Opinion Inside the NFT Rush: Gary Vaynerchuk, the NFT Scene’s Booster-in-Chief, Is Predicting ‘Carnage’—But No One Seems to Care In the first of a series, our chief art critic embeds himself in an NFT conference in New York City. By Ben Davis, Nov 23, 2021
Art Criticism David Zwirner’s New Outpost 52 Walker Offers Us a New Way to Experience an Art Gallery, But Only If You’re Willing to Put in the Time The inaugural show, "A Line" by Kandis Williams, is elegant and conceptually rich. By Tiana Reid, Nov 23, 2021
Curiosities What Happens When Crypto Kids Watch an Art Auction? How Big Will Immersive Botero Be? + Other Questions I Have About the Week’s Art News Plus, Microsoft gets into the Olympic games. By Ben Davis, Nov 23, 2021
Op-Ed 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
Curiosities Why Is Neil Gaiman Razzing MoMA? What Could DAOs Do to Art? + Other Questions I Have About the Week’s Art News Plus, can this billionaire have his Norman Foster penthouse or what? By Ben Davis, Nov 17, 2021
Art Criticism Period Rooms Usually Glorify the Aristocracy. With Its New Afrofuturist Room, the Met’s Approach Is Different The room, which brings together contemporary art and historic works that evoke Seneca Village, is a vision of loss, hope, and imagination. By Darla Migan, Nov 14, 2021
Art Criticism The New Museum’s Muted 2021 Triennial Reflects Culture’s Inward Turn, and Perhaps Its Exhaustion There's scarcely a digital presence in this year's show. By Ben Davis, Nov 8, 2021
Op-Ed 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
Curiosities Can a Talking Rousseau Save Facebook? Why Does This Billionaire Think He’s Le Corbusier? + Other Questions I Have About This Week’s Art News Plus, the coin collecting community is upended by a "physical Bitcoin." By Ben Davis, Nov 8, 2021
Op-Ed 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
Curiosities Why Did Lindsay Lohan’s Art Spark Furries’ Fury? What Is the ‘Shadowman Experience’? + More Questions I Have About the Week’s Art News Plus, what is Ted Lasso's take on the rise of African art? By Ben Davis, Nov 1, 2021
Know Your Rights Am I Entitled to a Payday If My Art Has Been Turned Into a Pretty Popular Gif? + Other Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered Plus, how can I make NFTs of work in my local museum without breaking the rules? And am I allowed to make a TV show about Jackson Pollock? By Katarina Feder, Oct 27, 2021
Curiosities What Does the Basketball World Want With Warhol’s Pee? Did Art Just Die at Giza’s Pyramids? + Other Questions I Have About the Week’s Art News Plus, is Buzzfeed's Buzzy the Robot art's next big thing? By Ben Davis, Oct 26, 2021
Curiosities Someone Paid $25 Mil for Banksy Leftovers? Is This the HAL 9000 of Museums? + Other Questions I Have About the Week’s Art News Plus, is October Mist the color to cure all your woes? By Ben Davis, Oct 19, 2021
Curiosities What’s With All the Hitler NFTs? Will Robots Put Street Artists Out of Work? + Other Questions I Have About The Week’s Art News Thoughts on some dumb NFTs, IP dilemmas in the art world and out, and a weird way to sell cashmere sweaters. By Ben Davis, Oct 13, 2021
