Politics In the Mysterious Fall of New York City’s Culture Czar, ‘The Usual Suspects’ Actor Chazz Palmenteri May Have Played a Part A dust-up over a monument to an Italian-American saint gave de Blasio rival Andrew Cuomo a chance to score points. By Brian Boucher, Nov 6, 2019
Politics How One Performance Artist in Florida Is Bringing Together a Wounded Community With a Little Help From Michael Bloomberg Members of the public are invited to join the public performance. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 5, 2019
Politics Christie’s Asks to Be Excluded From Trump’s Tariffs on Chinese Imports, Claiming It Would Cause a ‘Significant Loss’ to Its Business The auction house was among the first companies to seek relief from a 15 percent tax on art and antiques in China. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 1, 2019
Politics Artist Phil Collins Pulls His Work From a MoMA PS1 Show in Protest of a Trustee’s Ties to For-Profit Prisons MoMA donor Larry Fink and his company BlackRock are under scrutiny. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 30, 2019
Politics Pakistani Authorities Shut Down a Show in the Karachi Biennial That Criticized the Government’s Extrajudicial Killings Adeela Sulemen's work was destroyed and called “vandalism.” By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 30, 2019
Politics In Solidarity With the Kurdish People, Artist Hito Steyerl Demands That Germany Stops Showing Her Work as Part of Cultural Diplomacy The German artist took to the stage in a feminist performance condemning the country's "tacit" complicity with Turkey's military offensive. By Kate Brown, Oct 29, 2019
Politics Hundreds of Artists, Academics, and Writers Have Signed a Petition Calling for a Boycott of Cultural Institutions in Turkey The petition comes on the heels of Turkey's invasion of Kurdish regions in Syria. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 23, 2019
Politics The US Army Is Launching a 21st-Century Version of the Monuments Men to Protect Cultural Heritage in War-Torn Regions The new Monuments Men are here. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 22, 2019
Politics Arts Organizations in Beirut Are Closing in Solidarity with the Millions of Lebanese Protesting the Government Museums, galleries, and arts foundations have halted business indefinitely. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 22, 2019
Politics New York City Politician Melissa Mark-Viverito Is Arrested During a Protest of MoMA Trustee Steven Tananbaum Multiple groups targeted the museum for its ties to hedge fund investor Steven Tananbaum. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 21, 2019
Politics An Istanbul Art Fair’s Chairman Has Apologized for a Mass Email Defending Turkey’s Invasion of Syria—But a Staff Exodus Has Begun Ali Güreli says his remarks were driven by "emotions." By Naomi Rea, Oct 21, 2019
Politics More Than 100 Academics Have Signed a Letter Demanding That Germany Immediately Open Its Colonial-Era Collections to Researchers The petition puts increased pressure on the German state to act swiftly. By Kate Brown, Oct 17, 2019
Politics The Founder of a Turkish State-Backed Art Fair Is Asking the Art World Not to Believe ‘Black Propaganda’ About Turkey’s Invasion of Syria Ali Güreli says the operation has been miscast by the media. By Naomi Rea, Oct 15, 2019
Politics Desert X Organizers Have Ignited a Firestorm of Controversy by Launching a Saudi Arabian Edition of the Biennial Three board members have left the organization following the move. By Catherine Wagley, Oct 9, 2019
Politics An Italian Court Has Blocked the Loan of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ to the Louvre at the Last Minute The decision follows legal filings by an Italian heritage group. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 8, 2019
