Politics Three Heads of State Backed a Blockbuster Art Show About Democratic Values. Critics Say Its Organizers Don’t Practice What They Preach A high-profile show in Berlin Airport has drawn criticism for its questionable sponsors and nonpayment of artists. By Quynh Tran, Oct 6, 2021
Museums How Will Berlin’s Embattled Humboldt Forum Deal With Its Imperialist Past? Its New Asian and Ethnological Museums Provide Clues The Humboldt Forum has opened its two most controversial institutions yet. By Quynh Tran, Sep 21, 2021
Museums It’s Been a Watershed Year for the Restitution of African Artworks. But What About Objects Stolen From the Continent Next Door? European colonialism—and all the art and loot that was acquired because of it—was a global project. By Quynh Tran, Jul 6, 2021
Politics Top Collectors Don’t Like to Discuss Their Families’ Nazi Ties. Now, Artists Are Forcing Them to Confront the Past A new generation of artists and activists is sparking a formerly taboo conversation. By Quynh Tran, Apr 30, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions A New Show Charts Germany’s Love Affair With Van Gogh—and Seeks to Solve the Mystery of Where One of His Most Famous Works Is Hidden The Städel Museum's “Making Van Gogh" contains many highlights, and a mysterious empty frame. By Quynh Tran, Oct 28, 2019
Art World A Vast Bauhaus Museum Opens in the German City Where the Famous Art School Came of Age The museum tells the story of Nazi opposition but overlooks the rise of the far right today. By Quynh Tran, Sep 9, 2019
Opinion Right-Wing Groups Have Made an Uneasy Alliance With Feminists to Blast This Show of Muslim Fashions Headscarves are not necessarily demeaning, despite what opponents of the exhibition say. By Quynh Tran, Apr 9, 2019
Art World How Has documenta 14 Impacted the Athens Art Scene? It Depends on Who You Ask Athenians ruminate on the local art scene's future before the show closes in the Greek capital this weekend. By Quynh Tran, Jul 14, 2017
