It was her 2012 Documenta edition—the second ever on the august German quinquennial helmed by a woman—that introduced her to the attention of the wider world. Themed across the notion of “Collapse and Recovery,” it featured work by Pierre Huyghe, Giuseppe Penone, Walid Raad, Michael Rakowitz, Haegue Yang, and extra. As ARTnews reported in December, Masterworks used its sizable cash runway to buy greater than $450 million worth of work, whereas chopping over two dozen staff as it struggled to reach formidable sales targets. Former staffers revealed that the price of netting retail traders was an ongoing problem. Mintus has … Read More
