Reviews What Is the Real-World Value of a Left-Wing Art Show? Our critic visits SITE Santa Fe and wonders whether biennials are ever able to truly live up to their grand ambitions. By Ben Davis, Aug 30, 2018
Opinion Why Is the Case of Jailed Photographer Shahidul Alam So Important? Martin Parr, Dayanita Singh, and Others Explain His Significance The Bangladeshi photographer is being punished for criticizing the government. Here's why you should pay attention. By Ben Davis, Aug 19, 2018
Art World Kris Jenner ‘Art Shamed’ Khloe Kardashian for Not Recognizing a Jeff Koons. The Irony? It’s Not Even a Jeff Koons! A little sleuthing suggests that there's more than enough art shame to go around at the Kardashian household. By Ben Davis, Aug 15, 2018
Art World Why Everyone Should Be Paying Close Attention to the Case of Jailed Bangladeshi Photographer Shahidul Alam The photographer has a stunning record as an artist and organizer. Artists across the world are taking up his cause. By Ben Davis, Aug 13, 2018
Opinion Is the QAnon Conspiracy the Work of Artist-Activist Pranksters? The Evidence for (And Against) a Dangerous Hypothesis The history of "Luther Blissett," the Italian media jamming movement, is suddenly relevant to the US political discussion. By Ben Davis, Aug 8, 2018
On View From Animal Spirits to a Conquistador’s Stolen Foot, See the First Images of Site Santa Fe’s 2018 ‘Casa Tomada’ Biennial Other highlights include Andrea Fraser's project on museum boards and an egg-shaped mobile museum from Guatemala. By Ben Davis, Aug 3, 2018
Reviews What Happens When an Art Critic Reviews an Instagram Trap? Turns Out, That’s a Trick Question How Dream Machine nearly defeated me. By Ben Davis, Jul 11, 2018
Reviews Congolese Artist Bodys Isek Kingelez’s Most Ambitious Work Is an Intricate Dream City. Here’s How to Understand It "Bodys Isek Kingelez: City Dreams" is on view at Museum of Modern Art. By Ben Davis, Jun 26, 2018
Opinion Art History, or the Illuminati? What Jay-Z and Beyoncé Are Really Up to With Their Viral New Louvre Video Three ways to look at the 'Apes**t' video. By Ben Davis, Jun 18, 2018
Reviews M.C. Escher Is the King of Trippy Optical Illusions, But He Deserves More Credit Than That "Escher-mania" hits Brooklyn's Industry City. By Ben Davis, Jun 12, 2018
Opinion Why the Legal Strategy Behind Masterpiece Cakeshop Gets Art Backwards—and Why It Should Make People Nervous What happens when the definition of “art” becomes a burning political issue of our day. By Ben Davis, Jun 7, 2018
Reviews How Domenico Gnoli’s Meticulous Paintings Reveal a Society—Like Ours—That Is Coming Apart at the Seams A new exhibition at Luxembourg & Dayan reveals how the artist used elements of Surrealism and Pop to do something entirely different. By Ben Davis, Jun 1, 2018
Opinion How Purple Magazine Intern-Turned-Scam Artist Anna Delvey Turned Contemporary Art Into the Perfect Tool for Fraud Take a look at Delvey's Instagram and behold what a hollowed-out signifier art has become. By Ben Davis, May 30, 2018
Opinion Jordan Peterson, the Controversial Pro-Male Philosopher, Says He Hates Postmodern Art. But He Secretly Loves It! The author of "12 Rules for Life" loves Socialist Realist art. By Ben Davis, May 24, 2018
Opinion How Art Helps Makes Sense of Donald Glover’s ‘This Is America’ Video & More Critical Thoughts on Culture Plus, Tony Cokes turns tweets into art, and one very eerie paparazzi pic. By Ben Davis, May 17, 2018
