Politics The NRA Used Anish Kapoor’s Most Famous Work in a Political Ad. Now the Artist Is Blasting Back. The artist behind 'The Bean' stands off against the NRA's 'Clenched Fist of Truth.' By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 12, 2018
Politics Scattering Pill Bottles at the Temple of Dendur, Nan Goldin Leads a Dramatic Oxycontin Protest at the Met Around 100 protesters threw the drug paraphernalia into the moat surrounding the Sackler Wing's ancient temple, then staged a 'die-in.' By Kate Brown, Mar 12, 2018
Politics France’s President Has Promised to Return Africa’s Heritage—Now Macron’s Pledge Is Being Put to the Test European museums face renewed calls to hand back artifacts looted in Africa during the colonial-era. By Naomi Rea, Mar 8, 2018
Politics England’s Great Exhibition Loses Arms Industry Sponsor After Artists Protest The festival includes "homecoming" shows for Glenn Brown and Michael Dean in Newcastle and Gateshead galleries that are partners in the government-backed event. By Javier Pes, Mar 8, 2018
Politics Sean Hannity Asked the Left to Weigh In on a Cheesy Donald Trump Painting and Got More Than He Bargained For Would-be art critics are savaging Jon McNaughton's pro-Trump work. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 27, 2018
Politics Here’s the Bad News About Kehinde Wiley’s Presidential Portrait of Barack Obama There's a lot to love in the fanciful image, but there's also a lot to question. By Ben Davis, Feb 13, 2018
Politics Artist Emma Sulkowicz Wore Asterisks—and Little Else—to Protest Chuck Close at the Met (and Picasso at MoMA) The provocative action had an important message. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 2, 2018
Politics Turkish Forces Nearly Destroy the Ancient Syrian Temple of Ain Dara The devastating attack on the Iron Age complex is being compared to ISIS's destruction of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 30, 2018
Politics Fox Host Demands Resignation of Guggenheim Curator Who Offered Trump a Golden Toilet Was Nancy Spector's offer of Maurizio Cattelan's toilet a "sick burn" or an act of "extreme disrespect?" By Brian Boucher, Jan 29, 2018
Politics Natural History Museum Curators Revolt Against Trustee Rebekah Mercer for Funding Climate Change Deniers The Mercer Family Foundation has reportedly given $8 million to organizations that question climate change. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 29, 2018
Politics 3 Ways Austria’s New Right-Wing Government Could Impact Its Art World (and Not All for the Worse) Waves of anxiety are rippling through the Austrian arts community, and what the future may hold is anyone's guess. By Kate Brown, Jan 26, 2018
Politics Sit on This! The Guggenheim Basks in the Reflected Glory of Its Golden Riposte to Trump’s Van Gogh Request Guggenheim curator Nancy Spector and artist Maurizio Cattelan offered Donald Trump a special loan instead: a solid gold toilet. By Brian Boucher, Jan 25, 2018
Politics That Ex-Christie’s Staffer Accused of Being a Chinese Spy? One of His Jobs Was Guarding ‘Salvator Mundi’ The alleged spy had at least one high-profile security mission at the auction house. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 23, 2018
Politics Why Did the Firm Behind the Trump-Russia Dossier Implicate Art Collector Dmitry Rybolovlev in Its Testimony? The controversy centers around a Palm Beach estate that Rybolovlev purchased from Trump for $95 million in 2008. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 23, 2018
Politics Signs of the Times: Museums Are Collecting Protest Posters From the 2018 Women’s March Curators focused on themes that have emerged since the 2017 march, such as DACA and #TimesUp. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 22, 2018
