Opinion How Hans Haacke’s Rise Coincided With the End of 1960s Activism and the Birth of Corporate Museum Sponsorship The artist's New Museum retrospective traces the genesis of his particular brand of "institutional critique." By Ben Davis, Nov 6, 2019
Politics How One Performance Artist in Florida Is Bringing Together a Wounded Community With a Little Help From Michael Bloomberg Members of the public are invited to join the public performance. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 5, 2019
Opinion A Masterful Charles White Painting Could Smash the Artist’s Auction Record, But Let’s Not Forget That He Was Devoted to Making Art for the Masses The painting could fetch $1.5 million when it sells at Christie's New York this month. By Eddie Chambers, Nov 4, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Twitter’s Ban of Political Ads Could Have an Important Impact on Instagram’s Censorship of Artwork (and Other Insights) Our columnist dissects how a major policy shift at Twitter puts Facebook on the hot seat for its political ads and Instagram art censorship. By Tim Schneider, Nov 3, 2019
Politics Christie’s Asks to Be Excluded From Trump’s Tariffs on Chinese Imports, Claiming It Would Cause a ‘Significant Loss’ to Its Business The auction house was among the first companies to seek relief from a 15 percent tax on art and antiques in China. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 1, 2019
Politics Artist Phil Collins Pulls His Work From a MoMA PS1 Show in Protest of a Trustee’s Ties to For-Profit Prisons MoMA donor Larry Fink and his company BlackRock are under scrutiny. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 30, 2019
Politics Pakistani Authorities Shut Down a Show in the Karachi Biennial That Criticized the Government’s Extrajudicial Killings Adeela Sulemen's work was destroyed and called “vandalism.” By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 30, 2019
Politics In Solidarity With the Kurdish People, Artist Hito Steyerl Demands That Germany Stops Showing Her Work as Part of Cultural Diplomacy The German artist took to the stage in a feminist performance condemning the country's "tacit" complicity with Turkey's military offensive. By Kate Brown, Oct 29, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Ethical Vetting of Collectors Won’t Reshape the Art Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist shines a light on the firewalls protecting private sales from the activist pressure now changing museum boardrooms. By Tim Schneider, Oct 27, 2019
Politics Hundreds of Artists, Academics, and Writers Have Signed a Petition Calling for a Boycott of Cultural Institutions in Turkey The petition comes on the heels of Turkey's invasion of Kurdish regions in Syria. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 23, 2019
Politics The US Army Is Launching a 21st-Century Version of the Monuments Men to Protect Cultural Heritage in War-Torn Regions The new Monuments Men are here. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 22, 2019
Politics Arts Organizations in Beirut Are Closing in Solidarity with the Millions of Lebanese Protesting the Government Museums, galleries, and arts foundations have halted business indefinitely. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 22, 2019
Opinion In a World Rent Asunder by Protest, Kenny Schachter Goes Shopping for Art at FIAC—and Pays a Little Visit to That Jeff Koons Our columnist was not amused by the mega-artist's "gift" to Paris. By Kenny Schachter, Oct 22, 2019
Politics New York City Politician Melissa Mark-Viverito Is Arrested During a Protest of MoMA Trustee Steven Tananbaum Multiple groups targeted the museum for its ties to hedge fund investor Steven Tananbaum. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 21, 2019
Politics An Istanbul Art Fair’s Chairman Has Apologized for a Mass Email Defending Turkey’s Invasion of Syria—But a Staff Exodus Has Begun Ali Güreli says his remarks were driven by "emotions." By Naomi Rea, Oct 21, 2019
