Politics Where Do Trump, Pence, Biden, and Harris Stand on the Arts? We’ve Compiled Their Respective Track Records and Missteps No candidate has issued a comprehensive (or even non-comprehensive) plan with regard to the arts. By Artnet News, Nov 1, 2020
Politics Artist Ahmet Ögüt Has Withdrawn His Work From an Azerbaijani Museum After It Used His Name in a Propaganda Campaign The show had been on view for months at the Yarat Contemporary Art Space. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 30, 2020
Politics 24-Year-Old Heartthrob Noah Centineo Launched a Pop-Up Museum to Encourage Influencers to Get Out the Gen-Z Vote The "To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before" star wants young voters to be proud of participating in democracy. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 29, 2020
Politics Artists Flood the US With Massive Amounts of Anti-Trump Art in the Final Week Before the Election—See Images Here Shepard Fairey, Marilyn Minter, and other artists are putting out a barrage of election-themed art. By Artnet News, Oct 27, 2020
Politics Artists Pulled a ‘Borat’ on the Art World by Pretending to Steal a Joseph Beuys From Germany and Giving It Tanzania as a Comment on Colonial Plunder [UPDATED] The brazen group of German artists have even created a video documenting their actions. By Kate Brown, Oct 23, 2020
Politics German Museums Are Embarking on Long-Overdue Research Into Chinese Colonial-Era Objects as Part of a €1.1 Million Grant The German Lost Art Foundation has announced its third round of research funding. By Kate Brown, Oct 22, 2020
Politics Two Dozen International Artists in the Bangkok Art Biennale Have Signed an Open Letter Decrying Crackdowns on Pro-Democracy Protests in Thailand The letter has been signed by Ai Weiwei, Anish Kapoor, and John Akomfrah, among others. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 22, 2020
Politics Actress Amber Heard and Artist Marilyn Minter Have Made a Provocative Election Ad in Defense of Reproductive Rights—See It Here The advertisement is paid for by a Super PAC supporting Planned Parenthood. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 21, 2020
Politics Under the Shadow of China’s New Security Law, a New Generation of Hong Kong Artists Is Learning to Make Art in Code Young artists are filling Hong Kong's galleries with some of the best work the city has ever seen. You just have to know what you're looking at. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 20, 2020
Politics Even These Collectible Stamps of Ducks Have Been Politicized in the US This Year—and Artists Are Flappin’ Mad The government is requiring artists to design the stamps with a tribute to hunting. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 7, 2020
Politics The Organization in Charge of Rebuilding Notre Dame Must Be More Transparent About Its Use of Donations, a French Court Says The court found that $5.8 million in donated funds had been misused. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 2, 2020
Politics The Director of a Major Polish Museum Is Under Fire for Using Public Money to Acquire a Homophobic Artwork The Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle had secured a grant to buy works proposed by its former director. Then the new one arrived. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 11, 2020
Politics Wangechi Mutu, Patti Smith, and 62 Other Artists Created Images for a Get-Out-the-Vote Campaign Ahead of the US Elections—See Them Here Free downloadable images are available to encourage voter turnout in November. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 10, 2020
Politics President Trump Liked Artworks at His French Embassy So Much He Took Them Home. Too Bad He Has a Habit of Falling for Fakes Trump went on the art-borrowing spree instead of visiting a military cemetery during a French state visit. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 8, 2020
Politics Bansky Accuses European Officials of ‘Deliberately Ignoring Distress Calls’ After a Migrant Boat He Financed Was Stranded in the Mediterranean The ship ended up in distress after taking on more passengers than it could handle. By Kate Brown, Aug 31, 2020
