Reena Makes Lists was a surprisingly popular, pandemic-era Substack newsletter about how technology, power, and money were reshaping the art world.
Because even during lockdown, the art world found new ways to be ridiculous, and only nuanced insights accompanied by tongue-in-cheek gifs would suffice.
However, the Substack series is currently only available in pdf so the full effect of those mighty gifs is lost in time. But the receipts remain.
Sharks and the art world, February 2021
Shifting power dynamics in the art world, February 2021
Can the art world grieve?, February 2021
Museums in crisis, February 2021
Fifty shades of fiscal toxicity, March 2021
Dear art world, Southeast Asia exists, March 2021
The ongoing muddle of art fairs, March 2021
Chaos is the new cocaine, April 2021
Crazy, shady, rich, April 2021
Who’s got the power?, April 2021
The heat is on, April 2021
To be or not to be risky, April 2021
The naked emperors of new, May 2021
Who runs the art world today?, May 2021
Is the renaissance here yet?, June 2021
Do you know your extreme self?, June 2021
The art world’s tech awakening, July 2021
Are art fairs making a comeback?, July 2021
The art world’s ongoing power hustle, July 2021
Endings and beginnings, August 2021
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