Politics Venice Has Fined the Architect Santiago Calatrava $86,000 for Building a Bridge That—Oops—Can’t Handle Tourists The world-renowned architect argued that tourists dragging wheeled luggage was "incorrect use" of his glass-and-steel bridge over the Grand Canal. By Naomi Rea, Aug 19, 2019
Politics Jenny Holzer, Sanford Biggers, and Others Are Vying to Design a Pulse Nightclub Memorial Museum. But a New Group Is Opposing It A group of survivors, families of victims, and queer activists say the museum is an effort to “monetize the tragedy." By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 16, 2019
Politics A Sculpture That Was Censored From Japan’s Aichi Triennale Will Become a Centerpiece of a New Museum for Banned Art The Spanish collector Taxto Benet plans to install the work in his forthcoming Freedom Museum. By Javier Pes, Aug 15, 2019
Politics 30 Years Ago, Ai Weiwei Was an Extra in a Puccini Opera. Now He’s Directing One—to Address the Hong Kong Protests As always, Ai is taking inspiration from contemporary political events. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 15, 2019
Politics In a Reversal, the San Francisco School Board Has Voted to Cover, Not Destroy, a Series of Controversial High School Murals The move comes after intensifying political pressure on the board, and statements from leaders of the local NAACP and actor Danny Glover. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 14, 2019
Politics Museums Across the UK Are Making Doomsday Plans for Brexit. Here Are Their Biggest Fears Registrars are making contingency plans to avoid having valuable works of art damaged during arduous customs procedures. By Javier Pes, Aug 13, 2019
Politics Trump Official Rephrases Emma Lazarus’s Plaque on the Statue of Liberty to Justify a New Immigration Policy The Trump administration's new immigration regulations seem to contradict the message of Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus." So an official rewrote it. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 13, 2019
Politics Tania Bruguera and Others Are Demanding Their Works Be Removed From the Aichi Triennale After a Censorship Controversy The artists released a letter in a solidarity with the creators of a controversial sculpture of a “comfort woman.” By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 13, 2019
Politics ‘What Is Considered Evil?’: How US Museum Leaders Are Grappling With the Fallout of Warren Kanders’s Controversial Resignation From the Whitney Museum trustees and administrators are debating the new rules of ethical philanthropy. By Eileen Kinsella & Rachel Corbett, Aug 12, 2019
Politics Artists Turn Hong Kong’s Airport Into a Protest Art Studio as Anti-Government Demonstrations Escalate The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei supports the demonstrations, which members of his studio have been recording for a possible artwork. By Naomi Rea, Aug 12, 2019
Politics Jamaica Joins a Growing Number of Nations Calling on the British Museum to Repatriate Its Cultural Artifacts The Caribbean nation's culture minister wants to see its indigenous objects returned. By Naomi Rea, Aug 8, 2019
Politics New York City Told Its Museums to Diversify or Lose Funding. Here’s How They Plan to Address the Problem Recent studies show that museums are falling short on diversity in several key ways. By Taylor Dafoe & Brian Boucher, Aug 5, 2019
Politics Facing Public Threats Over a Sculpture, Japan’s Aichi Triennale Censors Its Own Exhibition About Censorship Organizers received threats over a sculpture of one of the thousands of "comfort women" forced into sexual slavery during World War II. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 5, 2019
Politics An Art Dealer Says Teens Attacked Him for His MAGA Hat. Now, He’s Accusing Police of Anti-Trump Bias Because They Haven’t Found Proof Jahangir “John” Turan, owner of David Parker Gallery, was attacked on Tuesday on Canal Street. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 2, 2019
Politics ‘I’m Anxious for It to Go to the Supreme Court’: Why Nan Goldin Thinks the Latest Lawsuit Against the Sacklers Could Be the Biggest Yet The lawsuit alleges that Purdue Pharma's owners hid billions of dollars to avoid paying opioid victims' claims. By Kate Brown, Aug 1, 2019
