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
Op-Ed The Capitol Rioter Dressed Up as a Native American Is Part of a Long Cultural History of ‘Playing Indian.’ We Ignore It at Our Peril To understand the many dangers posed by the Capitol riots, we must explore the symbolism behind the way they present themselves. By Joseph Pierce, Jan 17, 2021
Politics New York Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang Has a Plan to Boost the City’s Art Community: Subsidize TikTok Hype Houses He also promises an aggressive plan to put light shows on monuments. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 15, 2021
Crime French Artist Claude Lévêque’s Work Has Been Pulled From a Museum as Police Investigate His Alleged Abuse of Children Lévêque denies the allegations. By Naomi Rea, Jan 14, 2021
