Opinion The Gray Market: The Biggest Tension Behind Klaus Biesenbach’s New Gig at MOCA (and Other Insights) Our columnist on Klaus Biesenbach's main challenge at MOCA, France's Culture Pass, and a game-changing donor for social practice artwork. By Tim Schneider, Aug 5, 2018
Opinion The Toxic Legacy of Zombie Formalism, Part 2: How the Art System’s Entropy Is Raising the Political Stakes for Culture Debt Aesthetics make new political themes increasingly attractive. By Chris Wiley, Jul 29, 2018
Opinion The Toxic Legacy of Zombie Formalism, Part 1: How an Unhinged Economy Spawned a New World of ‘Debt Aesthetics’ Zombie Formalism may have been the most important movement of the last decade. What did it mean? By Chris Wiley, Jul 25, 2018
Opinion Putting Art in the Back Seat, Kenny Schachter Goes to Venerate the Old Masters of the Racetrack at the Festival of Speed With a lull in the art calendar, our columnist went off to pursue his second all-consuming passion—classic cars—at a tony British hillclimb. By Kenny Schachter, Jul 19, 2018
Opinion Is Hannah Gadsby, the Comedian Behind Netflix’s Viral Standup Special, Today’s Most Vital Art Critic? At a time when the art world still hasn't quite figured out how to address icons who have done abominable things, Gadsby's special "Nanette" should be required viewing. By Julia Halperin, Jul 15, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Record-Breaking Attendance Figures Don’t Answer Key Questions About the Met’s Admissions Policy (and Other Insights) Our columnist on the fog over the Metropolitan Museum of Art's visitor figures and a controversial peer-reviewed study about artists. By Tim Schneider, Jul 8, 2018
Opinion Summer Shocker: Kenny Schachter Hits the Art-Gossip Goldmine… and Keeps It to Himself Our columnist shows unusual discretion after seeing something he really shouldn't have during the London auctions. By Kenny Schachter, Jul 2, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Mega-Gallery Podcasts and Magazines Mean More Than You Think (and Other Insights) Our columnist weighs David Zwirner's new podcast and the Gagosian Quarterly alongside Cheim & Read's pivot into "private practice." By Tim Schneider, Jul 1, 2018
Opinion Why the Passing of Interview Magazine and the Rise of Gagosian Quarterly Represents a New Era for the Art World Some of the most inventive writing and ambitious art coverage is happening in the pages of art-marketing magazines. By Richard Polsky, Jun 26, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: How One Warhol Auction Embodies the Blind Spots of Many Blockchain Art Startups (and Other Insights) Our columnist uses the "first-ever blockchain-based auction of fine art" to throw cold water on an overheated art-tech space. By Tim Schneider, Jun 24, 2018
Opinion Kim Jong-who? At Art Basel, $165 Million Sales and Other Dizzying Disclosures Made the Rest of the World Disappear Stunning revelations abounded at this year's art fair, where the art sales and machinations flowed almost as voluminously as the booze. By Kenny Schachter, Jun 18, 2018
Opinion Art History, or the Illuminati? What Jay-Z and Beyoncé Are Really Up to With Their Viral New Louvre Video Three ways to look at the 'Apes**t' video. By Ben Davis, Jun 18, 2018
Opinion Why the Legal Strategy Behind Masterpiece Cakeshop Gets Art Backwards—and Why It Should Make People Nervous What happens when the definition of “art” becomes a burning political issue of our day. By Ben Davis, Jun 6, 2018
Opinion How Purple Magazine Intern-Turned-Scam Artist Anna Delvey Turned Contemporary Art Into the Perfect Tool for Fraud Take a look at Delvey's Instagram and behold what a hollowed-out signifier art has become. By Ben Davis, May 30, 2018
Opinion Jordan Peterson, the Controversial Pro-Male Philosopher, Says He Hates Postmodern Art. But He Secretly Loves It! The author of "12 Rules for Life" loves Socialist Realist art. By Ben Davis, May 24, 2018
