Thomas Stauffer

Co-owner of Gerber & Stauffer Fine Arts. Gerber & Stauffer Fine Arts is a leading independent Art advisory firm based in Zurich, Switzerland.

[alain servais @aservais1]

Great subject by @JoLawsonTancred-Why Museums Are Teaming Up to Buy Art. A growing number of joint acquisitions signals a shift away from decades of competitive collecting. https://t.co/1qzpZ5gXmM

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This ‘new’ era of Abstract Expressionism is the perfect fit for an age of hyper-individualism and AI-powered press releases. By @MartinLHerbert via @ArtReview_ https://t.co/ULvf5ExDGH

[alain servais @aservais1]

Smart if it works 👏👏-Art Basel’s Swiss Fair Will Include a New Initiative Where Galleries Will Withhold Works from Their PDF Previews. By @MaxDuron https://t.co/VMoh6lsMdf via @artnews

[alain servais @aservais1]

Singapore Biennale 2025 Review: Divorced From Reality. The 8th edition of the Singapore Biennale prompts you to wonder whether displacement releases the wild or brings it under further control. By @MarkRappolt via @ArtReview_ https://t.co/9nbSRAMZBZ

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Collector Jordan D. Schnitzer’s David Hockney Holdings Come Home to Portland. The exhib showcases the full scope of the evolution of the artist's practice,from iconic lithographs of his early years to his bold,tech-forward iPad landscapes. By Jordan Riefe https://t.co/Au5QG6RbwF

[alain servais @aservais1]

F1 set to scrap races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia amid Iran war. Expected cancellation of lucrative races highlights widening economic impact of the Middle East conflict. #PayWall https://t.co/pytTZ4kFX4 via @ft

[alain servais @aservais1]

Inside the Increasingly Litigious World of High-Value Art Sales. As the art market has grown more financially complex, collectors & dealers increasingly formalize transactions with lengthy legal agreements. By Daniel Grant https://t.co/BWlxbJqjvY

[alain servais @aservais1]

What’s Driving China’s New Private Museum Boom? Curator You Yang Weighs In. And cross-cultural 'exchanges, even when messy, are where the most interesting things can happen,' the X Museum director says. By Cathy Fan https://t.co/2tUakZP1lq

[alain servais @aservais1]

…hammer+commissions. It is 15 to 20% at least to discount on the holding period. Take 2% off on 10y holding period and what is left Is meagre! Article by Elisa Carollo via @observer #MustRead https://t.co/cacmcc73Sd

[alain servais @aservais1]

Worth listening after min 15. Gaurav Kapadia is Member of the Board of Trustees at Whitney Museum and Mellon Foundation. By ⁦@tylercowen⁩ https://t.co/6lvOe72WgU

[alain servais @aservais1]

Strategy?! Unfortunately too little of it to interface efficiently with the market to the next step-Do Artists Make Better Dealers? When artists become gallerists, sensitivity meets business strategy—and the notion of running a gallery shifts shape. https://t.co/MvwYFeXxrt

[Herbert W. Franke @HerbertWFranke]

Thanks, Frank, to remember it. Your work is fantastic. Herbert liked it a lot. The exhibition was wonderful! @Foundation_HWF

[Thomas Stauffer @thommy_76]

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[Rubi @RubiRubidoooo]

I´ve folded my clothes wrong all my life 🤨🤔😇

[ARTnews @artnews]

Hauser & Wirth is set to open its first Italian location, the gallery told ARTnews Friday. The new outpost will be in Palermo, Sicily, housed in the Palazzo Forcella De Seta.

Read more: https://t.co/vq517hNK4B

[alain servais @aservais1]

The 10th annual Young Artists list features 27 makers aged 35 and under. They were selected from dozens of submissions by the magazine’s editors and contributors, as well as art dealers, collectors, and artists from around the world. https://t.co/xJ92tgA03v

[alain servais @aservais1]

U can make 💰 from some art works. But it is def no asset class-Barely worth its weight in gold: can art still b considered an asset class? As Cattelan's toilet sells to its gold spot price, experts question just how secure of an investment art really is https://t.co/FXcYwe1L5Q

[Katya Kazakina @artdetective]

Three Lauder Klimts fetch $393.2 million at @Sothebys (with fees) - presale target was $300 mil

[Sotheby's @Sothebys]

'Crowns (Peso Neto)' by Jean-Michel Basquiat sells for $48.3 million. Painted in 1981, three days after his 21st birthday, it marks Basquiat’s transformation from downtown prodigy to global phenomenon.

[Artnet @artnet]

#ArtNetNews: The fall auction season in New York got off to a robust start on Monday night, as Christie’s held an energetic and well-attended evening sale of 20th-century art at its Rockefeller Center salesroom. First up was a small but potent 18-lot offering from the private collection of Robert and Patricia Weis, which was followed by the usual 20th-century auction.

What really stood out was the high level of in-person, competitive bidding in a sale that carried a large number of guarantees, from both third parties and the house, ensuring that works would sell.

The event provided a much-needed dose of market confidence after months of art fair cancellations and postponements, as well as a spate of gallery closures. Will the energy and demand spill over to this jam-packed auction week? Only time will tell. To get a sense of Monday’s action, we’ve crunched the dual-sale figures for the Weis and 20th-century sales below. Read on for the stats.

Read more: https://t.co/NT0avThO95

Article by Eileen Kinsella

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Pictured: Adrien Meyer sells the top lot of the Weis Collection sale at Christie's in Rockefeller Center in New York on November 17. Image courtesy Christie's.