Selling Art on Commission Is Unfair to Artists. Here’s Why a Direct-to-Consumer Approach Is the Future of the Art Market

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Selling Art on Commission Is Unfair to Artists. Here’s Why a Direct-to-Consumer Approach Is the Future of the Art Market

Artist and nonprofit gallery founder Stacie McCormick makes the case for alternative sales models.

By Stacie McCormick, Nov 23, 2021

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The Recent Sale of Amy Sherald’s ‘Welfare Queen’ Symbolizes the Urgent Need for Resale Royalties and Economic Equity for Artists

There are creative ways that collectors, auction houses, and artists can collaborate to build a system of "resale equity."

By Cheryl Finley & Lauren van Haaften-Schick & Christian Reeder & Amy Whitaker, Nov 21, 2021

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Artists Can Help Us Imagine a New Relationship with the Earth. That’s Why We Need Their Voices at COP26

Art and science are partners in this urgent conversation.

By Christopher Smith, Nov 8, 2021

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If You Want to Support the Arts in America, Invest in the South. Here’s Why

A person living in the South sees $1 of arts philanthropy for every $4 someone in the Northeast gets. That's a problem.

By Susie Surkamer & Joy Young, Nov 2, 2021

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Hans Ulrich Obrist on a Radically Utopian Museum Model That Has Yet to Be Realized—and Why It’s Worth Pursuing

Obrist reflects on the legacy of the philosopher Édouard Glissant, whose unrealized ideas offer a path for the future.

By Hans Ulrich Obrist, Oct 10, 2021

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Cuba Is Plowing Ahead With the Havana Biennial—But Don’t Expect the Government to Allow Artists Who Participated in the Recent Protests

Artists may want to think twice before participating in this winter's event.

By Coco Fusco, Sep 20, 2021

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Damien Hirst’s NFT Project Is a Lot Like Mine. But the Differences Speak Volumes About Our Divergent Visions for Crypto-Art

Bitchcoin, the first 'artist-backed currency,' is an experiment in vulnerability and democratic patronage.

By Sarah Meyohas, Sep 15, 2021

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As They Hasten to Cozy Up to China, M+ Museum and Credit Suisse Have Let Freedom of Speech Fall By the Wayside

Artist Ai Weiwei responds to museum censorship and Swiss outrage over his dissident ideas.

By Ai Weiwei, Sep 6, 2021

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Must End Its Head-in-the-Sand Approach to Justice When It Comes to Restitution

The head of the Monuments Men Foundation on the pain-staking research into the real history behind a Bellotto painting at the MFAH.

By Robert Edsel, Aug 30, 2021

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The World Cannot Stand by While Lalibela Becomes the Next Cultural Heritage Site Consumed by Conflict

The UNESCO World Heritage site in Ethiopia has been described as having been "built by angels." Conflict is putting it at risk.

By Dawit Yehualashet, Aug 19, 2021

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The U.K. Government’s Decision to Slash Arts Funding in Higher Education Is Short-Sighted. We Must Remind Our Politicians Why Art Is Essential

The director of the Contemporary Visual Arts Network, England, comments on the recent decision to slash subsidies for arts education.

By Paula Orrell, Aug 10, 2021

As a Belgian Politician, I Feel a Responsibility to Restitute Stolen Artifacts to the Congo. Here’s Why My Fellow Citizens Should, Too

We have to abolish the historical and structural inequality of knowledge.

By Thomas Dermine, Jul 23, 2021

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The Art World Is Reckoning With Calls for Social Justice. Could Biennials Show Us How to Change With the Times?

The director of Counterpublic in St. Louis on how cyclical exhibitions can teach us about the art of reinvention.

By James McAnally, Jul 19, 2021

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