OVER THE PAST YEAR, across the nation and in many places around the world, life in general seems to have returned to some semblance of normalcy since the pandemic first turned things topsy-turvy almost four years ago. The same holds true for the art-collecting world.
That’s not to suggest, of course, that the state of the art market is anything like what might have been considered normal pre-pandemic. All of us—art lovers and collectors, artists and the professionals who represent and sell their work—have through necessity, and often with great resourcefulness and ingenuity, found ways to go on doing what we love. And, as evident in the following observations—from Elizabeth Harris, co-owner with her husband Stephen of InSight Gallery in Fredericksburg, Texas; George Irwin, founding director of the online Western…
