Chris Becker

Risk markets will pivot this week on the volatility around the Trump regime’s invasion of Venezuela as 2026 accelerates the new global order of “take what you want around you”. Watch out Cuba, Columbia, Canada and Greenland! Wall Street remains somewhat in holiday mode but will wake up with a bang tonight with stock markets

Oil markets remain unstable but with selling across both markers with Brent crude pushed back below the $61USD per barrel level while gold has inched back above the $4000USD per ounce level after a volatile Xmas trading period:

Looking at stock markets from Asia from yesterday's session, where mainland Chinese share markets were a bit wobbly going into the afternoon session

Oil markets remain unstable as weakness is starting to creep in again as Brent crude flops around the $60USD per barrel level while gold has eased off from its start of year rally to drop back to the $4400USD per ounce level:

For decades, families affected by Huntington’s disease have faced a relentless neurological illness with no treatment to slow or stop its progression. Today, that may be changing — but whether scienti

The city’s classical music scene is rewriting the score.

Chris Becker speaks with Houston gallerist Heidi Vaughan about collectors, the secondary art market, and pricing artwork.

Chris Becker speaks with gallerist Carla Bisong about how she got into the art world, advice for artists, and her hopes for Houston’s art scene.

Chris Becker speaks with Robert McClain, the founder of McClain Gallery in Houston, about how the roles of art dealers and gallerists have changed since the 1980s.

Chris Becker speaks with David Shelton for his series of conversations with gallerists based in Houston, Texas.