Politics After a Military Coup, Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the World—See Images Here The artists of Myanmar are taking a stand against the military coup. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 16, 2021
Politics Populist Leaders in Central and Eastern Europe Have a New Target in Their Fight Against Liberalism: Art Museum Directors The Slovenian government is denies it is waging a campaign to oust left-wing museum leaders. By Dorian Batycka, Feb 8, 2021
Politics To Celebrate the Glass Ceiling Kamala Harris Shattered, This Artist Installed a Portrait of Her in Washington Made Entirely of Cracked Glass The installation is on view through Saturday night. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 5, 2021
Politics Republican Leaders Accuse the National Museum of African American History of ‘Bias’ in Its Display on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Prominent Black conservatives and lawmakers call the museum’s display a “disingenuous effort.” By Brian Boucher, Feb 5, 2021
Politics The Dutch Government Just Promised to Return Any Stolen Colonial-Era Objects in Its Collections Back to Their Countries of Origin The government has agreed to adopt recommendation issued by the country's top museum experts. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 4, 2021
Politics The German Government Has Agreed to Roll Out Another €1 Billion in Aid to Its Ailing Cultural Sector It brings the total of emergency aid for culture supplied by the government to €2 billion. By Kate Brown, Feb 4, 2021
Politics Art Workers Are Up to Six Times More Likely to Be Out of a Job. Now 10 Big-City Mayors Are Imploring Biden to Bail Them Out Could a New Deal-style bailout save the art economy? By Sarah Cascone, Jan 29, 2021
Politics Revelations About ‘Putin’s Palace’ Helped Spark Widespread Protests in Russia. Here’s What’s Inside His Secret ‘New Versailles’ Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has literally dug out receipts for, among other things, a $28,000 leather sofa. By Ben Davis, Jan 26, 2021
Politics Three Members of Pussy Riot Were Arrested in Russia’s Mass Protests Against the Jailing of Opposition Leader Aleksei Navalny The activist artists were among the thousands calling for the release of the jailed anti-corruption activist. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 26, 2021
Politics Coal Miners. End-Is-Nighers. ‘Black Lives MAGA.’ Here’s What Photographer Ruddy Roye Saw Over Years of Shooting Trump Rallies Eyebeam’s Center for the Future of Journalism supported the new portfolio, published by the New York Review of Books. By Brian Boucher, Jan 22, 2021
Politics We Decode the New Art Biden Just Installed in the Oval Office, From a Bust of Cesar Chavez to a Calming Childe Hassam Painting The National Portrait Gallery has loaned two new sculptures to the Biden administration. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 21, 2021
Politics Why a Republican Senator Presented President Biden a Civil War-Era Painting by a Black Landscape Artist as an Inauguration Gift The painting was completed on the eve of the war by Robert S. Duncanson. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 20, 2021
Politics On a Sparse Inauguration Day, an Art Installation of a Field of Flags Replaces Attendees—See Images Here The installation is in keeping with the inaugural theme of "America United." By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 20, 2021
Politics Trump Pardons Art Dealer Helly Nahmad, Convicted of Running a Gambling Ring Out of Trump Tower, in One of His Final Presidential Acts Nahmad, who owns an entire floor at Trump Tower, was sentenced to prison in 2014. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 20, 2021
Politics One of Trump’s Final Executive Orders Reveals the 244 ‘American Heroes’ He Wants to Honor With a National Sculpture Garden The proposed garden has no funding or location. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 19, 2021
