Clout, Art or MSCHF? Dealers Step Back, Gen Z Steps In 🤔🖼️

Lindemann’s gallery exit, Ed Sheeran’s prints & MSCHF's latest absurdity, this week’s headlines are maybe clout, commerce, and.... Oh well, a Hermès collectible just outsold some Picassos

Hey Prazzlers,

What does it mean to pivot, adapt, and still stay true? Adam Lindemann closes VENUS to return to collecting, while Ed Sheeran’s Pollock-style prints spark debate clout, charity, or both? A $10M Birkin shatters records, Gen Z floods NYC art schools, and MSCHF now lets you own a fraction of a sculpture like crypto, and Grammy award winning songwriter Lasse Thorst is back to painting. From grief turned into porcelain to graffiti turned museum artifact, the art world’s shape keeps shifting.

On where we’ve been: We saw it firsthand at Stallman, where Elliot Bottle transforms discarded doors into dreamlike “Chimeras,” and at Urban Nation, we found a Vhil’s artwork from 2005! Legendary. In Hamburg, we stopped by Google! Business x Art is coming. Stay tuned. For exclusive headlines, photos opportunities and what's worth visiting this week, keep reading👇

—Ann from Prazzle Arts

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Learn the Market

• From Dealer Back to Collector: Adam Lindemann Closes VENUS Gallery After 13 Years in the Game

• Collector’s Item: Hermès Birkin Designed for Jane Birkin Breaks Records with $10 Million Sale at Sotheby’s Auction

• Ed Sheeran’s $1,200 Jackson Pollock-Style Prints Spark Debate: Art, Charity, or Celebrity Clout?

• MSCHF‘s ”King Solomon‘s Baby“ Lets You Own a Fraction of a Whole, Literally

• The Spotlight: Visionaries of the Art World: Curators, Collectors, Directors and Gallerists Redefining the Rules

• Guide: Beyond the Gallery: Smart Income Streams for Artists

• Guide: Collecting Art on a Budget: Tips for New Enthusiasts

Top Stories for you this week! ☕

• NOTEWORTHY: New York City Art Schools Record High Numbers of Gen-Z Applicants

• Curator’s Corner: Wael Shawky Appointed Artistic Director Ahead of Art Basel Qatar’s Inaugural Edition

• Larisa Turns Loss into Art through Clay porcelain and the Pursuit of Meaning

• Photo London to Relocate to Olympia Kensington in 2026, Leaving Somerset House After a Decade

• The Most Artistic Looks from Paris Couture Week 2025: Meet the Designers Creating Wearable Art

• KAWS to Lead the Line at 2027 Exhibition in New York Botanical Garden

• Project Files: ‘Lipstick’ (1992): Stacy Greene’s Photo Series Exploring Femininity, Identity and Self-Presentation