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Why I think less might be more in the art world

In a system built on volume, we risk losing what made art meaningful in the first place.

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Bastiaan Woudt
Sep 19, 2025
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After more than three decades in the art world, Tim Blum recently closed his gallery. His reason? Not the market, but the system. “It’s not working. And it hasn’t been working,” he said. Those words have stayed with me.

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I’m not an art dealer, but I have worked as a photographer, publisher, and artist for over a decade. My work …

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