Reviews Fame-Obsessed ‘Forty’ at MoMA PS1 Shows an Alternative Art Scene That No Longer Exists The original alternative spaces movement captured the era’s raw-nerved energy. By Ben Davis, Aug 22, 2016
Art World 10 Fall Museum Shows to Get Excited About Around the US Ben Davis takes us on an aesthetic road trip. By Ben Davis, Aug 21, 2016
Art World Iceland’s Next Leader Could Be a ‘Poetician’ Dedicated to Using Creativity to Transform Government See what the co-founder of the Pirate Party had to say at the Creative Time Summit. By Ben Davis, Aug 16, 2016
Art World National Portrait Gallery Makes a Statement With the Inclusion of Freed Muslim Slave in ‘American Origins’ Portraits of early African Americans are rare. Yarrow Mamout sat for two. By Ben Davis, Aug 11, 2016
Reviews Will Virtual Reality Art Destroy Visual Art? Though he had fun, our critic is a little concerned. By Ben Davis, Aug 2, 2016
Opinion Detroit Institute of Arts Launches Landmark Initiative to Collect African American Art Big things are in store for the museum. By Ben Davis, Jul 26, 2016
Art World Google’s Sprawling New Art App Has Grand Ambitions But Is Still Pretty Clunky It feels like a trophy museum that you slowly realize is built by robots. By Ben Davis, Jul 20, 2016
People 10 Great Artists to See at the SITE Santa Fe Biennial Here, 10 participants discuss their contributions. By Ben Davis, Jul 15, 2016
Art World Is This Art Space Backed by ‘Game of Thrones’ Author George R.R. Martin a Force of Good or Evil? The 'House of the Eternal Return' is on the vanguard of a new trend: Big Fun Art. By Ben Davis, Jul 14, 2016
Art World Why Activist Poet Margaret Randall Is a Perfect Muse for SITE Santa Fe The 2016 biennial, dubbed “Much Wider Than a Line,” is the second edition of a rethinking of the event. By Ben Davis, Jul 8, 2016
Art World Frieze New York Will Shrink in 2017 Fair organizers want to be "less demanding on the galleries participating." By Ben Davis, Jul 7, 2016
Art World Activism Pays Off, as Brooklyn Museum Embraces Anti-Gentrification Forum It's a testament to lengthy negotiations between the museum and activists. By Ben Davis, Jul 7, 2016
Opinion After Brexit, Art Must Break Out of Its Bubble The cultural establishment's reactions are getting it all wrong. By Ben Davis, Jun 28, 2016
Opinion Why Did John Oliver Rip Off Debt Collective for His $15 Million Collection Stunt? Last Week Tonight erases artist activism even as it capitalizes on it. By Ben Davis, Jun 7, 2016
Art & Exhibitions The Big Missed Opportunity in the Guggenheim’s László Moholy-Nagy Show Compared to Moholy-Nagy's own vision, the Guggenheim show feels genteel. By Ben Davis, May 31, 2016