Politics President Trump Is Trying to Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts—Again—in His Just-Released 2021 Budget Proposal Will Trump's latest attempt to slash arts agencies succeed this time? By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 10, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Coronavirus Canceled Art Basel Hong Kong When the Protests Couldn’t (and Other Insights) Our columnist digs through the aftermath of Art Basel Hong Kong to explain why the devil was in the (insurance) details. By Tim Schneider, Feb 9, 2020
Politics We Talked to the Sketch Artists Who Captured the Only Images of Trump’s Impeachment Trial, Where Cameras Were Banned See some of their most compelling images, including screaming protestors, grandstanding lawyers, and Mitt Romney's chocolate milk. By Taylor Dafoe & Eileen Kinsella, Feb 7, 2020
Opinion What Shaker Furniture Can Teach Us About the ‘New Minimalist’ Trend + Two Other Illuminating Pieces of Criticism From Around the Web Plus, considerations on John Cage's revolt against Musak, and the rise of "Rural Futurism." By Ben Davis, Feb 7, 2020
Politics President Trump Wants to Make ‘Federal Buildings Beautiful Again’ With a New Executive Order That Echoes Fascist History The leaked order declares that “classical architectural style shall be the preferred and default style.” By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 5, 2020
Opinion In One Month, For Freedoms Will Stage the Largest Congress of Creatives in America’s History. Will You Join Us? Hundreds of artists, curators, arts administrators, and academics will head to Los Angeles in advance of the 2020 Presidential election. By Eric Gottesman & Hank Willis Thomas & Michelle Woo, Feb 4, 2020
Politics Yet Another High-Profile Museum Director in Poland Has Been Fired From Her Post by the Local Right-Wing Government Alicja Knast has been removed from her post as director of the Silesian Museum. By Hili Perlson, Feb 4, 2020
Politics Dozens of US War Veterans Are Urging MoMA to Reject ‘Toxic Philanthropy’ From Investors in Private Military Companies Their letter was sent in solidarity with artists who have asked the institution to cut ties with controversial board members. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 4, 2020
Politics After a Backlash, Nashville’s Belmont University Says It Will Let Non-Christian Art Professors Teach After All Watkins College of Art, which is being absorbed, was originally told that Belmont had a firm no non-Christians policy. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 4, 2020
Politics Poland’s Museums Are Taking a Radically Conservative Turn—and the Fight Over Who Gets to Control Them Is Only Beginning The appointment of conservative firebrand Piotr Bernatowicz is at the center of a growing battle over the future of Poland's museums. By Hili Perlson, Feb 3, 2020
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Super Bowl Helps Explain the Flaws in the Latest ‘Salvator Mundi’ Scandal (and Other Insights) Our columnist tackles the questions raised by allegations that the 'Last Leonardo' was on sale while on view in a 2011 National Gallery show. By Tim Schneider, Feb 3, 2020
Politics A Nashville Art School Will Purge All Non-Christian Faculty Now That It Has Been Taken Over by a Religious University "That’s just part of who we are,” says Belmont University's provost of the firings at the Watkins College of Art. By Zachary Small, Jan 31, 2020
Politics After Beating Back a Populist Surge, Italy’s Leaders Will Again Allow Foreigners to Apply for Museum Directorships Thirteen posts are now open to those wishing to apply from abroad. By Kate Brown, Jan 30, 2020
Politics ‘I Am Not Part of Some Propaganda Machine’: Artists and Curators Defend Their Participation in the Saudi-Backed Show Desert X AlUla Artistic director Neville Wakefield says that those who don't embrace cross-cultural exchange are "part of the problem." By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Jan 28, 2020
Politics Yale Is Eliminating Its Art History Survey Course Over Complaints That It Prioritizes a White, Western Canon Over Other Narratives The news has caused an uproar among conservatives online. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 27, 2020
