Opinion What the New $450 Million MoMA Means for the Art Market of Tomorrow Our columnist unpacks how the revamped museum's new exhibition spaces and curatorial policies will impact the art trade. By Tim Schneider, Oct 20, 2019
Politics More Than 100 Academics Have Signed a Letter Demanding That Germany Immediately Open Its Colonial-Era Collections to Researchers The petition puts increased pressure on the German state to act swiftly. By Kate Brown, Oct 17, 2019
Opinion MoMA’s Nimble New Incarnation Is Well Suited to a World in Constant Flux. If Only It Didn’t Choose Tourists Over Its Artists The museum's newly expanded home corrects some of the historical record, but it doesn't go quite far enough. Maybe it can't. By Ben Davis, Oct 17, 2019
Politics The Founder of a Turkish State-Backed Art Fair Is Asking the Art World Not to Believe ‘Black Propaganda’ About Turkey’s Invasion of Syria Ali Güreli says the operation has been miscast by the media. By Naomi Rea, Oct 15, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Trump Tax Cuts Are Killing the Art Market Despite Coddling the Richest American Families (and Other Insights) Our columnist connects an eye-popping new tax statistic about the 400 richest American families to a surprising downturn in the art trade. By Tim Schneider, Oct 13, 2019
Opinion Is Infantilism the Key to KAWS’s Unstoppable Rise? Kenny Schachter Peers Behind the Scenes at the London and Hong Kong Auctions Our columnist pulls back the curtain on the swarms of flippers fueling the art market. By Kenny Schachter, Oct 10, 2019
Politics Desert X Organizers Have Ignited a Firestorm of Controversy by Launching a Saudi Arabian Edition of the Biennial Three board members have left the organization following the move. By Catherine Wagley, Oct 9, 2019
Politics An Italian Court Has Blocked the Loan of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ to the Louvre at the Last Minute The decision follows legal filings by an Italian heritage group. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 8, 2019
Politics Experts Picked Acclaimed Sculptor Simone Leigh to Redo a Monument. After a Backlash, a Little-Known Local Artist Now Has the Job Ceding to local opinion, Leigh has withdrawn her winning proposal. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 8, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Kickstarter May Be the Next Battleground for Ethical Arts Patronage (and Other Insights) Our columnist on how a unionization struggle is attracting the same calls for boycotts of Kickstarter as for museums with problematic patrons. By Tim Schneider, Oct 6, 2019
Politics Should I Stay or Should I Go? Italy’s Foreign-Born Museum Directors Get Caught Up in a Political Whiplash The return of liberal culture minister Dario Franceschini has convinced several museum heads to remain in their posts. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 2, 2019
Politics A Bitter and Protracted Contract Fight at the New Museum Has Ended With a Big Win for Its Unionized Employees Members of the union have won the fight for increased wages, additional paid time off, and reduced health care costs. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 2, 2019
Politics Kehinde Wiley, Simone Leigh, Wangechi Mutu, and Vinnie Bagwell Are the Finalists to Replace NYC’s Controversial Monument to J. Marion Sims The public has until the end of the week to weigh in on which proposal is their favorite. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 1, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Endeavor’s Aborted IPO Is—and Isn’t—Like a ‘Burned’ Auction Lot (and Other Insights) Our columnist on what the art market can learn from how the financial markets process the delayed IPO of Frieze's majority owner, Endeavor. By Tim Schneider, Sep 29, 2019
Politics In a Moving Public Art Project, Jenny Holzer Will Project Firsthand Accounts of Gun Violence Onto Rockefeller Center The work tackles a uniquely American problem. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 27, 2019
