Animation Art Boom: From Simpsons Cels to Pokémon Cards

In a bonus episode of Art Market Minute, host Margaret Carrigan discusses the surging market for animation art with Artnet's culture editor Min Chen. The conversation highlights record-breaking sales, including a Simpsons cel and a Pokémon trading card that fetched $16 million. Chen, who writes Artnet's monthly Deep Cuts digest on collectibles, explains what qualifies as animation art and argues that museums have long recognized its value, a fact the market is only now catching up to. The episode explores buyer demographics, motivations, and whether this trend signals lasting institutional legitimacy or mere nostalgia. Art Market Minute returns with full episodes on September 7.