Opinion Inside the NFT Rush: Entrepreneurs Promise NFTs Will Destroy the Gatekeepers, While Jockeying to Become the New Gatekeepers In the second part of a series, we sum up some of the themes of NFT.NYC, and fail to get into a party. By Ben Davis, Nov 24, 2021
Op-Ed Selling Art on Commission Is Unfair to Artists. Here’s Why a Direct-to-Consumer Approach Is the Future of the Art Market Artist and nonprofit gallery founder Stacie McCormick makes the case for alternative sales models. By Stacie McCormick, Nov 23, 2021
Opinion Inside the NFT Rush: Gary Vaynerchuk, the NFT Scene’s Booster-in-Chief, Is Predicting ‘Carnage’—But No One Seems to Care In the first of a series, our chief art critic embeds himself in an NFT conference in New York City. By Ben Davis, Nov 23, 2021
Art Criticism David Zwirner’s New Outpost 52 Walker Offers Us a New Way to Experience an Art Gallery, But Only If You’re Willing to Put in the Time The inaugural show, "A Line" by Kandis Williams, is elegant and conceptually rich. By Tiana Reid, Nov 23, 2021
Curiosities What Happens When Crypto Kids Watch an Art Auction? How Big Will Immersive Botero Be? + Other Questions I Have About the Week’s Art News Plus, Microsoft gets into the Olympic games. By Ben Davis, Nov 23, 2021
Op-Ed The Recent Sale of Amy Sherald’s ‘Welfare Queen’ Symbolizes the Urgent Need for Resale Royalties and Economic Equity for Artists There are creative ways that collectors, auction houses, and artists can collaborate to build a system of "resale equity." By Cheryl Finley & Lauren van Haaften-Schick & Christian Reeder & Amy Whitaker, Nov 21, 2021
Curiosities Why Is Neil Gaiman Razzing MoMA? What Could DAOs Do to Art? + Other Questions I Have About the Week’s Art News Plus, can this billionaire have his Norman Foster penthouse or what? By Ben Davis, Nov 17, 2021
Politics After a Long Political Battle, a Statue of Thomas Jefferson Housed at New York’s City Hall Will Move to a History Museum The work will now be housed at the New-York Historical Society. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 16, 2021
Politics Beijing Attempted to Shut Down This Artist’s International Art Exhibition. Here’s How He and a Small Italian City Fought Back The artist's previous debut solo show was cancelled due to government pressure—but Brescia, Italy, didn't back down. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2021
Politics In a New Bid for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles, Greece’s Prime Minister Is Offering to Loan the U.K. Other National Treasures Greek leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London this week to discuss the topic. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 15, 2021
Politics An Artist Is Imploring China to Grant Him Safe Passage to Hong Kong to Dismantle His Threatened Tiananmen Square Monument The Danish artist said his presence is required on site to ensure the sculpture isn't destroyed. By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 15, 2021
Art Criticism Period Rooms Usually Glorify the Aristocracy. With Its New Afrofuturist Room, the Met’s Approach Is Different The room, which brings together contemporary art and historic works that evoke Seneca Village, is a vision of loss, hope, and imagination. By Darla Migan, Nov 14, 2021
Politics France Has Returned 26 Objects Stolen From an Ancient Palace in Benin, Including a Throne, Altars, and Ornate Doors The restitution of the objects is hoped to repair French relations with African nations. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 9, 2021
Art Criticism The New Museum’s Muted 2021 Triennial Reflects Culture’s Inward Turn, and Perhaps Its Exhaustion There's scarcely a digital presence in this year's show. By Ben Davis, Nov 8, 2021
Op-Ed Artists Can Help Us Imagine a New Relationship with the Earth. That’s Why We Need Their Voices at COP26 Art and science are partners in this urgent conversation. By Christopher Smith, Nov 8, 2021
