The Burns Halperin Report Here’s Every Element of the 2022 Burns Halperin Report, All in One Place Plus, watch a film that summarizes the key findings. By Julia Halperin & Charlotte Burns, Dec 28, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report ‘There Were No Surprises’: Andrea Fraser, Paul Rucker, and Others Respond to Our Research on Representation in the Art World Artists and critics, who see these dynamics play out on the ground, respond to the 2022 Burns Halperin Report. By Artnet News, Dec 27, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report Museums Can, and Do, Talk About Race. Just Not Whiteness What the furor over Philip Guston—and the demand for Black American superstar artists—tells us about performative progressivism By Zoé Samudzi, Dec 27, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report For Some American Artists, Recognition by Mainstream Art Institutions Is a Means to an End: Building Their Own Alternatives Here's how a group of social-practice artists are using the art-world system to invest in their own visions for the future. By Melissa Smith, Dec 23, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report Who’s Afraid of Women of a Certain Age? The Market Still Dramatically Undervalues Female Artists—But There’s More to the Story The auction market for Pablo Picasso is larger than that for all female artists over the past 14 years. By Katya Kazakina, Dec 23, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report Art Collectors Have Become Increasingly Risk-Averse. It’s Their Loss—and Ours Data can clarify dynamics shaping the art world, but it also risks making collections predictable. By Allan Schwartzman, Dec 22, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report Can Philanthropy Shape Equity in the Arts? 5 Questions to Consider When Making a Donation Creating a more diverse art world must begin upstream from galleries and museums. By Christine Kuan, Dec 22, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report Dear Billionaire: An Open Letter to Museum Patrons The dismal state of diversity in American museums shows we need reform. Here’s where to start. By Nizan Shaked, Dec 21, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report ‘It Takes Two Villages’: How the MCA Chicago Transformed Its Collection at Unprecedented Speed to Better Reflect Its Audience This Chicago museum collects work by Black female artists at seven times the national average. But it didn’t start out that way. By Melissa Smith, Dec 21, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report Is the Art World Entering the Age of ‘Anti-Woke’ Backlash? Here’s Why Today’s Reaction Will Look Very Different From Decades’ Past How today's tech bro-powered vibe shift might represent a different kind of backlash than we saw in the 1990s. By Ben Davis, Dec 20, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report Here Are 5 Concrete DEAI Policies Other Industries Have Used Successfully That the Art World Would Do Well to Consider From childcare benefits to a reworked board structure, these measures have made a difference across the corporate world. By Tim Schneider, Dec 20, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report Caste in Stone: Why Classifying Artists by Race Is Not Just a ‘Social Construct’ Artist Adrian Piper considers why evaluating art collections in terms of racial representation is an inherently flawed exercise. By Adrian Piper, Dec 16, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report 8 Things You Can Do—Right Now—To Create Change in Your Museum Workplace A veteran curator offers practical steps for employees across the museum. By Mia Locks, Dec 16, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report Monolithic Museum Collections Are Like Climate Change—They Will Take Generations to Undo, But We Must Start Now The deputy director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum explains why changing collections is but one piece of a very large puzzle. By Naomi Beckwith, Dec 15, 2022
The Burns Halperin Report These Two Museums Sold Art by White Men to Buy Work by Women and Artists of Color. Did It Actually Tip the Scales? We look at two case studies of institutions that deaccessioned in order to diversify. It's effective—up to a point. By Zachary Small, Dec 15, 2022
