Politics Whoever Loses the US Presidential Election Will Be Immortalized in Artist Nina Katchadourian’s Graveyard for Political Signs The artist has enlisted first-time voters to plant lawn signs in her ongoing project, which started in 2008. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 3, 2020
Politics How Much Do Creative Professionals Donate to Republicans Versus Democrats? Here Are the Numbers Artists gave far more to Joe Biden than Donald Trump, but where do architects, editors, photographers, and other professions rank? By Ben Davis, Nov 3, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: What Galleries Can Learn From SaveLive, an Investor-Backed Network of Indie Music Venues (and Other Insights) Our columnist grapples with whether SaveLive could be a model to help small galleries weather the winner-takes-all art economy of the 2020s. By Tim Schneider, Nov 1, 2020
Politics Where Do Trump, Pence, Biden, and Harris Stand on the Arts? We’ve Compiled Their Respective Track Records and Missteps No candidate has issued a comprehensive (or even non-comprehensive) plan with regard to the arts. By Artnet News, Nov 1, 2020
Politics Artist Ahmet Ögüt Has Withdrawn His Work From an Azerbaijani Museum After It Used His Name in a Propaganda Campaign The show had been on view for months at the Yarat Contemporary Art Space. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 30, 2020
Politics 24-Year-Old Heartthrob Noah Centineo Launched a Pop-Up Museum to Encourage Influencers to Get Out the Gen-Z Vote The "To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before" star wants young voters to be proud of participating in democracy. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 29, 2020
Politics Artists Flood the US With Massive Amounts of Anti-Trump Art in the Final Week Before the Election—See Images Here Shepard Fairey, Marilyn Minter, and other artists are putting out a barrage of election-themed art. By Artnet News, Oct 27, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Scarily Low Museum Attendance This Fall Points to an Old Problem in Art Institutions (and Other Insights) Our columnist sees paltry attendance at reopened European museums as a long-simmering result of their dependence on older audiences. By Tim Schneider, Oct 25, 2020
Politics Artists Pulled a ‘Borat’ on the Art World by Pretending to Steal a Joseph Beuys From Germany and Giving It Tanzania as a Comment on Colonial Plunder [UPDATED] The brazen group of German artists have even created a video documenting their actions. By Kate Brown, Oct 23, 2020
Politics German Museums Are Embarking on Long-Overdue Research Into Chinese Colonial-Era Objects as Part of a €1.1 Million Grant The German Lost Art Foundation has announced its third round of research funding. By Kate Brown, Oct 22, 2020
Politics Two Dozen International Artists in the Bangkok Art Biennale Have Signed an Open Letter Decrying Crackdowns on Pro-Democracy Protests in Thailand The letter has been signed by Ai Weiwei, Anish Kapoor, and John Akomfrah, among others. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 22, 2020
Politics Actress Amber Heard and Artist Marilyn Minter Have Made a Provocative Election Ad in Defense of Reproductive Rights—See It Here The advertisement is paid for by a Super PAC supporting Planned Parenthood. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 21, 2020
Op-Ed Public Schools Are in Crisis. Museums Can Help Fill the Gap—But Only If They Survive The president of the American Alliance of Museums makes the case for boosting museum funding as homeschooling drags on. By Laura Lott, Oct 20, 2020
Politics Under the Shadow of China’s New Security Law, a New Generation of Hong Kong Artists Is Learning to Make Art in Code Young artists are filling Hong Kong's galleries with some of the best work the city has ever seen. You just have to know what you're looking at. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 20, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why ‘Sticky’ High Rents Are Gumming Up the New York Art World in Its Time of Need (and Other Insights) Our columnist breaks down how Uncle Sam and Wall Street are holding back the arts by holding up commercial rents in a historic downturn. By Tim Schneider, Oct 18, 2020
