Art World Survival Guide: Tariffs, Subscriptions, and More

In a personal newsletter, art advisor Alex Feim shares strategies for maintaining sanity during the busy art season, emphasizing the importance of non-art hobbies like tennis, knitting, and yoga. She recommends Pocket Art, a monthly subscription service delivering postcard-sized prints and artist bios for $14 a month, and praises newsletters from 1-800-Vintage and Hard Court. Feim highlights several books, including Motherclown by Harriet Alida Lye, Fruit Fly by Josh Silver, and On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle. She suggests watching La Belle Noiseuse (1991) directed by Jacques Rivette, and Maddie's Secret. She expresses enthusiasm for Hannah Taurins's 'weird girl paintings,' discovered in a collector's home in Dallas. Feim draws attention to the recent US tariffs imposing a 50% tariff on Canadian art, urging support for Canadian artists. She also mentions a Guardian article on El Niño, her podcast ART HOTLINE with Bronwyn Hunter-Shortly, and recommends Keyboard Fantasies by Beverly Glenn-Copeland, who will have a sound installation at MOCA Toronto this Fall. Finally, she grants permission to skip one 'important' art event in September and ignore influencer-driven fall fashion trends.