Politics Ai Weiwei Is Making a Monument to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Liberalizing Final Leader of the Soviet Union, in Berlin The Chinese artist calls the Soviet leader a visionary. By Brian Boucher, Mar 8, 2021
Politics As Biden Reverses Trump Immigration Policies, Foreign Artists Breathe a Sigh of Relief. But Many Hope for Better Than ‘Back to Normal’ “The Democrats’ relationship with immigration is not so great either,” points out artist Pablo Helguera. By Brian Boucher, Mar 3, 2021
Politics The UK Government Is Infusing Its Struggling Arts Sector With More Than £486 Million in Its 2021 Budget Industry leaders have welcomed the news, but stress the need for sustained financial support. By Naomi Rea, Mar 3, 2021
Politics The UK Will Establish Eight Freeports as Part of a Broader Effort to Attract the Ultra-Wealthy and Jump-Start the Economy The Chancellor named the regions that will be established as economic free zones during his 2021 budget. By Naomi Rea, Mar 3, 2021
Politics Six Years Ago, ISIS Brutally Attacked an Iraqi Museum. See Inside the Effort to Bring It Back to Life Today Last week marked the anniversary of ISIS's attack on the Mosul Cultural Museum. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 2, 2021
Politics A Black Design Collective Will Temporarily Obscure Architect and Nazi Sympathizer Philip Johnson’s Name From a Gallery at MoMA The Black Reconstruction Collective will cover Johnson's name with a 10-by-10 foot textile bearing its manifesto. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 2, 2021
Politics The Curators of the US Capitol Art Collection Say They Need $25,000 to Fix Paintings and Statues Damaged in the January Attack The bulk of the damage was caused by chemicals from fire extinguishers. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 24, 2021
Politics After a Military Coup, Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the World—See Images Here The artists of Myanmar are taking a stand against the military coup. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 16, 2021
Politics Populist Leaders in Central and Eastern Europe Have a New Target in Their Fight Against Liberalism: Art Museum Directors The Slovenian government is denies it is waging a campaign to oust left-wing museum leaders. By Dorian Batycka, Feb 7, 2021
Politics To Celebrate the Glass Ceiling Kamala Harris Shattered, This Artist Installed a Portrait of Her in Washington Made Entirely of Cracked Glass The installation is on view through Saturday night. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 5, 2021
Politics Republican Leaders Accuse the National Museum of African American History of ‘Bias’ in Its Display on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Prominent Black conservatives and lawmakers call the museum’s display a “disingenuous effort.” By Brian Boucher, Feb 5, 2021
Politics The Dutch Government Just Promised to Return Any Stolen Colonial-Era Objects in Its Collections Back to Their Countries of Origin The government has agreed to adopt recommendation issued by the country's top museum experts. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 4, 2021
Politics The German Government Has Agreed to Roll Out Another €1 Billion in Aid to Its Ailing Cultural Sector It brings the total of emergency aid for culture supplied by the government to €2 billion. By Kate Brown, Feb 4, 2021
Politics Art Workers Are Up to Six Times More Likely to Be Out of a Job. Now 10 Big-City Mayors Are Imploring Biden to Bail Them Out Could a New Deal-style bailout save the art economy? By Sarah Cascone, Jan 29, 2021
Politics Revelations About ‘Putin’s Palace’ Helped Spark Widespread Protests in Russia. Here’s What’s Inside His Secret ‘New Versailles’ Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has literally dug out receipts for, among other things, a $28,000 leather sofa. By Ben Davis, Jan 26, 2021
