What Painter Jon McNaughton’s New Patriotic-Religious Fantasia of Donald Trump Actually Means

Opinion

What Painter Jon McNaughton’s New Patriotic-Religious Fantasia of Donald Trump Actually Means

Who's the guy with the flowy hair?

By Ben Davis, Jul 29, 2020

Op-Ed

Artists Are Finding Inspiring Ways to Adapt Their Work to a World in Crisis. Arts Organizations Must Do the Same

A project by Krzysztof Wodiczko provides an object lesson in the power of empathy.

By Micaela Martegani, Jul 28, 2020

Op-Ed

How a New Kind of Artist Contract Could Provide a Simple, Effective Way to Redistribute the Art Market’s Wealth

KADIST's new resale rights proposal could help artists take back their market.

By Joseph del Pesco, Jul 27, 2020

Opinion

Why Gavin Brown’s Move to Gladstone Suggests New York Galleries Are Worse Off Than We Thought (and Other Insights)

Our columnist uses the week’s biggest market story to tease out the invisible damage elsewhere in the ecosystem.

By Tim Schneider, Jul 26, 2020

Opinion

How a New Monument Movement Challenges the ‘Great Man Theory of History’ + Two More Thought-Provoking Things to Read This Week

A weekly round-up of interesting and important readings from around the internet.

By Ben Davis, Jul 24, 2020

Op-Ed

The UK Government Has Refused to Compensate Dealers Affected by Its Ivory-Trading Ban. Here’s Why That Has Big Implications

The country's handling of the ban could have widespread legal ramifications concerning personal property.

By Tom Snelling, Jul 24, 2020

Opinion

In Defense of ‘Radical Chic’: How Tom Wolfe’s 1970 Essay Offers a Warning About Debates Over ‘Performative Activism’ Now

What if we looked at the history of "Radical Chic" not from the POV of a celebrity reporter but from that of the activists he was skewering?

By Ben Davis, Jul 22, 2020

Opinion

The Gray Market: Why the Entire Art World Should Back Canadian Arts Workers’ Push for Universal Basic Income (and Other Insights)

Our columnist connects the Canadian art industry’s advocacy for UBI to a week of chilling findings from across the art map.

By Tim Schneider, Jul 19, 2020

Opinion

How to Explain the Malaise of the Post-Internet Art Scene + Two Other Illuminating Reads From Around the Web

A weekly round-up of interesting and important readings from around the internet.

By Ben Davis, Jul 17, 2020

Opinion

‘No More Tokens’: Why Museums Need to Stop Pigeonholing Non-Western Artists

The London-based sculptor writes a call to arms for artists to reject being tokenized by museums that refuse to engage fully with their work.

By Anish Kapoor, Jul 12, 2020

Opinion

The Gray Market: Why Going Into Business With James Murdoch Should Be a No-Brainer for Art Basel and the MCH Group (and Other Insights)

Our columnist tunnels past the toxic legacy of James Murdoch’s lineage and finds a nearly ideal blue-chip art-fair investor.

By Tim Schneider, Jul 12, 2020

Opinion

How Will Advanced Technologies Impact the Art World? 3 Takeaways From the Serpentine’s Future Art Ecosystems Report

The Serpentine's chief technology officer and its curator consider the future of art and technology from an infrastructural perspective.

By Ben Vickers & Victoria Ivanova, Jul 10, 2020

Opinion

How Paul Pfeiffer and Arthur Jafa Help Rethink the Ethics of Sharing Traumatic Imagery + Two Other Illuminating Reads From Around the Web

A weekly round-up of interesting and important readings from around the internet.

By Ben Davis, Jul 10, 2020

Opinion

Are TV Art Auctions the New Televangelism? In a World Gone Mad, Kenny Schachter Tunes In to Watch the Fast and Furious Flipping [UPDATED]

America's beaches are jam-packed, and so is our columnist's surprisingly busy summer art-market schedule these days.

By Kenny Schachter, Jul 7, 2020

Opinion

The Gray Market: Why an Indie Rock Star’s Reparations Pledge Sets an Example for the Art World (and Other Insights)

Our columnist explores the art-market applicability of Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy's ongoing financial support of racial-justice nonprofits.

By Tim Schneider, Jul 5, 2020