry Saltz
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 conversation between a Pulitzer-prize winning art critic and a veteran art advisor.
Jerry also tells about the winding career path that led to his longtime post as art critic for New York Magazine, from struggling to face his inner demons as an artist, to self-exile as a truck driver, to teaching himself to write and landing his fir
Art Fairs: Part 2
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 fairs, we’re diving into corners of the art fair world you don’t often hear about.
Our president Luyang Jiang joins as host to explore the diversity of regional models in Europe and Asia, with Daniel Hug, the director of Art Cologne, and David Chau, a collector and the co-founder of Shanghai’s ART021.
We’ll hear from Daniel
Art Fairs: pt. 1
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 Taschen, who consulted on the founding of Art Basel Miami Beach, Bettina Korek, the founding director of Frieze LA, Daniel Hug, the director of Art Cologne, and David Chau, the co-founder of art021.
In part 1, Josh Baer sits down with Lauren and Bettina, who each tell the story of the founding of their respective fairs, arguably th
Inside the Auctions
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 to buy low and sell high? And just what is an auction guarantee anyway?
Step behind closed doors into the hidden world of auctions with veteran art advisor Josh Baer and our friends, Dallas-based collector Howard Rachofsky and Gagosian Gallery Associate Director Sophia Cohen, as we discuss the auction topics you won’t hear about
Beeple
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 Charleston, South Carolina earlier this month to ask him how his vision for the future of digital art and NFTs has changed since we first spoke in November 2021.
Before catching up with Beeple at his B.20 opening, we revisit our prior conversation, when we sat down at The Bass museum during Miami Art Week to talk about his rise
Trailer: The Baer Faxt Podcast
On our new podcast, The Baer Faxt team unpacks the inner workings of the global art industry through exclusive, candid interviews with artists, collectors, dealers, and other key players in the business as they offer their perspectives on art and the market in the US, Asia, Europe, and beyond.
The Baer Faxt has been the leading news source for art world insiders since Josh Baer started sending out his newsletter via fax machine in 1994, and has since expanded to include an art advisory service