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The Romance Between the Art Market and Cryptocurrencies Is Getting Weirder Every Day. It Won’t End Well.

A look at some of the more outlandish news from the rapidly mutating world of art-and-cryptocurrency.

The Gray Market: Why Tate’s Wikipedia-Supplied Artist Biographies Are More Than Just Embarrassing (and Other Insights)

Our columnist on dangers in Tate outsourcing online content to Wikipedia, funding the arts with hotel taxes, and Art Basel Cities.

While Mark Grotjahn Angles for a Megadeal, Kenny Schachter Is Dying to Make His Own Retrospective a Success

How to Raise the Money You Need to Run a Thriving Museum—While Preserving Your Independence

The director of SculptureCenter proposes a few best practices at a time when it's never been more expensive to operate a cultural institution.

The Gray Market: Why the Debate Over Deaccessioning Might Really Be a Debate About America (and Other Insights)

Our columnist digs back through American history to ask whether public opinion about deaccessioning is just a stand-in for something bigger.

Why Is the Case of Jailed Photographer Shahidul Alam So Important? Martin Parr, Dayanita Singh, and Others Explain His Significance

The Bangladeshi photographer is being punished for criticizing the government. Here's why you should pay attention.

Is the QAnon Conspiracy the Work of Artist-Activist Pranksters? The Evidence for (And Against) a Dangerous Hypothesis

The history of "Luther Blissett," the Italian media jamming movement, is suddenly relevant to the US political discussion.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.