Politics Watch John Oliver Make a Comprehensive (and Hilarious) Case for Tearing Down Confederate Monuments The host took direct aim at the talking points frequently used to defend the statues. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 10, 2017
Politics Why the Guggenheim’s Controversial Dog Video Is Even More Disturbing Than You Think Ok, what's really going on in this contested artwork, anyway? By Ben Davis, Sep 29, 2017
Politics Police Swarm the Volksbühne Theater in Berlin to Remove Anti-Gentrification Art Collective The development marks the latest chapter in Chris Dercon's turbulent tenure. By Kate Brown, Sep 28, 2017
Politics Is PETA Today’s Most Feared Art Critic? How 4 Exhibitions Included Animal Art Without Getting Bitten In the wake of the uproar around a Guggenhein show, we asked institutions how they had dealt with sensitivities. By Brian Boucher, Sep 27, 2017
Politics Need a Protest Thong? Marilyn Minter Has Opened an Unusual Pop-Up Store to Arm the Resistance The products are available at a pop-up gift shop at the Brooklyn Museum courtesy Marilyn Minter and Andrianna Campbell. By Julia Halperin, Sep 27, 2017
Politics Julie Mehretu and Other All-Star Artists Blast Trump’s Immigration Ban in a New Poster Campaign Nine artists banded together to create the posters—and mail them, unsolicited, to museums across the country. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 25, 2017
Politics ‘The Rise of the AfD Is a Terrible Nightmare’: The Art World Reacts to Germany’s Alarming Election Results A far-right populist party enters the German parliament for the first time in more than 60 years. By Hili Perlson, Sep 25, 2017
Politics Meet the Artist Whose Job Is to Paint Epic Portraits of Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian Embassy One of George Gittoes's portraits of the WikiLeaks founder is up for an Australian art prize. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 22, 2017
Politics The Guggenheim Teams Up With More Than 100 Museums to Fight Trump’s Immigration Ban The New York institution commissioned legal documents that seek to convince US courts to strike down the order. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 21, 2017
Politics In Post-Harvey Houston, Artists Can’t Look Away From the Inequalities Exposed by the Storm Fighting for a "just recovery" amid a crisis that is still unfolding. By John Pluecker, Sep 6, 2017
Politics NYC’s Post-It Art Therapist Returns to Give Solace in the Wake of Charlottesville Matthew "Levee" Chavez's "Subway Therapy" had a message this weekend. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 28, 2017
Politics Tear Down the Confederate Monuments—But What Next? 12 Art Historians and Scholars on the Way Forward artnet News asks 12 experts how best to advance the cause of justice. By Artnet News, Aug 23, 2017
Politics There’s a Secret Message Hidden in the White House Arts Committee’s Resignation Letter The letter is clear. The coded message in it, even clearer. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 18, 2017
Politics White House Arts Committee Quits en Masse Over Trump’s Support of ‘Hate Groups and Terrorists’ Chuck Close, Kal Penn, and Thom Mayne are among those quitting. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 18, 2017
Politics Monumental Lies: Charlottesville’s Lee Statue Was Designed to Erase a History We Need to Remember The mythology of Confederate monuments is "fake history," concocted with cynical ends. By Ben Davis, Aug 17, 2017
