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Charlotte Burns
executive editor of In Other Words
Charlotte Burns is the editor of In Other Words, our weekly newsletters and podcasts. She was previously the US news and market editor for The Art Newspaper, as well as a regular correspondent for publications such as the Guardian and Monocle. Previously, she worked with the London dealer Anthony d’Offay on special projects. For several years, she was a consultant at the cultural communications agency, Bolton & Quinn. She also worked at Hauser & Wirth in London.
Burns received a Masters degree (with Merit) from the Courtauld Institute in Art and Cultural Politics in Germany, 1890-1945, as well as a first-class B.A. honors degree in English and History of Art from Birmingham University. She moved to New York in 2010.
Articles by Charlotte Burns
Report from London: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
The state of the city’s art market as Brexit looms
Charlotte Burns
Museum Acquisitions of Work by Women Peaked a Decade Ago—and Have Stalled Since
Despite talk of progress, just 11% of all acquisitions have been of work by women
Charlotte Burns
and 
Julia Halperin
Research By
Julia Vennitti
Case Studies: How Four Museums Are Making Change Happen for Women Artists
New approaches to old problems
Charlotte Burns
with Julia Halperin
Female Artists Represent Just 2 Percent of the Market. Here’s Why—and How That Can Change
The market for work by women doubled over the past decade—with five female artists accounting for 40.7% of that total
Charlotte Burns
and Julia Halperin
“What Are We Cheering? We Should Be Protesting!”
Artists, curators, directors and more respond to the data
Charlotte Burns
and Julia Halperin
What the May Season Tells Us About the Art Market
The hits, misses and key trends
Charlotte Burns
and 
Allan Schwartzman
“There are code words to push back against change”
A final interview with Okwui Enwezor
Charlotte Burns
On the Ground in Hong Kong
Fair sales, a KAWS for concern and Asian market analysis
Charlotte Burns
#55 Who Gets to Be American?
How Has the American Narrative Portrayed by Cultural Institutions Fallen Short?
Charlotte Burns
Asia’s Most Innovative and Interesting Institutions
Mapping Museums from Hong Kong to Japan
Charlotte Burns,
Michele Chan,
Vivienne Chow,
Chelsea Perkins,
and Julia Vennitti
with 
Kaitlin Chan,
Sex is down, spirituality is up
What the 2018 Sotheby’s Prize applications tell us about museum trends
Charlotte Burns
#41 Guggenheim Director Richard Armstrong
On Looking and Listening, Art and Politics
Charlotte Burns
#40 “Instead of the history that we were taught, let’s look at the history that was hidden from us”
Podcast with artist Howardena Pindell
Charlotte Burns
#39 “The natural disposition is to not want to believe the numbers because it just can’t be this bad”
Podcast with Valentino Carlotti, Allan Schwartzman and Julia Halperin
Charlotte Burns
“They can’t wait and wait because then I’ll die and it’ll cost big bucks”
Case studies: three artists from different generations
Charlotte Burns
and Julia Halperin
“From a dealer’s point of view, there is a huge opportunity”
The combined auction value of work by African American artists is $2.2bn—just 1.2% of the global total
Charlotte Burns
and Julia Halperin
“I would have thought the needle would have moved more”
Just 2.37% of museum acquisitions over the past decade have been of work by African American artists
Charlotte Burns
and Julia Halperin
Tim BlumHow format affects perception (and value)
Would we think differently of the reclining nude if she stood up?
Christian Viveros-Fauné
with Charlotte Burns
Asia’s most innovative and interesting institutions
Mapping museums from Hong Kong to Japan
Vivienne Chow
with Chelsea Perkins
Meredith Kirk
Charlotte Burns
Business, But Not As Usual
Tension in the Tectonic Plates Underlying the Market
Charlotte Burns
with Allan Schwartzman
Nine Museum Shows That Will Change The Game
Upcoming Exhibitions Worthy of Your Support
Allan Schwartzman,
Joe Dunning,
and Charlotte Burns
Highlights from Miami
Our Favorite Works of Art
Allan Schwartzman,
Ivy Shapiro,
and Charlotte Burns
“Awareness Seems to Happen in Waves”
On Next Steps: Lynn Zelevansky, former director of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Charlotte Burns
Market Takeaways
What You Need to Know From Frieze Week in London
Charlotte Burns
and Allan Schwartzman
#3 Part two, Uncovering the Great Art of the 2000s with David Salle and Alison Gingeras
Why is it so hard to pinpoint the important artists of this period?
Charlotte Burns
#2 Uncovering the Great Art of the 2000s with David Salle and Alison Gingeras
Why is it so hard to pinpoint the important artists of this period?
Charlotte Burns