Politics New U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss Says She Does Not Support Repatriating the Parthenon Marbles to Greece Greece’s own prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, plans to push her on the topic in a meeting later this year. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 5, 2022
Politics ‘I Am Ashamed’: The Hermitage Museum’s Head of Contemporary Art Resigns Over Russia’s War in Ukraine "I left because I don’t intend to have anything in common with today’s Russia" the curator said. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 4, 2022
Politics The Victoria & Albert Museum Finally Banishes the Sackler Family Name From Its Buildings The V&A had been a hold out as museums around the world removed the name of the disgraced pharmaceutical family. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 3, 2022
Crime As Russians ‘Pillage’ Ukraine’s Museums in Annexed Territories, Artifacts Are Turning Up in Moscow and on the Black Market The illegally annexed territories are home to many major museums. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 3, 2022
Politics London’s Newest Fourth Plinth Sculpture Is a Tribute to an Anti-Colonial Hero. Politicians Want to Replace It With a Statue of Queen Elizabeth II The site has hosted contemporary art commissions for more than 20 years. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 29, 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
Politics ‘Traitors Are Everywhere’: UCCA Beijing Removed a Painting From View and Scrubbed Its Website After Nationalistic Visitors Complained Details about the exhibition have also been scrubbed from the museum's website. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 27, 2022
Politics Iranian Artists React With Outrage, Calling for Solidarity as Protests Over Women’s Rights Spread Globally "People have no fear—they are desperate for change," said one Iranian artist. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Sep 27, 2022
Crime U.K. Dealer Rob Newland Has Pleaded Guilty to a Role in Inigo Philbrick’s $86 Million Art-Fraud Scheme Prosecutors say Newland helped construct the byzantine business deals that allowed the ruse to proceed. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 26, 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
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
