Curiosities A Paris Museum Is Granting Visitors Special Hours to View Its Nude Sculpture Show in the Nude Museé Maillol has partnered with the French Federation of Naturism to host sessions when visitors can attend its "Hyperrealism" exhibition au naturel. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 14, 2022
Op-Ed There Is a Long History of Vandalizing Art for a Cause. But Is It Effective? The author of "Takedown: Art and Power in the Digital Age" explores what the past can teach us about the current eco-protest wave. By Farah Nayeri, Nov 2, 2022
Op-Ed What We Hold in Common: Making Meaning by Collecting Objects and Narratives of the Present, the Earth, and the Deep Past This is the latest in a series of essays commissioned from artists by PROTODISPATCH. By Ishmael Randall-Weeks & Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Nov 1, 2022
Art Criticism Matthew Wong’s First Museum Retrospective Cements the Tragic Artist’s Reputation as a Master of Melancholy Style “The Realm of Appearances” is on view at the Dallas Museum of Art, through February 19, 2023. By Barry Schwabsky, Oct 31, 2022
Op-Ed I Make Art With A.I. Here’s Why All Artists Need to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Technology Creators could have a hand in how the technology develops, directing its use in new mediums. By Agnieszka Pilat, Oct 26, 2022
Art Criticism The Tudor Dynasty Seethed With Insecurity and Intrigue. A New Met Show Suggests That’s What Made Its Art So Lasting “The Tudors" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows a dazzling array of visual strategies for rule. By Eleanor Heartney, Oct 18, 2022
Know Your Rights What Happens If My A.I. Art Prompt Spontaneously Produces Shrek? + More Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered Plus, why did ‘The People’s Joker’ get shut down if parody is protected? And can famous lines from books be used in an advertising campaign? By Katarina Feder, Oct 10, 2022
Op-Ed Why Does the United States Government Want to Talk to the Supreme Court About Andy Warhol? The Solicitor General's brief in a landmark Supreme Court case seems to support a photographer whose work Warhol appropriated. But it's more complicated than it seems. By Amy J. Goldrich, Oct 6, 2022
Art Criticism The Carnegie International Tackles U.S. Hegemony. But It Doesn’t Do Much to Stand Out on the Global Biennial Circuit The oldest exhibition dedicated to global contemporary art in North America could have packed a bigger punch by looking closer to home. By Kriston Capps, Sep 29, 2022
Op-Ed Why the World Needs ‘Dataism,’ the New Art Movement That Helps Us Understand How Our World Is Shaped by Big Data The head of the scientist-and-artist collective BarabásiLab reflects on the transformative power of data in art. By Albert-László Barabási, Sep 23, 2022
Art Criticism Deana Lawson’s Photos Are Stunningly Popular. They’re Also Dangerously Misunderstood Lawson's elaborate fantasies raise wider questions about the stories that get told about life in a splintering economic order. By Danielle Jackson, Sep 19, 2022
Op-Ed Three Hongkongers on Making Documentary Film Under the Gaze of the State This is the first in a series of essays commissioned by PROTODISPATCH. By Tiffany Sia & Emilie Sin Yi Choi & Chan Tze-woon, Sep 14, 2022
Know Your Rights Can an A.I. That Makes Its Own Unique Works Be Granted Copyright? + More Artists-Rights’ Questions, Answered Plus, why aren’t the creators of the Unofficial Bridgerton Musical protected by parody laws? And can I create a silkscreen of YouTube’s LoFi Girl? By Katarina Feder, Sep 4, 2022
Opinion Culture Seems Stagnant Because Everyone Is Exhausted, Not ‘Because of the Internet’ What’s to blame for the feeling that we live in a time of “cultural stasis”? By Ben Davis, Sep 4, 2022
Know Your Rights Can an Artist Working as a Studio Assistant Take Credit for the Final Artwork? + More Artists-Rights’ Questions, Answered Plus how does Drake get away with copying famous artists? And how did the Ohio State University trademark "the"? By Katarina Feder, Aug 3, 2022
