We all knew the art market slowed slow down, but we didn't realize the rules were being rewritten, too. Advisor, curator, and reporter Elisa Carollo joins Madison Beale on The Artalogue today to discuss the most important questions arising in the art market today.:Will there be more gallery shut downs? How are galleries adapting in a post-boom, post-digital art market? What can the next generation dealers do to keep their heads above water? Today, we connect the dots between prices, context, and staying power.
We start with Elisa’s journey navigating secondary and primary markets, curation, and daily reporting, and how that unique vantage point helps Carollo understand what moves value in contemporary and ultra‑contemporary art. She breaks down the pandemic’s fast‑track effect on emerging artists, why rapid price spikes can backfire, and how institutional recognition, biennials, and critical writing broaden demand beyond a handful of bidders.
The conversation then turns to the gallery crunch: mounting fair schedules, rising rents, thin teams, and the danger of overgrowth. Carollo explores how dealers these days believe that community is driving more sustainable sales. We also spotlight hopeful momentum, from the Studio Museum in Harlem’s reopening to Venice’s next chapter, and revisit the Malta Biennial as a model for site‑specific, context‑rich curation that builds meaning as well as markets in places less frequented by the art world's usual travel circuit.
Carollo offers grounded advice for aspiring art writers: be present in the industry, wear different hats, and ask better questions. If you care about how artworks earn their place (and keep it) this conversation is your field guide to an art world under renovation.

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