Politics Artist Carrie Mae Weems Is Planning an Ambitious Campaign to Alert the World About How the Coronavirus Has Hurt Communities of Color Weems will launch the project in Syracuse, New York. By Taylor Dafoe, May 28, 2020
Politics Arts Officials Urge the European Commission to Rethink the ‘Deeply Disappointing’ Provisions for Culture in Its New €750 Billion Recovery Plan Culture representatives argue that the ambitious bailout does not adequately provide for their struggling sector. By Naomi Rea, May 28, 2020
Politics An Artist Is Transforming the Parking Lot of the Queens Museum Into a Tribute to Health Care Workers ‘So Big It Can Be Seen by Satellite’ Artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada's mural appears in one of New York City's hardest-hit neighborhoods. By Sarah Cascone, May 27, 2020
Politics Claiming China’s Crackdown Will Do ‘Incalculable’ Damage to Hong Kong’s Culture, 1,500 Arts Workers United in Protest of the Move Artists and cultural leaders are alarmed at the prospect of the restrictive new law. By Eileen Kinsella, May 27, 2020
Politics In a ‘Mass Art Protest,’ Artists Across America Drew Trump Playing Golf on the NYTimes Cover Memorializing the 100,000 Coronavirus Dead Marcel Dzama and other artists protested the Memorial Day golf trip as "beyond disrespectful." By Sarah Cascone, May 27, 2020
Politics As Lockdowns Ease in Europe, Greece’s Culture Minister Again Puts the Squeeze on London to Return the Parthenon Marbles Greek officials are coordinating with proponents for restitution to put pressure on the British Museum. By Kate Brown, May 26, 2020
Opinion At Glenstone, We Were Dramatically Limiting Our Visitors Well Before the Pandemic. Here’s Why More Space Improves Our Relationship to Art The director of Glenstone explains what the museum has learned from enforcing its own kind of social distancing for years. By Emily Rales, May 25, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Selling the Mona Lisa Would Be a Ridiculous Way to Try to Dig France Out of Massive Debt (and Other Insights) Our columnist responds to a French entrepreneur's proposal that selling the Mona Lisa could net France a whopping €50 billion. By Tim Schneider, May 24, 2020
Opinion What the Dutch Painter of Domestic Life Pieter de Hooch Can Teach Us About How to Embrace the Simple Joys of Staying Home The Dutch artist who inspired Vermeer has a lot to teach Americans living in lockdown today. By Allen Hirsch, May 21, 2020
Politics Anish Kapoor Slams India’s Prime Minister and His ‘Fascist Government’ for Planning to ‘Destroy’ Delhi’s Historic Parliament Building The government's plan to redevelop an early 20th-century historic site has been met with fierce resistance. By Sarah Cascone, May 21, 2020
Opinion How Art History Can Help Explain the Stunning Rise of Conspiracy Theories That Is Defining Our Time This is the second half of a two-part series on art theory and conspiracy theory. By Ben Davis, May 20, 2020
Opinion Can I Put a Paparazzi Photo in My Artwork? + Other Thorny Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered Are memes fair use? What's the deal with AR licensing? We're here to answer questions about what you (and others) can do with your artwork. By Katarina Feder, May 19, 2020
Politics In a Sign of a Divided America, President Trump Will Not Unveil Barack Obama’s New Portrait in the White House Anytime Soon For the first time in decades, the former and sitting presidents will not meet for the debut of the official artwork. By Caroline Goldstein, May 19, 2020
Politics The New Longshot US Stimulus Package, Which Just Passed the House of Representatives, Would Be a Lifesaver for Arts Nonprofits Unfortunately, it has almost no chance of passing in the Republican-led senate. By Sarah Cascone, May 18, 2020
Opinion Brand-Name Art Fairs Won’t Save the Art Market in This Crisis, But Regional Ones Might Daniel Hug, director of Art Cologne, explains why regional art fairs have long been the backbone of the industry—and will remain so. By Daniel Hug, May 17, 2020
