Reviews The Asia Society Triennial Has a Lot of the Same Problems Most Biennials Do. But It Also Crystallizes a New Trend in Art "We Do Not Dream Alone" gives a glimpse of "delegated handicraft" as a biennial style. By Ben Davis, Nov 25, 2020
Art World Did You Catch the Clever Art-Historical Easter Egg in the Netflix Hit ‘The Queen’s Gambit’? Here’s What It Means The show offers a background homage to a French painter whose life echoes the themes of the story. By Ben Davis, Nov 24, 2020
Opinion Why the Art World Shouldn’t Be Congratulating Itself on Donald Trump’s Defeat Did the last four years of politicized culture break art's bubble or strengthen it? By Ben Davis, Nov 16, 2020
Politics How Much Do Creative Professionals Donate to Republicans Versus Democrats? Here Are the Numbers Artists gave far more to Joe Biden than Donald Trump, but where do architects, editors, photographers, and other professions rank? By Ben Davis, Nov 3, 2020
Art World What Is the ‘Haunted Painting Effect’? Here’s a Simple How-To Guide on the Spooky Illusion That Can Make Any Painting Come Alive It's called "Motion Aftereffect," aka the "Haunted Painting Effect." By Ben Davis, Oct 29, 2020
Opinion The Strongest Reactions to the Philip Guston Show’s Postponement Miss Two Key Points. Here’s What They Are—and Why They Matter Our critic considers two ways of thinking about the controversial Philip Guston postponement that might make you rethink your gut reaction. By Ben Davis, Oct 15, 2020
Art World ‘I Say Tear It All Down’: Curator Legacy Russell on How ‘Glitch Feminism’ Can Be a Tool to Radically Reimagine the World 'Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto' aims to serve, she says, as both a "call to action and as a syllabus." By Ben Davis, Sep 28, 2020
Opinion Why We Should Reboot the Art History Canon Instead of Ditching It + 2 More Thought-Provoking Things to Read A weekly round-up of interesting and important readings from around the internet. By Ben Davis, Jul 31, 2020
Opinion What Painter Jon McNaughton’s New Patriotic-Religious Fantasia of Donald Trump Actually Means Who's the guy with the flowy hair? By Ben Davis, Jul 29, 2020
Opinion How a New Monument Movement Challenges the ‘Great Man Theory of History’ + Two More Thought-Provoking Things to Read This Week A weekly round-up of interesting and important readings from around the internet. By Ben Davis, Jul 24, 2020
Opinion In Defense of ‘Radical Chic’: How Tom Wolfe’s 1970 Essay Offers a Warning About Debates Over ‘Performative Activism’ Now What if we looked at the history of "Radical Chic" not from the POV of a celebrity reporter but from that of the activists he was skewering? By Ben Davis, Jul 22, 2020
Opinion How to Explain the Malaise of the Post-Internet Art Scene + Two Other Illuminating Reads From Around the Web A weekly round-up of interesting and important readings from around the internet. By Ben Davis, Jul 17, 2020
Opinion How Paul Pfeiffer and Arthur Jafa Help Rethink the Ethics of Sharing Traumatic Imagery + Two Other Illuminating Reads From Around the Web A weekly round-up of interesting and important readings from around the internet. By Ben Davis, Jul 10, 2020
Art World What Does the Public Want From Art in a Post-COVID World? Here Are 5 Takeaways From a Massive New Study Above all, audiences want "more fun" when they return to public life post-lockdown. By Ben Davis, Jul 8, 2020
Art World Why ‘Provoking Empathy’ Through Art Might Actually Be a Bad Thing + Two Other Illuminating Reads From Around the Web A weekly round-up of interesting readings from around the art web. By Ben Davis, Jun 26, 2020