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The House Index

An independent publication on art, value, provenance, archives, culture, and the markets moving around them. Published in volumes by House of Eight.

Editorial departmentsA publication built in volumes

Five ways of looking closer.

The House Index moves between art, value, provenance, archives, and culture without reducing one to the other.

Beyond the Frame

Long-form artist stories and the ideas that continue after the object.

Collection Intelligence

Practical thinking around acquisitions, stewardship, value, and the life of a collection.

The Archive

Provenance, documentation, cultural records, and the histories held around works.

Market Signals

Careful observations on private markets, changing appetite, and the forces shaping value.

Object Lessons

Close readings of individual works, materials, editions, and the details that change understanding.

Inaugural issueVol. 01 · No. 01

Vol. 01 · No. 01

Beyond the Frame · Yayoi Kusama

The Infinite Is Still Expanding

By Melodi · August 29, 2026Yayoi Kusama did not simply decorate the world with dots. She used repetition to dissolve its edges and, in doing so, changed what art could hold.Read the story

About the publicationConceived in volumes

Built to be read now, and kept.

The House Index brings together long-form essays, collecting intelligence, provenance, archives, market context, and the cultural lives of objects.

The digital edition is the first expression of a publication conceived in volumes, with an editorial structure designed to support future collected and print editions without compromising the independence of the writing.

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