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 27, 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
Opinion Why the Columbus Monument Should Be Seen as a Monument to the Construction of Whiteness in the United States From Benjamin Harrison through Richard Nixon and beyond, appeal to the symbolism of Columbus has had cynical motives. By Ben Davis, Jun 12, 2020
Opinion As Its Workers Organize, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Management Turns to an Infamous Anti-Union Law Firm The law firm, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, is known for fighting against a $15 minimum wage. By Ben Davis, Jun 11, 2020
Opinion Trump’s Freakish Church Photo Op and the Widespread Arrests of Journalists Point to the Same Deeper Rot The present media situation marks a shift in the state's balance between consent and force. By Ben Davis, Jun 3, 2020
Politics Monuments Across the United States Re-Emerged as Targets of Rage Over a Weekend of Widespread Protest From Denver to Philadelphia to San Antonio to Washington, DC, public art has been swept up in the protests in spectacular ways. By Ben Davis, Jun 1, 2020
Opinion Why Most Quarantine Art Is Just ‘Empty Heroics’ + Two Other Illuminating Reads From Around the Web A weekly round-up of interesting readings from around the art web. By Ben Davis, May 29, 2020