Politics Revelations About ‘Putin’s Palace’ Helped Spark Widespread Protests in Russia. Here’s What’s Inside His Secret ‘New Versailles’ Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has literally dug out receipts for, among other things, a $28,000 leather sofa. By Ben Davis, Jan 26, 2021
Politics Three Members of Pussy Riot Were Arrested in Russia’s Mass Protests Against the Jailing of Opposition Leader Aleksei Navalny The activist artists were among the thousands calling for the release of the jailed anti-corruption activist. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 26, 2021
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Young People Are Skipping the Art Market to Buy Stock in GameStop (and Other Insights) Our columnist uses GameStop's historic surge to break down why Wall Street has outperformed the art trade in attracting young investors. By Tim Schneider, Jan 24, 2021
Op-Ed Opinion: With Light at the End of the Tunnel, Art Fairs Are a Risk Not Worth Taking Before Vaccinations Are Widespread We have already figured out how to survive without fairs for nearly a year. Why squander our health now? By Jonathan Schwartz, Jan 24, 2021
Opinion 3 Observations About Culture, Politics, and Social Media Radicalization in the Post-Trump Era On digital populism and the influencer economy as a base of reaction. By Ben Davis, Jan 22, 2021
Politics Coal Miners. End-Is-Nighers. ‘Black Lives MAGA.’ Here’s What Photographer Ruddy Roye Saw Over Years of Shooting Trump Rallies Eyebeam’s Center for the Future of Journalism supported the new portfolio, published by the New York Review of Books. By Brian Boucher, Jan 22, 2021
Politics We Decode the New Art Biden Just Installed in the Oval Office, From a Bust of Cesar Chavez to a Calming Childe Hassam Painting The National Portrait Gallery has loaned two new sculptures to the Biden administration. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 21, 2021
Crime An Art Dealer in Milan Has Been Convicted of Trying to Sell a Forged Josef Albers Painting The director of the Josef Albers Foundation deemed the painting a fake in 2016. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 20, 2021
Politics Why a Republican Senator Presented President Biden a Civil War-Era Painting by a Black Landscape Artist as an Inauguration Gift The painting was completed on the eve of the war by Robert S. Duncanson. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 20, 2021
Politics On a Sparse Inauguration Day, an Art Installation of a Field of Flags Replaces Attendees—See Images Here The installation is in keeping with the inaugural theme of "America United." By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 20, 2021
Politics Trump Pardons Art Dealer Helly Nahmad, Convicted of Running a Gambling Ring Out of Trump Tower, in One of His Final Presidential Acts Nahmad, who owns an entire floor at Trump Tower, was sentenced to prison in 2014. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 20, 2021
Opinion Can the Capitol Rioters Sue Me for Making Art That Includes Footage of Them Storming DC? + Other Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered Plus, what's the deal with the Great Gatsby now that it's public domain? And can publications really embed my Instagrams without my consent? By Katarina Feder, Jan 19, 2021
Politics One of Trump’s Final Executive Orders Reveals the 244 ‘American Heroes’ He Wants to Honor With a National Sculpture Garden The proposed garden has no funding or location. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 19, 2021
Politics The Museum of London Has Acquired That Giant ‘Trump Baby’ Balloon for Its Collection of Protest Art The museum says the balloon was an important marker of the history of protest in the UK capital. By Naomi Rea, Jan 18, 2021
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Silicon Valley Is Not Going to Be Able to Save In-Person Art Fairs in 2021 (and Other Insights) Our columnist dissects what the newly announced Vaccination Credential Initiative would—and wouldn’t—mean for IRL art fairs. By Tim Schneider, Jan 17, 2021
