Good evening and welcome back to Wall Power, where auction lots are finally getting revealed for the late September sales in New York (there will be one midday on Monday, and I’ll have more for you in Tuesday’s email) even as we wait to hear about the big collections coming to market in November.

Tonight, I’ve got a little news about UTA’s Fine Arts division that also offers a good opportunity to discuss the changing structure of the art market. UTA may be out of the art business, but the demand among artists for a business surrogate—someone who can act like an agent or manager or all-around consigliere—has only increased in recent years. And that’s not changing anytime soon.

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