Politics Uber Has Launched Uber Restore, a Special App in Ukraine to Help Transport Art Conservators The State Department and the Smithsonian helped connect Ukraine's Ministry of Culture to Uber. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 16, 2022
Politics ‘My Mother Tells Me Not to Go Back to China’: Ai Weiwei Gets Personal as He Accepts the Praemium Imperiale He won the prestigious honor alongside SANAA, Wim Wenders, and several others. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 16, 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
Politics A Panel Convened to Address Antisemitism at Documenta Called for Action on Yet Another ‘Problematic’ Artwork. The Show’s Artists Claim It’s Censorship “We are angry, we are sad, we are tired, we are united,” the curators wrote in an open letter. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 12, 2022
Politics Why Isn’t Michelle Obama Smiling? What’s Barack’s Fashion Sense Like? The Artists Behind the New White House Portraits Reveal All Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung on what went into their long awaited, newly unveiled work By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 9, 2022
Politics 18 Revelatory, Behind-the-Scenes Facts About the Newly Unveiled White House Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama Painters Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung are behind the official images. By Artnet News, Sep 7, 2022
Politics Barack and Michelle Obama Have Returned to the White House to Unveil Their Official Presidential Portraits—See Them Here This is the first portrait unveiling ceremony in more than ten years. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 7, 2022
Crime A Golden Baby Sculpture by Grayson Perry Was Stolen From a Bristol Gallery in Broad Daylight The limited-edition ceramic was made in honor of the nurses and families the artist met in a neonatal unit. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 7, 2022
Politics What Can the U.K.’s Arts Sector Expect From the New Prime Minister Liz Truss? Here’s What We Know Truss has promised to cut taxes and bring higher-paid jobs to the country—but it remains to be seen if this will help struggling cultural organizations. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Sep 6, 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
Crime A Sculpture Residency in Upstate New York Was Ransacked. Police Charged the Culprits: Children as Young as 8 The group destroyed artworks, overturned furniture, shattered windows, and sprayed graffiti on the building’s walls. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 31, 2022
Politics An Israeli Artist Put on a Renegade Exhibition in Kassel to Protest Antisemitism at Documenta The artist sent out official-looking invitations to the show, branded with Documenta's marketing imagery. By Hili Perlson, Aug 31, 2022
Crime After an Artwork Critical of Xi Jinping Mysteriously Burned to the Ground in California, the U.S. Blames a Covert Chinese Operation China appears to have sent operatives to spy on artist Chen Weiming. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 29, 2022
Politics Can the Climate Protesters Gluing Themselves to Frames of Masterpieces Damage Irreplaceable Art? We Asked the Experts While some art professionals fear damage to artworks, the American Institute of Conservation is sympathetic to climate organizers. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 28, 2022
