Opinion How One Artist Became a Warrior for QAnon + 4 Great Art Essays Worth Reading From This March A round-up of ideas from around the art web. By Ben Davis, Apr 2, 2021
Opinion What the NFT World Can Learn From the Great ’90s Comic Book Bubble. (It’s a Cautionary Tale) Lessons for Beeple and Grimes from the days of Deadpool and Spawn. By Ben Davis, Mar 29, 2021
Op-Ed Artists Are Facing Unprecedented Hardship. To Help Them, Philanthropists Must Change the Way They Work—by Working Together Our collaborative fellowship offers a model for the future of arts philanthropy. By Deana Haggag & Shelley Trott, Mar 28, 2021
Opinion The Gray Market: How Deep-Pocketed Crypto-Collectors Are Rushing Into an Old Art-Market Trap (and Other Insights) Our columnist sees eerie parallels between the art spending of today’s crypto-wealthy buyers and an ill-fated group in the late 1980s. By Tim Schneider, Mar 28, 2021
Op-Ed Thoughtful Deaccessioning Is Part of Any Art Museum’s Mission. But the Lax Rules We Have Now Will Haunt Us Later As large institutions move to sell works from their collections, they tacitly authorize smaller ones to do the same. By Erik H. Neil, Mar 25, 2021
Opinion I Visited the Digital Beeple Art Museum and All I Got Was an Aggressive Pitch for My Money Is this really the future of online art? By Ben Davis, Mar 24, 2021
Opinion Professor Kenny Schachter Is Here to Teach You More About NFTs (and Put the Crypto Critics in Detention) Still struggling to figure out what an NFT artwork is, and what it means for you? Kenny is more than happy to fill you in. By Kenny Schachter, Mar 23, 2021
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Hack of Nifty Gateway Raises Far-Reaching Questions About the Entire NFT Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines what NFT platforms like Nifty Gateway can—and can’t—do to referee a market designed to sidestep authority. By Tim Schneider, Mar 21, 2021
Op-Ed In 2018, Christie’s Gave Away 300 Free NFTs. A Few People Who Didn’t Throw Them Out Are Now Selling Them for Over $10,000 Only 12 people out of around 300 claimed their free NFTs. By Elliot Safra, Mar 21, 2021
Opinion I Looked Through All 5,000 Images in Beeple’s $69 Million Magnum Opus. What I Found Isn’t So Pretty 'Everydays: The First 5,000 Days' is the third-most expensive work ever by a living artist. Not many people have actually looked at it. By Ben Davis, Mar 17, 2021
Opinion Museums Are Where Artworks Go to Die. But the Frick Madison’s Stunning New Installation Brings Them Back to Life Again Contemplating the many meanings of Duccio's "Temptation of Christ on the Mountain" at the famed New York museum's temporary home. By Ben Davis, Mar 11, 2021
Op-Ed The Surging Demand for Digital Collectibles Could Offer a Lifeline for Cash-Strapped Museums—Here’s How Museums facing a financial shortfall may find a lifeline in selling limited-edition digital versions of the art in their collections. By Brendan Ciecko, Mar 10, 2021
Opinion Are NFTs the Next Tulip Bubble? Kenny Schachter Doesn’t Care—and He Sold His Own Grandma on the Crypto Web to Prove It Our columnist is so all-in on NFTs you won't believe it. By Kenny Schachter, Mar 9, 2021
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Winston Churchill’s Multimillion-Dollar Paintings Should Make Boomers Think Twice About Slamming Young Collectors (and Other Insights) Our columnist argues that the prime minister’s auction success shows older buyers can be just as blinded by hype as younger ones. By Tim Schneider, Mar 7, 2021
Op-Ed We’re a Group of Museum Directors Who Pooled Resources During the Pandemic. Here’s Why Others Should Consider Doing the Same It's clear that there is no going back to "normal." By Harry Philbrick & Christina Vassallo, Mar 2, 2021
