Opinion The Gray Market: Why Gagosian’s New Art Advisory Brings It Closer to Becoming the Amazon of the Art World (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines the Gagosian brand's expansion into independent art advising—and shows how it ties into the bigger cultural picture. By Tim Schneider, Apr 22, 2019
Opinion A Very Special Easter Poem From Kenny Schachter and Jeff Koons’s Inflatable Bunny It turns out the iconic artwork has a lot on its mind—and can rap, too. By Kenny Schachter, Apr 21, 2019
Politics ‘We Want to Feel Free’: At These 4 Fringe Galleries in Moscow, Artists Are Avoiding Government Censors To avoid government restrictions, some artists are setting up their own fringe spaces. By Rachel Corbett, Apr 21, 2019
Opinion Why the Cultural Battle Over the Meaning of the Notre Dame Fire Is Playing Into the Hands of the Far-Right There is a battle for the meaning of the terrible fire's symbolism. By Ben Davis, Apr 18, 2019
Politics Ahead of the Mueller Report, Donald Trump’s Staff Edited Kehinde Wiley’s Barack Obama Portrait Into a Fantasy of FBI Surveillance The president's reelection committee is selling shirts that depict Obama as a spy. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 17, 2019
Politics ‘The Government Gets to Decide Who Is an Artist’: Cuban Authorities Crack Down on Dissent as the Havana Biennial Opens Multiple artists have been taken in by state officials, while others have been denied entry to the country. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 16, 2019
Politics The American Museum of Natural History Will No Longer Host a Gala Honoring Brazil’s Far-Right President Jair Bolsonaro Museum staffers had issued an open letter calling on the museum's president “to stay true to its values by canceling this event." By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 15, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Guggenheim’s Panza Collection Initiative Does—and Doesn’t—Matter to the Market for Minimalist Art Our columnist uses the Guggenheim's research into the Panza Collection to access the common and not-so-common sense of the art market. By Tim Schneider, Apr 14, 2019
Politics Climate-Change-Denying Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Will Be Feted as ‘Person of the Year’ at a Gala at New York’s Natural History Museum Even the mayor of New York is outraged and is calling on the museum to cancel the event. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 12, 2019
Politics New York City Officials Have Voted to Demolish the Art-Filled Elizabeth Street Garden The city plans to replace it with affordable housing, sparking a conflict between two scarce resources. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 11, 2019
Politics ‘Stupid and Senseless Politicians’: Artist Vik Muniz Blasts Brazilian Leaders After a Deadly Flood Sweeps Through Rio de Janeiro The artist had sharp words for the city's mayor and the country's right-wing president. By Javier Pes, Apr 10, 2019
Politics Artist Hito Steyerl Made an App That Removes the Sackler Name From the Serpentine Sackler’s Facade The artist had a lot to say about the family at the press preview for her exhibition—and now the institution has committed to no longer taking Sackler funding. By Naomi Rea, Apr 10, 2019
Politics ‘It’s Another Government Boondoggle’: This Republican Lawmaker Just Introduced a Bill to Cut All Funding for Art in US Embassies Freshman Republican Congressman Tim Burchett is pushing his new "No Art in Embassies" legislation. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 9, 2019
Opinion Right-Wing Groups Have Made an Uneasy Alliance With Feminists to Blast This Show of Muslim Fashions Headscarves are not necessarily demeaning, despite what opponents of the exhibition say. By Quynh Tran, Apr 8, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: How the Met and the Shed Are Sharing Their Wealth in Two Very Different Ways (and Other Insights) Our columnist considers what it really means to "redistribute privilege" as a wealthy cultural center. By Tim Schneider, Apr 7, 2019
