I Led the Indianapolis Museum of Art for Five Years. Here’s How Charles Venable, Its Recently Ousted President, Failed the Institution

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I Led the Indianapolis Museum of Art for Five Years. Here’s How Charles Venable, Its Recently Ousted President, Failed the Institution

The museum excluded large parts of its core audience while failing to grow its endowment, despite its former president's business-oriented plans.

By Maxwell Anderson, Feb 22, 2021

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How Can I Tell If My Keith Haring Is Fake? Here Are Five Tell-Tale Clues, According to an Expert

Haring expert Richard Polsky breaks down what you need to know about warning signs in the artist's many bodies of work.

By Richard Polsky, Feb 8, 2021

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Here’s Why I Believe Lockdown Has Pushed the Art World Out of Its Comfort Zone—and on a Path to a More Equitable Future

Artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman on how this moment could transform the arts for the better.

By Chila Kumari Singh Burman, Feb 4, 2021

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Opinion: With Light at the End of the Tunnel, Art Fairs Are a Risk Not Worth Taking Before Vaccinations Are Widespread

We have already figured out how to survive without fairs for nearly a year. Why squander our health now?

By Jonathan Schwartz, Jan 24, 2021

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The Capitol Rioter Dressed Up as a Native American Is Part of a Long Cultural History of ‘Playing Indian.’ We Ignore It at Our Peril

To understand the many dangers posed by the Capitol riots, we must explore the symbolism behind the way they present themselves.

By Joseph Pierce, Jan 17, 2021

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I’m a Ten-Percent Activist. Here’s How You Can Join Me to Push the Art Industry Toward Shared Sustainability Goals

Gallerist Thomas Dane petitions the commercial art world to come together to fight climate change.

By Thomas Dane, Jan 13, 2021

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The Commercial Art World Rarely Offers Paid Internships. That’s Not Just Poor Ethics—It’s Also Bad Business

An investment in people is an investment in long-term profitability.

By Joe Dunning, Jan 4, 2021

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How Did the Benin Bronzes Come to Europe? Here’s How Colonial Powers Raced to Loot Them Amid a Program of Imperial Destruction

Author Dan Hicks takes a detailed look at what really happened before and after the UK's punitive raid on the Benin Palace in 1897.

By Dan Hicks, Dec 15, 2020

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What International Audiences Must Understand About the Conflict Between Armenia and Azerbaijan—and the Cultural Heritage That’s at Stake

Younger Armenian and Azerbaijani scholars can do a great deal if they dare to break from nationalist taboos.

By Thomas de Waal, Dec 10, 2020

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Arts Funding Is Facing an Existential Crisis. To Survive, Cultural Organizations Must Change How They Frame Themselves to the Public

The director of the Arts Funders Forum offers advice for an industry facing a new generation of donors increasingly disinterested in culture.

By Melissa Cowley Wolf, Dec 7, 2020

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‘Self-Taught’ Black Artists Are Often the Last to Benefit When Their Prices Go Up. But We Can Change That—Here’s How

The president of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership makes a case for resale royalties regardless of government action.

By Maxwell Anderson, Nov 24, 2020

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Looking to Buy a Masterpiece? You Might Want to Be Extra Careful With These 20 Forger-Friendly Bodies of Work by Famous Artists

From overstuffed Cornell boxes to unusually colorful Joan Mitchells, here are the danger zones in your favorite artists' oeuvres.

By Richard Polsky, Nov 23, 2020

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