Op-Ed Who Deserves To Be Remembered? Honoring Audrey B. Heckler, Champion of Unsung Artists and American Folk Art The formidable New Yorker put Outsider Art on the map. By Sara Kay, Oct 14, 2024
Op-Ed Gallerist Micki Meng on Short-Sighted Auction Houses, Art-Fair Overdevelopment, and More 'Who is in charge here?' By Micki Meng, Oct 1, 2024
Op-Ed Museums Rely on an Aging Group of Major Donors. That Needs to Change A new generation of collectors is eager to support the arts, says Mazdak Sanii, founder of Avant Arte. By Mazdak Sanii, Aug 4, 2024
Op-Ed Museums Must Adapt to Survive. There’s a Right and a Wrong Way There's one key issue to keep in mind when museums talk about embracing new commercial endeavors. By Natasha Degen, Jun 9, 2024
Op-Ed Two A.I. Models Produced Different Results When Authenticating a Raphael Painting. Here’s Why That Doesn’t Undermine the Tool’s Potential A.I. continues to be a reliable tool for art experts, says Carina Popovici, founder of Art Recognition. By Carina Popovici, Oct 23, 2023
Op-Ed Enough With the Solidarity Statements. Why Art Institutions Should Stop Taking Positions on Geopolitical Events They Have Nothing to Do With There are better ways to help. By Sascha Freudenheim, Oct 16, 2023
Op-Ed Text-to-Image Generators Have Altered the Digital Art Landscape—But Killed Creativity. Here’s Why an Era of A.I. Art Is Over A.I. researcher and Playform founder Ahmed Elgammal on how A.I. art went from innovation to limitation. By Ahmed Elgammal, Jun 19, 2023
Op-Ed ‘Everyone Became More Powerful’: Simone Leigh and Rashida Bumbray on How They Built the Landmark ‘Loophole of Retreat’ Conference The gathering in Venice was a labor of love built on decades of relationships. Its impacts are still unfolding. By Laura Raicovich & Simone Leigh & Rashida Bumbray, Jun 5, 2023
Op-Ed Museums May Not Lead Technological Innovation, But Here’s the Vital Role They Play in an A.I.-Powered Age FAMSF director Thomas P. Campbell and cultural advisor András Szántó on what of A.I. means for arts institutions. By Thomas P. Campbell & András Szántó, Jun 4, 2023
Op-Ed Why the Supreme Court’s Decision in the Andy Warhol Copyright Case Shows the Dangers of a Sympathy Vote The former director of the ACLU’s Arts Censorship Project on the implications of 'Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith.' By Marjorie Heins, May 24, 2023
Op-Ed Philanthropy in Almost Every Sector Is Moving Toward Unrestricted Funding—Except in the Arts. Why Is It So Hard to Trust Artists? The arts strategy director of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation argues why we must move toward trust-based philanthropy. By Ted Russell, Apr 27, 2023
Op-Ed Guns and Virons: Artist Mel Chin on Why His 1993 Performance at Dia Continues to Resonate Today Thirty years after Mel Chin pointed a rifle at the heads of an audience, the artist re-examines this eerily prescient work. By Mel Chin, Apr 23, 2023
Op-Ed Archives Often Aren’t in the Hands of Their Own Communities. Here’s Why We Need to Support Self-Sustaining Models Lisa Darms, Director of Hauser & Wirth Institute, explains how we can support community archives. By Lisa Darms, Apr 4, 2023
Op-Ed Far-Right Media Turned My Art Into Fodder for the Anti-Abortion Movement. Here’s How We Can Support Artists Navigating the Culture Wars Today The feminist artist reflects on what happens to art when partisan actors use it to advance their interests. By Aliza Shvarts, Mar 15, 2023
Op-Ed We Have Colonized Potentiality: Artist Jordan Deal Reflects on Public Gathering as a Space of Sanctuary and Peril This is the latest in a series of essays commissioned from artists by PROTODISPATCH. By Jordan Deal, Mar 14, 2023
