Opinion Why Art Fails to Make a Difference on Its Own: More Thoughts on Hans Haacke’s Urgently Relevant Survey at the New Museum The second of a two-part essay about "Hans Haacke: All Connected" at the New Museum. By Ben Davis, Nov 18, 2019
Politics Nan Goldin’s Opioid Activist Group Storms the Victoria & Albert Museum in London to Protest the Sackler Family’s Ties to the Museum The protest group is calling out the museum's director, Tristram Hunt, for his outspoken support of the Sacklers. By Kate Brown, Nov 16, 2019
Politics Why Did the US Deny Kurdish Artist Zehra Doğan’s Visa? She Doesn’t Know—and She’s Not the Only One Affected "They made me feel like a criminal," the artist said of the visa application process. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2019
Politics Venice’s Regional Council Voted Against Climate-Change Measures This Week. Only Minutes Later, Their Chambers Flooded The city is experiencing its worst flooding in half a century. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2019
Crime A Suspect in the Infamous Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist Has Been Released From Prison After 21 Years Daniel Turner was sentenced to time served following his conviction in a separate case. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 14, 2019
Politics The Guerrilla Girls Are Targeting MoMA Trustees Tied to Jeffrey Epstein With an Ad on a Phone Booth Outside the Museum The ad calls out board members Leon Black and Glenn Dubin. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 13, 2019
Politics China’s President Pledges His Support to Greece in Its Effort to Recover the Parthenon Marbles From the British Museum Greece has campaigned for three decades for the British Museum to repatriate the marbles. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 13, 2019
Politics The Organizers of Iraq’s Venice Biennale Pavilion Have Closed the Show in Solidarity With Anti-Government Protests Rocking the Country The foundation behind the pavilion is calling for a strike by cultural institutions in Iraq. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 12, 2019
Politics California Is Spending $2.4 Million to Build the World’s Largest Permanent Installation of Climate Change-Themed Art Works by Tomás Saraceno, Allora & Calzadilla, and others will appear in 2021. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 12, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why KAWS Is More a Symbol of the Art Market’s Past Than Its Future (and Other Insights) Our columnist on what the art world is missing about the recent market success of KAWS, and what it means for the next generation. By Tim Schneider, Nov 10, 2019
Politics After the Fall: 30 Years On, Germany’s Art World Reflects on the Night the Berlin Wall Fell (and What Came After) Monica Bonvicini, Thomas Scheibitz, and other art-world figures remember the landmark moment in history on November 9, 1989. By Kate Brown, Nov 8, 2019
Politics The Japanese Embassy in Austria Has Withdrawn Support for a Show That Includes Controversial Japanese Artists Some of the artists in the show also participated in the censored Aichi Triennale. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 6, 2019
Politics In the Mysterious Fall of New York City’s Culture Czar, ‘The Usual Suspects’ Actor Chazz Palmenteri May Have Played a Part A dust-up over a monument to an Italian-American saint gave de Blasio rival Andrew Cuomo a chance to score points. By Brian Boucher, Nov 6, 2019
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
