Auctions Record-Shattering Picasso Sale Is a Much, Much Bigger Deal Than You Think The sale surpassed even that of the Portrait of Dr. Gachet. By Ben Davis, May 21, 2015
Art Fairs 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair Is Full of Good Art and Tough Questions A welcome, if too-partial, attempt to spotlight artists from Africa. By Ben Davis, May 16, 2015
Art Fairs Ben Davis’s Standout Artworks Amid The Chaos of Frieze New York 2015 Here's what to look for if you are in a hurry and want to see the best. By Ben Davis, May 13, 2015
Opinion In Wake of Baltimore Protests, Artist Paul Rucker Spotlights Racism’s Legacy Find out about his show at the Maryland Institute College of Art. By Ben Davis, May 13, 2015
Opinion After Bjork Fiasco, MoMA’s Yoko Ono Show Makes a Case for Art and Celebrity Issues of celebrity and media are baked into her work from the beginning. By Ben Davis, May 13, 2015
Opinion Ben Davis on Why the New Whitney Museum Is So Visually Pleasing but Worrying for Art Is the shock-and-awe tastefulness designed solely to seduce patrons? By Ben Davis, May 1, 2015
Opinion Ben Davis Selects New York’s 10 Best Secret Art Sites Find the subway ride that suddenly transforms into a psychedelic film. By Ben Davis, Apr 22, 2015
Opinion Martin Wong Show Reveals the Artist’s Wild San Francisco Roots His self-taught but savvy style has its roots in radical 60s counterculture. By Ben Davis, Apr 17, 2015
Opinion The 10 Must-Read Art Essays From March 2015 Jerry Saltz, duty free art, and artists confronting catcallers. By Ben Davis, Apr 4, 2015
Opinion Rage, Obsession, and Sexual Misadventure Dominate at Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Studio Museum Survey In Hancock's alternative art universe, the biggest villains are "Vegans." By Ben Davis, Mar 31, 2015
Opinion Is the iPhone a Blessing or a Curse for Art and Artists? The center of the art experience is clearly migrating to a new space. By Ben Davis, Mar 20, 2015
Opinion The Striking Absence in the Detroit Institute of Arts’s Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Blockbuster Detroit shines in this early 20th century art world love story. By Ben Davis, Mar 16, 2015
Opinion The 10 Most Talked About Art Essays for February 2015 Join the art world conversation. By Ben Davis, Mar 6, 2015
Art Fairs Don’t Miss Our Critics Picks at the Sprawling, Exciting Armory Show 2015 The standout work is painfully obvious. By Ben Davis, Mar 5, 2015
Opinion Ladies and Gentlemen, the Björk Show at MoMA Is Bad, Really Bad MoMA needed to nail it; instead, it stepped on a nail. By Ben Davis, Mar 3, 2015