People When He Turned 50, Jason Boyd Kinsella Left an Advertising Career to Pursue Art. Two Years Later, His Paintings Are Selling for Almost $500,000 The artist cultivated the curiosity of gallerists on Instagram before turning his practice into a multinational business. By Zachary Small, Jun 23, 2022
Politics How Artists Are Memorializing Victims of Mass Shootings, Again and Again and Again and Again In a grim indicator, local governments have created official processes for building monuments, sensing that more will come. By Zachary Small, Jun 3, 2022
Art World Designer and Art Collector Lisa Perry Is Reviving a Pedigreed Modernist House as a Gallery in the Hamptons Onna House will showcase the work of women artists and designers. By Zachary Small, Apr 7, 2022
Museums How Newly Recruited Native Curators Are Changing the Narrative of American Art at Museums Across the Country Very few institutions have Indigenous curators on staff leading the rehanging efforts. By Zachary Small, Jan 12, 2022
Science & Tech Forget Making Art in the Studio. Artists Are Now Developing Their Latest Works in the Metaverse Popular online platforms have become sites for creative invention and identity building. By Zachary Small, Jan 4, 2022
Artnet News Pro Bootstraps and Billionaires: How Upstart Dealers Finance New Galleries in a Notoriously Turbulent Industry Most dealers rely on an odd mix of ingenuity and investors. By Zachary Small, Dec 13, 2021
Museums There Are Almost Two Dozen Director Roles Vacant in U.S. Museums Right Now. Why Does Nobody Want Them? "People really don’t want to be directors right now." By Zachary Small, Nov 22, 2021
Politics After Six Months of Acrimony, Washington, D.C.’s Culture Commission Gets a Progressive Shakeup With Big Implications The standoff had become a referendum on how the city's government serves its majority-Black population. By Zachary Small, Nov 3, 2021
Art World Chuck Close Was a Celebrated Art Star Until MeToo Exposed Him as Toxic. Can His Supporters Stage a Posthumous Comeback? Close serves as a test case for how an artist who faced harassment allegations in life will be remembered in death. By Zachary Small, Nov 2, 2021
Artnet News Pro These Dealers Founded Their Galleries During the Pandemic. Now, They’re Making Their Big Debut During Armory Week Meet the new faces—from Los Angeles, the Bahamas, and Brooklyn—injecting fresh perspectives on the international fair circuit. By Zachary Small, Sep 7, 2021
Politics In a Pitched Battle Over Equitable Arts Funding, Washington, D.C.’s Culture Sector Is Tearing Itself Apart The city’s legacy institutions claim that their grants will be cut by 60 percent. Defenders say it will advance racial equity in the arts. By Zachary Small, Sep 2, 2021
Museums The Smithsonian Institution Is Using a $25 Million Grant to Get Americans Around the Country to Talk About Race Bank of America is sponsoring the project, which is called "Our Shared History." By Zachary Small, Aug 30, 2021
Museums ‘All We Want Is Some Respect’: Overworked Museum Guards at the Met Say They’re Being Asked to Do More Work With Less Help Than Ever Employees say that the department responsible for keeping the Met and its visitors safe is struggling to function. By Zachary Small, Aug 2, 2021
Auctions Meet the Anonymous Artist Who’s Auctioning Off Cans of Human… Poop Based on the Diets of Major Market Stars at Phillips This is the first time feces have made it to the company’s auction block. By Zachary Small, Jul 22, 2021
Museums MoMA Survived Ten Weeks of Protest. But Inside the Museum, Some Employees Are Feeling the Strain A protest movement questioning the MoMA board's ties to “toxic philanthropy” came in the midst of a staffing crisis. By Zachary Small, Jul 19, 2021
