Law & Politics Watchdog Group Links Rubin-Ladd Foundation, a Prolific Museum Benefactor, to Jailed Antiquities Dealer Subhash Kapoor Ten U.S. art institutions have been linked to the foundation. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 18, 2021
Art World One Year On From the Deadly Beirut Explosion, The City’s Art Scene Continues to Face Challenges Efforts to rebuild have been marred by economic and political challenges. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 4, 2021
Politics In Its Ongoing Quest for Soft Power, Saudi Arabia Has Embarked on a Multibillion-Dollar Cultural Partnership With Greece Investing in culture seems to be one way to reform the seemingly stagnant conservative kingdom. By Dorian Batycka, Jun 1, 2021
People ‘White Supremacy Has to Be Undone’: The First Indigenous Leader of a Public Art Gallery in Canada on Decolonizing Museums John G. Hampton is now at the helm of the acclaimed MacKenzie Art Gallery. By Dorian Batycka, Feb 15, 2021
Politics Populist Leaders in Central and Eastern Europe Have a New Target in Their Fight Against Liberalism: Art Museum Directors The Slovenian government is denies it is waging a campaign to oust left-wing museum leaders. By Dorian Batycka, Feb 8, 2021
Art World Performance Art Has Always Been About Intimacy. Can It Make It Through the Social-Distancing Era With Its Soul Intact? Artists around the world are exploring new directions for the medium. By Dorian Batycka, Nov 11, 2020
Politics The Director of a Major Polish Museum Is Under Fire for Using Public Money to Acquire a Homophobic Artwork The Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle had secured a grant to buy works proposed by its former director. Then the new one arrived. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 11, 2020
Reviews Defying the Odds, Marina Abramović Presents the World Premiere of Her First-Ever Opera in Munich—Here’s What It’s Like The artist takes to the stage to die seven times in highly anticipated performance about celebrity, love, and inner crisis. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 1, 2020
People Before He Died, Ulay Established an International Foundation in His Name. Here’s How It Plans to Promote the Artist’s Complex Legacy The foundation is also preparing for the artist's largest-ever retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. By Dorian Batycka, Apr 13, 2020