Wealthy Collectors in Isolation Switch to Buying Art Online

  • Digital platforms are key for galleries with plunging revenues
  • ‘It’s not nearly the volume we are used to,’ an executive says
Gillis Claesz de Hondecoeter’s “Animals in Wooded Landscape,” 1627Source: Baird Allis

Michael Sherman can’t stop buying art.

The Hollywood producer spent more than $100,000 on a dozen works by emerging artists since March, even as the coronavirus pandemic resulted in closed galleries, postponed auctions and canceled fairs.