Politics Despite Government Crackdowns on Freedom of Expression in Turkey, Billions of Dollars Are Being Invested in New Museums After a period of stagnation, investment is up across the country. By Naomi Rea, Sep 16, 2019
Politics George W. Bush Painted Former House Speaker John Boehner as a Parting Gift—and Now It’s His Official Portrait The painting will hang in the Speaker's Lobby of Congress at the Capitol. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 13, 2019
Politics Hillary Clinton’s Emails Are on View in an Art Show in Venice. This Week She Came by and Read Them—Utterly Shocking the Artist Kenneth Goldsmith, the artist behind the project, was shocked to learn of her visit to the show. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 12, 2019
Politics Should Art Museums Be More or Less Ideological? After Pushback, a Gathering of Museum Leaders Refuses to Address the Question Museum professionals meeting in Kyoto chose to delay adopting a definition of a museum's role that stressed democratic values and protecting the environment. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 9, 2019
Politics Foreign Museum Directors in Italy Breathe a Sigh of Relief Over the Reappointment of an Anti-Fascist Culture Minister The nationalist government had many museum directors worried about their jobs. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 6, 2019
Politics ‘Western Museums Expanding Into China Is a Joke’: Ai Weiwei Decries Cultural Institutions for Their Silence on Hong Kong’s Fight for Democracy The Chinese activist-artist has been outspoken in supporting the anti-government demonstrations, which his assistants are documenting. By Kate Brown, Sep 4, 2019
Politics A Republican Congressional Candidate Cancelled an ArtPrize Showcase of Drag Performers With Down Syndrome, Saying He Fears a ‘Spectacle’ Peter Meijer owns Tanglefoot, the venue for the Project 1 performance. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 30, 2019
Politics A Newly Increased Trump Tariff on Chinese Goods Will Rattle the Art Market in America, Trade Experts Say Art dealers are collateral damage in the President's escalating trade war with China. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 29, 2019
Politics Artist Nan Goldin Was Arrested Outside of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Office While Protesting His Opioid Policies The artist and members of her group P.A.I.N. were taken in on disorderly conduct charges. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 28, 2019
Politics Photographer Makes a Political Point With a Death-Defying Highline Walk Between the US and Mexico Border A pair of slackliners conceived of the action as a work of art. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 27, 2019
Politics A New Study Finds That People Who Attend Cultural Events Are Happier With Their Lives Than People Who Don’t Research commissioned by Arts Council England makes the case for why smaller towns should amp up and promote their arts offerings. By Kate Brown, Aug 26, 2019
Politics As a Nationalist Fervor Takes Hold in Italy, Foreign Museum Directors Could Be on the Way Out Italy began hiring its first foreign museum directors in 2015, but the right-wing government may force them out with counter-reforms. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 23, 2019
Politics Two Artists Withdraw Their Work From a Show at the Shed in Protest of Billionaire Board Member and Trump Funder Stephen Ross A.L. Steiner and Zackary Drucker quietly removed their work to protest Ross's recent Trump fundraiser. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 23, 2019
Politics Commissioned by Boris Johnson as the Eiffel Tower of London, Anish Kapoor’s ‘Orbit’ Is Now More Than $15 Million in Debt In a failed attempt to draw visitors, the work was re-designed by Carsten Höller to make it the world's longest slide. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 22, 2019
Politics Author Alice Walker Decries the Efforts to Censor San Francisco’s George Washington Murals as ‘Ignorant and Backwards’ Walker's words were quoted by the San Francisco School Board head to justify destroying the murals in the first place. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 20, 2019
