Opinion Hey Hunter Biden, Here’s a Radically Simple Solution for All Your Art Woes: Don’t Sell Your Work If Hunter Biden wants his art to be received outside a political black box, his best bet is not to sell it. By Ben Davis, Jul 13, 2021
Art Criticism Welcome to Pandemic Aesthetics: How the Health Crisis Is Reshaping Contemporary Art—and Changing the Way We Look at It, Too The "pandemic intervenes again and again" in shows by Jill Magid, Pope.L, and other artists. By Lori Waxman, Jun 30, 2021
Op-Ed As the Art Industry Has Ballooned, So Has the Number of People Claiming to Be Expert Advisors. Here’s How to Tell If They Actually Are A collector's relationship with an art advisor can be extremely rewarding—or discouraging. By Megan Fox Kelly, Jun 29, 2021
Know Your Rights Can I Sue My Colleague for Stealing My Idea for a Party? + Other Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered Plus, what should artists understand about the copyright dispute over Lizzo's hit single? And what's the deal with counterfeit NFTs? By Katarina Feder, Jun 22, 2021
Op-Ed What Do the Inigo Philbrick Scandal and the NFT Craze Have in Common? They Can Help Us Rebuild the Art Market Two professors of sociology and visual arts administration explore how to build a better art world by thinking about the artist as a citizen. By Amy Whitaker & Fiona Greenland, Jun 22, 2021
Op-Ed The Organizers of a Major U.K. Exhibition Used My Name to Promote Their Show. But They Were Too Afraid to Embrace My Ideas "The Great Big Art Exhibition" rejected an artwork I made that focused on political prisoners. What was the real reason? By Ai Weiwei, Jun 1, 2021
Know Your Rights Can I Resell Artists’ NFTs Like Traditional Art Dealers Resell Paintings? + Other Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered Plus, can I sue someone for reprinting a letter I wrote like Meghan Markle sued her father? And what can I do about my painted-over murals? By Katarina Feder, May 26, 2021
Op-Ed Anti-Black Discrimination and Toxic Workplaces Are All Too Common in the Arts Administration Field My experience as the first Black male arts program manager for the Office of Arts & Culture for the City of Seattle. By Paul Rucker, May 25, 2021
Op-Ed Rick Santorum Said America Came ‘From Nothing.’ He’s Part of a Long History of Indigenous Erasure That Plays Out in Art and Life The former U.S. senator's statement sparked a firestorm. But those who know the visual and political legacy of the rhetoric aren't surprised. By Joseph Pierce, Apr 29, 2021
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the ‘YOLO Economy’ Actually Spells Trouble for the Fragile Art Ecosystem (and Other Insights) Our columnist considers whether the forces driving young professionals to switch careers are driving the art industry into submission. By Tim Schneider, Apr 27, 2021
Op-Ed Why Andy Warhol’s ‘Prince Series,’ the Subject of a Long-Term Copyright Dispute, Should Be Considered Fair Use After All Two legal experts explain why a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of Google should inform the way courts think about art. By Christopher Sprigman & Kal Raustiala, Apr 26, 2021
Opinion If Khloé Kardashian Can Sue People for Posting an Unflattering Photo of Her, Why Can’t I? + Other Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered Plus, can artists cash in on their archive the way musicians monetize their catalogues? And do I need to worry about my Zoom performance art? By Katarina Feder, Apr 21, 2021
Opinion Kenny Schachter on the NFT Scheme He Cooked Up With Jerry Saltz to Make Some Big Money (for Charity), and Why It Made Jerry… Less Than Ecstatic Our columnist is up to no good again—but this time it's for a good cause! Oh and Jerry's a part of this tale too. By Kenny Schachter, Apr 21, 2021
Opinion The Gray Market: How a Brazen Hack of That $69 Million Beeple Revealed the True Vulnerability of the NFT Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist explores whether a project called NFTheft undermines a core value proposition of non-fungible tokens. By Tim Schneider, Apr 20, 2021
Op-Ed The Public Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Be Members of Museums. That’s Why We’re Abolishing the Fees at Our Institution The director of the ICA at VCU explains why pay-for-play museum membership should become a thing of the past. By Dominic Asmall Willsdon, Apr 20, 2021