Opinion The Gray Market: Why Freeports Don’t Deserve Salvation From Stricter Regulations (and Other Insights) Our columnist refuses to cry for European freeports and ponders the upside of David Zwirner's new alliance with Simon & Schuster. By Tim Schneider, Feb 3, 2019
Politics ‘The Real Problem Comes From the West’: Ai Weiwei Slams the US and Canada for Their Complicity in Tensions With China The artist spoke out in an open letter circulated today by Toronto's Gardiner Museum. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 30, 2019
Politics Bruno Latour, the Philosopher of Science Who Changed Art Theory, Explains His New Book on Climate Change The author of 'Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime' on the Yellow Vest movement and his manifesto for the EU. By Ben Davis, Jan 29, 2019
Opinion What Is Democracy? An Experimental New Documentary Looks at the History of an Idea—and Offers a Ray of Hope Astra Taylor's new film surveys contemporary political breakdown through the lens of philosophy. By Ben Davis, Jan 28, 2019
Politics Four Months After the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Western Cultural Leaders Are Still Helping Saudi Arabia Become a Global Tourist Destination Current and former executives from Sotheby's and UNESCO, among others, remain involved in the Al-Ula project. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 27, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Government Shutdown’s End Should Be Cold Comfort to American Arts Institutions (and Other Insights) Our columnist zooms out from the government shutdown to consider the impact of decades of structural decline in federal arts funding. By Tim Schneider, Jan 27, 2019
Politics The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago Is Lowering Admission Prices for Those Affected by the Gender Pay Gap The new pricing will take effect next month, just after the museum opens a retrospective of feminist photographer Laurie Simmons's work. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 25, 2019
Politics After a Yearslong Protest, the University of Notre Dame Decides to Cover Up an Epic Mural of Christopher Columbus The university acknowledged that the frescoes show a skewed version of American history that ignores the reality of colonialism. By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 24, 2019
Politics In a Landslide Decision, Employees at the New Museum Vote to Unionize The staffers hope the union will help to address grievances such as low pay and long hours. By Rachel Corbett & Julia Halperin, Jan 24, 2019
Politics ‘The Idea Is Not to Empty Museums’: Authors of France’s Blockbuster Restitution Report Say Their Work Has Been Misrepresented Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy say the media misunderstood their argument and oversimplified their ideas. By Kate Brown, Jan 24, 2019
Opinion From the Salvador Dalí Desert to the Leonardo Weapons Company, Here Are 14 Surprising Things Named After Famous Artists We've ranked them from most to least appropriate. By Artnet News, Jan 23, 2019
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the Asian Art Market May Not Live Up to the Western Hype After All (and Other Insights) After the cancelation of Art Stage Singapore, our columnist wonders if Western dealers have been expecting too much from Eastern expansion. By Tim Schneider, Jan 20, 2019
Politics ‘We’re All in Freefall’: Museum Workers Scramble for Cash Amid the Longest US Government Shutdown in History Employees of federal museums are looking for part-time work, anxiously checking their bank balances, and fretting about what's to come. By Menachem Wecker, Jan 17, 2019
Politics Second Lady Karen Pence Lands a Part-Time Job Teaching Art at a Christian School That Bans Gay Teachers Pence is an experienced educator whose key White House initiative is "Healing with the HeART." By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 16, 2019
Opinion The World’s Most-Liked Instagram Post Is a Picture of an Egg—and It Hatches a New Age of Conceptual Art for the People It's the viral sensation of the moment. But it has an art-historical precedent. By Ben Davis, Jan 15, 2019
