Politics Julie Mehretu and Other All-Star Artists Blast Trump’s Immigration Ban in a New Poster Campaign Nine artists banded together to create the posters—and mail them, unsolicited, to museums across the country. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 25, 2017
Politics ‘The Rise of the AfD Is a Terrible Nightmare’: The Art World Reacts to Germany’s Alarming Election Results A far-right populist party enters the German parliament for the first time in more than 60 years. By Hili Perlson, Sep 25, 2017
Politics Meet the Artist Whose Job Is to Paint Epic Portraits of Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian Embassy One of George Gittoes's portraits of the WikiLeaks founder is up for an Australian art prize. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 22, 2017
Politics The Guggenheim Teams Up With More Than 100 Museums to Fight Trump’s Immigration Ban The New York institution commissioned legal documents that seek to convince US courts to strike down the order. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 20, 2017
Politics In Post-Harvey Houston, Artists Can’t Look Away From the Inequalities Exposed by the Storm Fighting for a "just recovery" amid a crisis that is still unfolding. By John Pluecker, Sep 6, 2017
Politics NYC’s Post-It Art Therapist Returns to Give Solace in the Wake of Charlottesville Matthew "Levee" Chavez's "Subway Therapy" had a message this weekend. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 28, 2017
Politics Tear Down the Confederate Monuments—But What Next? 12 Art Historians and Scholars on the Way Forward artnet News asks 12 experts how best to advance the cause of justice. By Artnet News, Aug 23, 2017
Politics There’s a Secret Message Hidden in the White House Arts Committee’s Resignation Letter The letter is clear. The coded message in it, even clearer. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 18, 2017
Politics White House Arts Committee Quits en Masse Over Trump’s Support of ‘Hate Groups and Terrorists’ Chuck Close, Kal Penn, and Thom Mayne are among those quitting. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 18, 2017
Politics Monumental Lies: Charlottesville’s Lee Statue Was Designed to Erase a History We Need to Remember The mythology of Confederate monuments is "fake history," concocted with cynical ends. By Ben Davis, Aug 17, 2017
Politics Forget the Wall, Next Year’s Transborder Biennial Will Take Place in Both the US and Mexico Can the jointly run Transborder Biennial serve as a model for the nation states of US and Mexico? By Sarah Cascone, Aug 16, 2017
Politics Why Is There a Giant Chicken Trump Outside the White House? You Can Thank One Plucky Artist The original Trump Chicken was commissioned to celebrate Chinese New Year—and the Year of the Rooster—for 2017. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 11, 2017
Politics No, Banksy Didn’t Create Those West Bank Trump Murals Everyone’s Talking About The works are actually by Australian street artist Lush. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 4, 2017
Politics The House Appropriations Committee Approves a Bill Funding the NEA and the NEH The $145 million allotted to each endowment would represent a $5 million cut from the current fiscal year. By Brian Boucher, Jul 20, 2017
Politics New York’s Cultural Plan Aims to Boost the Arts, and Diversity, in a Gentrifying City But it is not without its critics. By Brian Boucher, Jul 20, 2017
