Opinion Anri Sala’s Journey of Redemption Mesmerizes at the New Museum It is it the tale of escape, and of difficult grandeur. By Ben Davis, Feb 3, 2016
Galleries How White Are New York’s Cultural Organizations? Millennials are changing the numbers, but not fast enough. By Ben Davis, Jan 29, 2016
Art Fairs 6 Trends That Define Visual Culture Now A closer look at “messthetics” and more. By Ben Davis, Jan 21, 2016
Opinion David Brooks Gets Bizarre in His Latest Essay on Beauty The piece leaves many unanswered questions. By Ben Davis, Jan 19, 2016
Galleries Do You Have to Be Rich to Make It as an Artist? Art students are chasing a dream without understanding how the system works. By Ben Davis, Jan 14, 2016
Opinion Galapagos Art Space Plans $6.25 Million Detroit Property Flip Ironically, the space fled Brooklyn's ever-escalating rents for Detroit. By Ben Davis, Jan 9, 2016
Galleries One Year of Art Gallery Press Releases, Analyzed "Architecture" is in; "beauty" is not. By Ben Davis, Dec 29, 2015
Reviews Ben Davis Selects the Most Important Art Essays of the Year "Women on the Verge" and more essays that mattered in 2015. By Ben Davis, Dec 21, 2015
Art & Exhibitions Scented Candle Installation Brings Optimistic Mood to Lower Manhattan Its popularity is disturbing. By Ben Davis, Dec 16, 2015
Galleries 10 Must-Read Art Essays From November 2015 Sizing up Hal Foster's latest, and more. By Ben Davis, Dec 15, 2015
Analysis AIDS Drug Baron Martin Shkreli Buys Unique Wu-Tang Record for $2 Million Note the parallel between Shkreli’s public infamy and this Wu-Tang outrage. By Ben Davis, Dec 9, 2015
Art & Exhibitions Artists Stage Dramatic Protest at Louvre Near Close of Paris Climate Summit The message was loud and clear. By Ben Davis, Dec 9, 2015
Opinion Hilarious Highlights from Dennis Quaid’s Auction House Drama ‘The Art of More’ The show gets some things very wrong about art, and one thing very right. By Ben Davis, Dec 9, 2015
Galleries Tracking Art Speak’s Latest Mutation at the Art Fairs It's ArtBlab, and it's everywhere. By Ben Davis, Dec 4, 2015
Opinion John Cage’s Silent Opus Is Drafted Into a Flute-Loving DJ’s Noisy Crusade A satirical stunt aims to shame Soundcloud. By Ben Davis, Dec 2, 2015