Opinion What Is Leonardo’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ Really Selling? Cracking the $450 Million da Vinci Code Jesus saves, but the buyer of Leonardo's 'Salvator Mundi' will spend—a lot. By Ben Davis, Nov 13, 2017
Art & Exhibitions Yes, Black Women Made Abstract Art Too, as a Resounding New Show Makes Clear The show is a logical complement to the recent "We Wanted a Revolution." By Ben Davis, Oct 20, 2017
Politics Why the Guggenheim’s Controversial Dog Video Is Even More Disturbing Than You Think Ok, what's really going on in this contested artwork, anyway? By Ben Davis, Sep 29, 2017
Art World 12 Wildly Popular Everyday Things You Would Never Guess Started Out as Artworks Some of your favorite places to eat and ways to dress are actually works of art. By Ben Davis, Sep 26, 2017
Art World These Are the 25 Most Beloved Museums in the World, as Ranked by TripAdvisor Who knew the Museum of Broken Relationships was so popular? By Ben Davis, Sep 21, 2017
Art & Exhibitions ‘Radical Women’ at the Hammer Museum Is the Kind of Show That Art Critics Live For It leaves you wanting more, and asking questions. By Ben Davis, Sep 20, 2017
Art World Is ‘Slow Art’ the Next Big Art Movement? Arden Reed's new book makes the case that it is. By Ben Davis, Aug 25, 2017
Art World After Mass Resignation From Arts Committee, Trump Announces He Planned to Dissolve It Anyway "While the Committee has done good work in the past, in its current form it simply is not a responsible way to spend American tax dollars." By Ben Davis, Aug 18, 2017
Politics Monumental Lies: Charlottesville’s Lee Statue Was Designed to Erase a History We Need to Remember The mythology of Confederate monuments is "fake history," concocted with cynical ends. By Ben Davis, Aug 17, 2017
Art World The Rise and Fall of the Louise Blouin Art Media Empire A former employee looks back on his experience with the company. By Ben Davis, Aug 8, 2017
Art & Exhibitions How to Understand Hélio Oiticica’s Journey From Art Visionary to Coke Dealer and Back Again "To Organize Delirium" is set to open at the Whitney Museum, and it helps to do your homework. By Ben Davis, Jul 11, 2017
Art World That Time PS1 Threw a Warhol-Themed LSD Party "Warm Up" kicks off this weekend—but nothing tops Mike Bidlo's 1984 recreation of the Factory. By Ben Davis, Jun 30, 2017
Politics Facebook Is Celebrating Its Astonishing Two Billion Users With a New Video. Here’s What It Means for Art. The social media giant gives you a customized celebration of empathy that is really a celebration of narcissism. By Ben Davis, Jun 28, 2017
Art World How Grupo Frente’s Playful Little Paintings Set the Stage for Brazil’s Big Art Breakthrough Galerie Lelong is offering the first US look at the group. By Ben Davis, Jun 27, 2017
Art World Straining for Wisdom, documenta 14 Implodes Under the Weight of European Guilt Curator Adam Szymczyk's vision is pulling in two different ways at once. By Ben Davis, Jun 20, 2017