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
Museums With Little Oversight, Misconduct Can Run Rampant at Small Arts Nonprofits—and It’s Driving Young Employees Out Inside the financial mismanagement and toxic workplace allegations that plague organizations meant to provide artists with their first big breaks. By Zachary Small, Jul 9, 2021
Artnet News Pro Full Report: How Much Does an Art Dealer Really Make? We Asked a Few Hundred of Them—Here’s What We Found Given the stark income gap, some are asking why trade organizations have not taken a closer look. By Zachary Small & Eileen Kinsella, Jun 1, 2021
Galleries Most Art Gallery Assistants Earn Far Less Than a Living Wage, According to Our Exclusive Dealer Salary Survey Artnet News surveyed over 300 gallerists about what it takes to make a living in the art world. By Zachary Small & Eileen Kinsella, Jun 1, 2021
Politics President Biden Demanded the Chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts Resign. But the Trump Appointee Refuses to Leave The chairman said he was "shocked and dismayed" at the request that he resign. By Zachary Small, May 25, 2021
Museums Historians Say the Newark Museum’s Plan to Deaccession Art at Sotheby’s Will Inflict ‘Irreparable Damage’ More than 60 scholars signed a letter demanding that the museum abandon its plans to sell works from its collection to recoup pandemic losses. By Zachary Small, May 10, 2021
People Arts Workers Built Mutual Aid Networks to Get Through the Pandemic. Now Some Are Becoming Permanent as Help Remains Nowhere in Sight Many of the fundraisers closed their wallets in December, but the need for help has continued. That's why others are sticking around for good. By Zachary Small, Apr 8, 2021
Galleries Pace Gallery Parts Ways With Two Top Executives Accused of Abusive Behavior Amid a Broader Company Restructuring Douglas Baxter and Susan Dunne, two longtime executives at Pace, will depart the company as a new leadership team is formed. By Zachary Small, Mar 17, 2021
Art World How Museums Use—and Misuse—Corporate Consultants as a Bandaid to Address Diversity and Solve Their Biggest Problems Missteps and voided promises are bringing new scrutiny to for-profit strategies in the nonprofit field. By Zachary Small, Feb 25, 2021
Art World After a Year of Reckoning, US Museums Promised to Implement Diversity Policies. Workers Are Still Waiting to See What That Means Few museums are willing to be fully transparent about how much money they will devote to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. By Zachary Small, Feb 9, 2021
