Op-Ed Decolonizing Museums Doesn’t Help Plantation Workers Like Us in the Congo. So We’re Selling NFTs to Buy Back Our Land "If you want to decolonize, you need to share your tools with the colonized," said the Congolese Plantation Workers Art League. By Cedart Tamasala & Mathieu Kasiama, Jun 14, 2022
Art Criticism Oil-Rich Norway’s New National Museum, Home to Munch’s ‘The Scream,’ Is Like a $650 Million Vault. But What Is It Really Protecting? One could have come up with a different answer to the question of what a major institution can be today. By Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Jun 14, 2022
Politics Stopping Short of Restitution, King Philippe of Belgium Gives the Democratic Republic of Congo a Stolen Mask on ‘Indefinite Loan’ The Belgian King said he “regrets” the colonial-era crimes of his country. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 9, 2022
Opinion Warning Labels at Museums Make Art More Accessible to All—But They Should Stop Short of Telling Us How to Think How taking my child to a provocative museum exhibition made me reconsider the value of warning labels. By Hettie Judah, Jun 6, 2022
Politics More Than 130 Documenta Artists and Organizers Issue a Statement Condemning ‘Racist Attacks’ Against the Show’s Curators The artists are speaking out on behalf of the show's organizers, the Indonesian artist collective Ruangrupa. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 3, 2022
Crime A Man Broke Into the Dallas Museum of Art and Smashed Ancient Greek Artifacts Because He Was ‘Mad at His Girl’ The damage could be more than $5 million, some experts say. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 3, 2022
Politics How Artists Are Memorializing Victims of Mass Shootings, Again and Again and Again and Again In a grim indicator, local governments have created official processes for building monuments, sensing that more will come. By Zachary Small, Jun 3, 2022
Politics State-Run Museums in Georgia Abruptly Fired 40 Employees, Allegedly in Retribution for Forming a Union Critics blame the country’s populist culture minister. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 2, 2022
Crime A Former OpenSea Employee Has Been Indicted in the First-Ever Case of NFT Insider Trading Crypto sleuths unearthed Nathaniel Chastain's allegedly secret NFT transactions and called him out on Twitter. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 2, 2022
Crime Police Arrest a Florida Art Dealer for Peddling Fakes After He Tried to Pass Off a $495 Print as a $12 Million Basquiat Daniel Elie Bouaziz faces four charges in connection to an alleged art forgery scam he was running out of his Palm Beach art gallery. By Sarah Cascone, May 31, 2022
Politics Vandals Attack a Kassel Arts Venue Where a Palestinian Group Is Set to Show During Documenta The incident occurred amid a raging debate over alleged antisemitism. By Taylor Dafoe, May 31, 2022
Know Your Rights Is a Studio Assistant Entitled to Get Some Kind of Credit for Their Boss’s Art? + Other Artists’ Rights Questions, Answered Plus, can I quote other books in my book without getting into trouble? And when are advertisements public domain? By Katarina Feder, May 30, 2022
Crime In a ‘Heinous Act of Disrespect,’ Thieves Stole a Golden Tabernacle Valued at $2 Million From a Church in Brooklyn The church has made a plea for information about the theft. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 30, 2022
Art Criticism The Dakar Biennale Returns, Energized by Conversations About African Epistemologies and Colonial Legacies Takeaways from the opening weekend of Dak’Art, historically an important platform for thinking about Négritude. By Tobi Onabolu, May 29, 2022
Crime New York City Police Are on the Hunt for a Couple Who Tried to Make Off With a $45,000 Basquiat From a Chelsea Gallery Taglialatella Galleries staff thwarted the would-be thieves. By Dorian Batycka, May 27, 2022
