Politics Revelations About ‘Putin’s Palace’ Helped Spark Widespread Protests in Russia. Here’s What’s Inside His Secret ‘New Versailles’ Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has literally dug out receipts for, among other things, a $28,000 leather sofa. By Ben Davis, Jan 26, 2021
Politics Three Members of Pussy Riot Were Arrested in Russia’s Mass Protests Against the Jailing of Opposition Leader Aleksei Navalny The activist artists were among the thousands calling for the release of the jailed anti-corruption activist. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 26, 2021
Politics Coal Miners. End-Is-Nighers. ‘Black Lives MAGA.’ Here’s What Photographer Ruddy Roye Saw Over Years of Shooting Trump Rallies Eyebeam’s Center for the Future of Journalism supported the new portfolio, published by the New York Review of Books. By Brian Boucher, Jan 22, 2021
Politics We Decode the New Art Biden Just Installed in the Oval Office, From a Bust of Cesar Chavez to a Calming Childe Hassam Painting The National Portrait Gallery has loaned two new sculptures to the Biden administration. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 21, 2021
Politics Why a Republican Senator Presented President Biden a Civil War-Era Painting by a Black Landscape Artist as an Inauguration Gift The painting was completed on the eve of the war by Robert S. Duncanson. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 20, 2021
Politics On a Sparse Inauguration Day, an Art Installation of a Field of Flags Replaces Attendees—See Images Here The installation is in keeping with the inaugural theme of "America United." By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 20, 2021
Politics Trump Pardons Art Dealer Helly Nahmad, Convicted of Running a Gambling Ring Out of Trump Tower, in One of His Final Presidential Acts Nahmad, who owns an entire floor at Trump Tower, was sentenced to prison in 2014. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 20, 2021
Politics One of Trump’s Final Executive Orders Reveals the 244 ‘American Heroes’ He Wants to Honor With a National Sculpture Garden The proposed garden has no funding or location. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 19, 2021
Politics The Museum of London Has Acquired That Giant ‘Trump Baby’ Balloon for Its Collection of Protest Art The museum says the balloon was an important marker of the history of protest in the UK capital. By Naomi Rea, Jan 18, 2021
Politics New York Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang Has a Plan to Boost the City’s Art Community: Subsidize TikTok Hype Houses He also promises an aggressive plan to put light shows on monuments. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 15, 2021
Politics The Art-Filled High Line Is Planning a $60 Million Expansion, Dubbed New York City’s ‘Most Ambitious Redevelopment in Decades’ What you need to know about Andrew Cuomo's plan to expand the High Line. By Artnet News, Jan 11, 2021
Politics The Smithsonian Is Rushing to Collect Flags, Protest Signs, and Other Ephemera From the Pro-Trump Insurrection in the US Capitol Conservators are also cleaning up the corrosive damage of pepper spray and tear gas on the building's historic art. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 11, 2021
Politics ‘The Police Didn’t Know What Was Going to Happen’: 5 Photographers on What It Was Like to Document the Storming of the US Capitol We spoke with a group of photojournalists about the chaotic scene. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 8, 2021
Politics Coachella Officials Have Rejected a Proposal for an Ambitious Desert X Artwork, Claiming It Would ‘Exploit’ Local Plight for Tourism This isn't the first time locals have voiced objections to a Desert X proposal. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 6, 2021
Politics India’s Supreme Court Has Green-Lit the Prime Minister’s Controversial $3 Billion Plan to Revamp Delhi’s Historic Parliament Anish Kapoor is among the critics of Modi's plan. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 6, 2021
