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 & Institutions 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
Art World Whistleblowers Spoke Up to Hold Art Institutions Accountable. Here’s What Happened to Them Afterward Arts workers who publicized allegations of mismanagement discuss their motivations for speaking out against their employers—and what came next. By Zachary Small, Jan 26, 2021
Galleries Pace Gallery’s Longtime President Is Taking an Indefinite Leave of Absence Following Misconduct Allegations Douglas Baxter has pledged to cooperate with the gallery’s legal investigation. By Zachary Small, Nov 16, 2020
Galleries Pace Gallery Is Launching a Legal Investigation Into Two of Its Top Presidents Following Allegations of Workplace Abuse The announcement comes the day after Artnet News published an investigation into the gallery's work environment. By Zachary Small, Nov 13, 2020
Galleries Pace Gallery Positions Itself as the Art Business of the Future. But Employees Say an Abusive Work Environment Keeps It Mired in the Past Employees say that years of missteps have led to a workplace culture described as “toxic.” By Zachary Small, Nov 12, 2020
Law & Politics A Law Firm Has Cleared the Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts of Ethics Violations—But Critics Are Still Crying Foul A whistleblower agency called the findings the result of an "unserious investigation." By Rachel Corbett & Zachary Small, Oct 15, 2020
Art World Curator Bill Arning Delays His Gallery’s Inaugural Show as Sexual Misconduct Allegations Continue to Mount The former director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston played an outsized role in shaping the city’s culture, but allegations of bad behavior have put his new gallery in jeopardy. By Zachary Small, Oct 2, 2020
People These Struggling Artists Found Success on TikTok. A Looming Ban on the App in the US Threatens What They’ve Built For creatives and institutions, the pending ban of TikTok and WeChat could mean significant losses of income and opportunity. By Zachary Small, Oct 1, 2020
Art World The Hard-Hit Arts Sector Is Facing a Brain Drain as Ambitious Workers Seek Greener Pastures Dissatisfied cultural workers are leaving the field in droves—and museums may pay the price. By Zachary Small, Sep 15, 2020
Art World Plexiglas. Temperature Guns. Sanitizing Stations. Here’s What It’s Like to Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art Right Now—and Why Staff Still Have Concerns Visitors are excited about the reopening, but some workers still feel uneasy. By Zachary Small, Aug 27, 2020
