Gen Z Overtakes Older Generations as Art Market's Biggest Spenders

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published.

1. 20 Sept, 09:00FortuneThe bank account says no while the Europe group chat says YOLO. Gen Z is cutting spending—but not on little treats and last-minute trips
2. 20 Sept, 09:11QuartzThe 'Gen Z stare' is telling us something important about today's economy
3. 21 Sept, 14:00Times of IndiaNew York leads US in Gen Z exodus as young adults seek cheaper housing
4. 22 Sept, 12:00FortuneGen Z is actually richer than any generation before them — but they have the curse of Great Expectations
5. 22 Sept, 13:00Phys.org - latest science and technology news storiesThe state of sex among Gen Z: Is the sex recession real?
6. 22 Sept, 13:00AxiosLove is pricey. Here's what young Americans are doing about it
7. 22 Sept, 18:41EntrepreneurGen Z Is Hitting a Critical Wealth Milestone the Average Boomer Didn’t Reach Until Age 32
8. 23 Sept, 11:57Inc.Gen Z Confidence at Work Dropped 20 Points in a Year. Everyone Is Reading the Data Wrong
9. 23 Sept, 19:02FortuneGen Z can’t afford healthy groceries—so many college students are skipping meals altogether or eating less to pay the bills
10. 24 Sept, 12:00FortuneGen Z’s religious turn, the data center backlash and a ‘lack of consent’: how the youngest adults are winning battles the millennials lost
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    1. 24 Sept, 14:00MarketWatchHow is Gen Z investing their money? Over a dozen share their strategies for today’s market.
    2. 25 Sept, 10:00The HillWhy Generation Z is less likely to view China as a threat
    3. 25 Sept, 15:00Phys.org - latest science and technology news storiesGen Z communicates differently in the workplace, but older colleagues can still decode them
    4. 25 Sept, 15:06FortuneDespite the entry-level job apocalypse, half of Gen Z are planning to look for new work elsewhere before the end of the year
    5. 26 Sept, 12:00The HillThe future is here: What will a Millennial-Gen Z majority mean for America?
    6. 27 Sept, 08:00FortuneGen Z aren’t ready for the workplace—and this youth job program CEO is giving them a crash course in emails and workplace etiquette to change that
    7. 28 Sept, 13:03All Content from Business InsiderI'm Gen Z, and most of my coworkers are baby boomers. I didn't expect to want to work more like them.
    8. 28 Sept, 15:30EntrepreneurGen Z Is Snatching Up Franchises — They Want to Own Rather Than Compete for Jobs That ‘Might Not Exist in 10 Years’
    9. 28 Sept, 17:34Inc.Gen-Z Wants Millennials to Retire. But Millennials Aren’t the Real Reason They Can’t Get Hired
    10. 28 Sept, 18:58EntrepreneurHow Does Your ‘Fun’ Spending Compare to Your Generation’s? Baby Boomers Splurge More on Hobbies Than Gen Z and Young Millennials.
    11. 29 Sept, 17:11FortuneProteinmaxxing shows a ‘meaningful shift’ in how Gen Z takes supplements versus baby boomers, new survey shows
    12. 30 Sept, 07:00FortuneOlder millennials are pulling away from the pack in the housing market—and they’re dominating the ‘hobbies’ economy, too
    13. 30 Sept, 14:45FortuneFord’s Jim Farley says Gen Z needs its own ‘Smokey Bear’ moment for the forest fire of AI paranoia, the jobs apocalypse and the skilled trades
    14. 1 Oct, 09:24Inc.Why Your Gen Z and Boomer Coworkers Keep Clashing—and the ‘Code’ to Fix It
    15. 1 Oct, 10:30National ReviewGeneration Zzzzz
    16. 1 Oct, 16:42Fortune8 in 10 Gen Z and millennials have two jobs to make ends meet, Goldman Sachs finds, as the affordability crisis ‘crowds out’ any retirement hopes
    17. 2 Oct, 10:00The HillYounger candidates are finding it tough to break into Congress
    18. 2 Oct, 12:00Inc.Gen Z Is Interested in the Trades
    19. 2 Oct, 19:10Bloomberg MarketsGen Z Doesn't Want To 'Postpone Joy': Suzy Welch
    20. 3 Oct, 09:33FortuneWhere Americans are moving by generation, according to U-Haul: Boomers pick the Carolinas, Gen Z picks Texas and California
    21. 3 Oct, 22:00RSS 2.0Online retailers that don't support digital wallets are losing Gen Z customers
    22. 4 Oct, 08:00FortuneGen Z can’t control the future, so they’re paying witches and tarot readers to make it feel more manageable
    23. 4 Oct, 13:00The Guardian BusinessAre my gen X peers the influencers the world has been waiting for? | Emma Beddington
    24. 4 Oct, 14:21FortuneGen Z is poised to be wealthier than millennials but despair over economy — ‘they get spammed and scammed, and there are tons of fake jobs out there’
    25. 5 Oct, 06:58FortuneMore than half of Gen Z investors have funneled cash into sports betting—but they’re not coming close to breaking even
    26. 5 Oct, 12:10QuartzMost Gen Z investors are redirecting savings into sports betting, surveys find
    27. 5 Oct, 15:18FortuneJust a few years into working, Gen Z is already the most anxious generation about AI derailing their retirement—51% fear it will cut their nest egg
    28. 6 Oct, 15:09EntrepreneurOwning a Home Feels Out of Reach — So Gen Z Is Spending Big in Another Area
    29. 6 Oct, 15:28FortuneGen Z’s new American Dream: Skip the mortgage, book the flight
    30. 7 Oct, 08:07All Content from Business InsiderI tried to stop being anxious about money. It completely backfired.
    31. 7 Oct, 14:55FortuneJob-hopping got workers an 18% raise in 2022. Now it’s 8%—and Gen Z is hurt the most
    32. 8 Oct, 04:01FortuneGen Z is spending more on art than ever before. It’s a key piece of the Great Wealth Transfer, UBS says
    33. 8 Oct, 04:01FortuneWealthy Gen Zers’ quiet love of art collecting, revealed: They’re outspending boomers and millennials—but keeping their collections off Instagram
    34. 8 Oct, 07:00The New York TimesHow India’s Gen Z Protests Inspired Gen Alpha
    35. 8 Oct, 13:09FortuneJim Farley is right about Gen Z and blue-collar work. We see firsthand how the industry is failing them
    36. 8 Oct, 14:40FortuneGen Z is questioning college altogether. Meanwhile, older generations are coming back to finish it
    37. 9 Oct, 04:00News FeedWho will crack the Gen Z art market?
    38. 9 Oct, 15:16All Content from Business InsiderGen Z and millennials are both moving to Texas cities, but for different reasons
    39. 10 Oct, 06:00South China Morning PostGen Z overtakes older collectors as art market spending rebounds globally: report
    40. 10 Oct, 08:30FortuneGen Z is on track to become the richest generation, but risks getting caught in a ‘cycle that is easy to fall into and hard to break alone’
    41. 10 Oct, 09:00All Content from Business InsiderGen X is going deeper into credit card debt — even as they make more money than ever
    42. 10 Oct, 11:24FortuneGen Z is rejecting millennial beige and embracing the colorful ‘dopamine decor’ trend. Designers say it’s a coping mechanism
    43. 10 Oct, 16:32Fortune‘Fantasy economics’: Baby boomer vs. Gen Z tensions hit France as pension costs drive debt crisis and education cuts that fuel student protests
    44. 11 Oct, 10:06FortuneGen Z is defying trends and betting on California—even as older Americans flee to the Sun Belt