Opinion Why Apple’s New Augmented-Reality Collaboration With Famous Artists Won’t Help Us Reach the Next Stage of [AR]T [AR]T is a team-up with the New Museum that implants app-enabled art at Apple Stores around the world. By Ben Davis, Aug 15, 2019
Opinion What Warren Kanders’s Defeat at the Whitney Teaches Us About How Protest Works Now We have entered a new era of art and protest. How did it happen? By Ben Davis, Jul 26, 2019
Politics Warren Kanders Resigns From the Whitney Museum’s Board, Following Months of Protest and a Renewed Artist Boycott The Whitney Museum's vice chairman has stepped down from the board, saying he does "not wish to play a role" in the museum's demise. By Ben Davis & Julia Halperin, Jul 25, 2019
Reviews Why Hito Steyerl’s Near-Mystical Denunciation of the NRA at the Park Avenue Armory Lacks Firepower The installation exposes some hidden histories—but it may also mystify them. By Ben Davis, Jul 11, 2019
People This Artist Painted the Black Radical Response to the George Washington Slaveholder Murals. Here’s Why He Stands Against Destroying Them Dewey Crumpler explains the history of controversy over Victor Arnautoff's 'Life of George Washington' in San Francisco, which are slated to be destroyed. By Ben Davis, Jul 10, 2019
Politics Art Installers and Maintenance Workers at the Guggenheim Have Voted ‘Yes’ to Joining a Union A majority vote to join IUOE Local 30 after a hard-fought campaign. By Ben Davis, Jun 27, 2019
Reviews Marta Minujín’s Trippy New Museum Installation Predicted Today’s Immersive Art Craze. It’s Way Weirder Than That, Though The classic installation transfixed Buenos Aires when it debuted in 1965. By Ben Davis, Jun 27, 2019
Opinion The Warren Kanders Protests Have Opened a Pandora’s Box About Ethical Museum Funding. Where Do We Go From Here? As the protests of funding add up, they pose difficult questions about the art system as a whole. By Ben Davis, Jun 25, 2019
Reviews At the Met Breuer, Awe-Inspiring Sculptures of Deities Show How an Indian Artist Forged Her Own Personal Language for Fabric Art Long misunderstood, Mrinalini Mukherjee gets her due in New York. By Ben Davis, Jun 18, 2019
Opinion How 3 British Biopics Explored Artistic Eccentricity, From Anthony Hopkins’s Goony Picasso to Emma Thompson’s Winsome Carrington A History of Artist Biopics, Part V: Prestige artist films from across the Pond, in 'My Left Foot,' 'Carrington,' and 'Surviving Picasso.' By Ben Davis, Jun 18, 2019
Law & Politics ‘We’re Being Treated Like Parasites’: Guggenheim Employees Complain of Low Pay and Long Hours in a Bid to Unionize The museum is consulting with the National Labor Relations Board to discuss a potential vote. By Ben Davis, Jun 11, 2019
On View Laura Ortman Has One of the Standout Works of the Whitney Biennial. Her Inclusion Was a Surprise Even to Her It's been a long journey for Ortman, from roots in installation art through experimental music and back to the gallery by way of collaboration with dancers and filmmakers. By Ben Davis, May 23, 2019
Reviews The 2019 Whitney Biennial Shows America’s Artists Turning Toward Coded Languages in Turbulent Times There are at least three ways to look at the dominant trend in the 2019 survey. By Ben Davis, May 20, 2019
On View Take a Virtual Tour of the Whitney Biennial With Photos of Artworks by All of the Artists in the 2019 Exhibition The exhibition is just opening in New York. By Ben Davis, May 14, 2019
Art & Exhibitions In Ralph Rugoff’s Venice Biennale, the World’s Artists Take Planetary Doom as a Given, But Search for Joy Nonetheless There is much to be disquieted by in this year's Venice Biennale, artnet News chief art critic Ben Davis finds. By Ben Davis, May 10, 2019