Opinion How Paul Pfeiffer and Arthur Jafa Help Rethink the Ethics of Sharing Traumatic Imagery + Two Other Illuminating Reads From Around the Web A weekly round-up of interesting and important readings from around the internet. By Ben Davis, Jul 10, 2020
Crime The FBI Just Raided a Major Art-Forgery Ring Operating Out of a Michigan Barn That Duped Top Experts DB Henkel is accused of masterminding the plot to sell fake paintings by historical American artists. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 9, 2020
Opinion Are TV Art Auctions the New Televangelism? In a World Gone Mad, Kenny Schachter Tunes In to Watch the Fast and Furious Flipping [UPDATED] America's beaches are jam-packed, and so is our columnist's surprisingly busy summer art-market schedule these days. By Kenny Schachter, Jul 7, 2020
Politics After Rebuking Statue Toppling, President Trump Signs an Executive Order to Create a National Garden of Monuments to ‘American Heroes’ The monuments must be “lifelike or realistic” and not “abstract or modernist.” By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 6, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why an Indie Rock Star’s Reparations Pledge Sets an Example for the Art World (and Other Insights) Our columnist explores the art-market applicability of Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy's ongoing financial support of racial-justice nonprofits. By Tim Schneider, Jul 5, 2020
Politics New York City’s 2021 Budget Slashes Already Modest Funding for Public-School Arts Education by 70 Percent The 2021 budget also includes an 11 percent reduction to the Department of Cultural Affairs. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 1, 2020
Politics Donald Trump Signs an Executive Order Calling to Prosecute Anyone Who Damages Federal Monuments ‘to the Fullest Extent Possible’ The new executive order signed Friday reinforces the Veteran's Memorial Preservation Act. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 29, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the American Art Market Is at the Mercy of a Culturally Divided Nation (and Other Insights) Our columnist considers how the European Union's pending ban on US travelers puts the stateside art business at a unique disadvantage. By Tim Schneider, Jun 28, 2020
Opinion If Museums in the US Want to Be More Inclusive, They First Have to Recognize—and Unlearn—Old Habits and Biases Developing new kinds of cultural institutions also means developing new vocabularies. By Renaud Proch, Jun 25, 2020
Politics The Trump Administration Has Deployed the National Guard to Protect Monuments in Washington, DC The president also promised a "very strong executive" order punishing monument vandals this week. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 25, 2020
Opinion On the Limits of Care and Knowledge: 15 Points Museums Must Understand to Dismantle Structural Injustice The artistic director of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial explores what museums must internalize before moving forward with equity work. By Yesomi Umolu, Jun 25, 2020
Politics How a Mysterious Figure Known Only as ‘American Artist’ Is Exposing Hidden Histories of Social Control in Surveillance and Policing American Artist has been sounding the alarm about the police's lethal relationship with Silicon Valley for years. It's past time we listened. By Tim Schneider, Jun 24, 2020
Opinion Can a Museum Post My Artwork on Its Instagram Without My Permission? + Other Thorny Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered Can the police really appropriate the Punisher logo for their merch? How do I protect my art in countries outside the US? We're here to help. By Katarina Feder, Jun 23, 2020
Politics In a Morning Raid, Russian Police Arrested Pussy Riot Member Peter Verzilov for His Alleged Role in Last Summer’s Anti-Corruption Riots Russian authorities are cracking down on the protest group yet again. By Naomi Rea, Jun 22, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Online Art Fairs Aren’t Solving the ‘Fairtigue’ Problem (and Other Insights) Fresh off Art Basel's latest online viewing rooms, our columnist explains why virtual fairs are still exhausting the art world. By Tim Schneider, Jun 21, 2020
