Op-Ed Art Institutions Aren’t Doing Enough to Lead on Climate Change. Here’s How the Industry Should Rethink Its Responsibility The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation is taking one key step with the launch of the new Climate Art Awards. By András Szántó & Orville Schell, Jan 16, 2022
Curiosities How Seriously Should We Take This Bored-Ape Conspiracy Theory? + More Questions About the Week’s Art News Plus, is this the strangest art sponcon to date? By Ben Davis, Jan 11, 2022
Opinion From Immersive Everything to the Rise of Museum Unions, These 7 Trends Defined the Art World in 2021—and Will Shape the Year to Come A look at the movements that defined 2021 in the art world, and how they may evolve in the year ahead. By Ben Davis, Jan 2, 2022
Know Your Rights Can I Earn Royalties Anytime Someone Resells My NFT? + Other Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered Plus, why exactly is Taylor Swift re-recording all her music? And can I use any photograph I take of an artist's work in a museum? By Katarina Feder, Dec 21, 2021
Art Criticism Full of Both Passion and Grace, MoMA PS1’s ‘Greater New York’ Exhibition Is a Model of Intelligent Curating PS1's big show feels like a show about the actual life of New York, rather than being just for tourists looking for a good photo. By Marianela D'Aprile, Dec 21, 2021
Curiosities What If the ‘Birds Aren’t Real’ Movement Backfires? + More Questions I Have About the Week’s Art News Also, are we in an Indie Aesthetics boom? By Ben Davis, Dec 15, 2021
Op-Ed The U.K. Has Held Onto the Parthenon Marbles for Centuries—But the Tide Is Turning. Here’s Why I Expect Them to Be Returned by 2030 Lockdowns have played a significant role in shifting the public's perception on restitution. By Dan Hicks, Dec 14, 2021
Op-Ed Mentorship Can Help Make the Art Industry Less Opaque and Exclusionary. Here’s How to Make the Relationship Work Mentorship is vital in the art world, a sector that does not offer linear career paths or transparent information. By Cat Manson, Dec 8, 2021
Curiosities Why Does ArtReview’s ‘Power 100’ Skip Over the Actually Powerful? + Other Questions I Have on the Week’s Art News Plus, what do art audiences really want? By Ben Davis, Dec 8, 2021
Opinion Inside the NFT Rush: Crypto-Art Promises to Transform the Whole World—But Throw Some Totally Dope Parties First In the fourth article in our series, we enter the Dreamverse. By Ben Davis, Dec 3, 2021
Curiosities Why’s Frida Kahlo’s Family Dismantling Her House for an NFT? Did ‘Succession’ Dis the Shed? + Other Questions I Have About the Week’s Art News Plus, what happens to the ConstitutionDAO's crypto now? By Ben Davis, Nov 30, 2021
Opinion Inside the NFT Rush: Speculators Offer Up the Literal Formula for Success, Plus Other Lessons From ‘Crypto Coachella’ In the third part of a series, we go to an auction of Rare Pepes. By Ben Davis, Nov 29, 2021
Know Your Rights Can Two People Who Own the Same Art Print Both Mint NFTs of It? + Other Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered Plus, is Tesla abusing copyright law by forcing YouTube to remove unflattering videos? And why is Le Tigre in trouble? By Katarina Feder, Nov 28, 2021
Opinion Inside the NFT Rush: Entrepreneurs Promise NFTs Will Destroy the Gatekeepers, While Jockeying to Become the New Gatekeepers In the second part of a series, we sum up some of the themes of NFT.NYC, and fail to get into a party. By Ben Davis, Nov 24, 2021
Op-Ed Selling Art on Commission Is Unfair to Artists. Here’s Why a Direct-to-Consumer Approach Is the Future of the Art Market Artist and nonprofit gallery founder Stacie McCormick makes the case for alternative sales models. By Stacie McCormick, Nov 23, 2021