Politics Hundreds of Protesters Demonstrated at the British Museum Against Its Relationship With Oil Giant BP BP maintains sponsorships at the museum and other British institutions. By Javier Pes, Feb 19, 2019
Politics Ai Weiwei Slams the Producers of ‘Berlin, I Love You’ for Allegedly Censoring His Part of the Film Two producers corroborated Ai's account. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 19, 2019
Politics ‘Audacity Is the Only Ticket’: How Winston Churchill, an Amateur Artist, Treated Painting as a Battlefield By David Cannadine, Feb 17, 2019
Politics ‘A Major Victory’: Artists React to Amazon’s Decision to Drop Plans to Establish a New York City Campus In the face of opposition from local politicians and community activists, the online retail giant scrapped plans to move to New York. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 14, 2019
Politics Nan Goldin’s Activist Group Escalates Its War Against the Sacklers With an Open Call to Action at the Met The artist's direct-action group has made a public appeal for anyone to join them at a protest at the museum tomorrow, February 9. By Kate Brown, Feb 8, 2019
Politics What the Cold War Can Teach Us About How Art Shapes Politics in Times of Conflict A new book by John J. Curley sheds light on the role that images played in the Cold War. By John J. Curley, Feb 7, 2019
Politics The German Government Is Putting More Than $2 Million Behind Restitution Research Into Objects From Colonial Contexts The money will fund the research of colonial-era objects in German institutional collections. By Kate Brown, Feb 5, 2019
Politics ‘The Real Problem Comes From the West’: Ai Weiwei Slams the US and Canada for Their Complicity in Tensions With China The artist spoke out in an open letter circulated today by Toronto's Gardiner Museum. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 30, 2019
Politics Bruno Latour, the Philosopher of Science Who Changed Art Theory, Explains His New Book on Climate Change The author of 'Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime' on the Yellow Vest movement and his manifesto for the EU. By Ben Davis, Jan 29, 2019
Politics Four Months After the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Western Cultural Leaders Are Still Helping Saudi Arabia Become a Global Tourist Destination Current and former executives from Sotheby's and UNESCO, among others, remain involved in the Al-Ula project. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 27, 2019
Politics The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago Is Lowering Admission Prices for Those Affected by the Gender Pay Gap The new pricing will take effect next month, just after the museum opens a retrospective of feminist photographer Laurie Simmons's work. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 25, 2019
Politics After a Yearslong Protest, the University of Notre Dame Decides to Cover Up an Epic Mural of Christopher Columbus The university acknowledged that the frescoes show a skewed version of American history that ignores the reality of colonialism. By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 24, 2019
Politics In a Landslide Decision, Employees at the New Museum Vote to Unionize The staffers hope the union will help to address grievances such as low pay and long hours. By Rachel Corbett & Julia Halperin, Jan 24, 2019
Politics ‘The Idea Is Not to Empty Museums’: Authors of France’s Blockbuster Restitution Report Say Their Work Has Been Misrepresented Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy say the media misunderstood their argument and oversimplified their ideas. By Kate Brown, Jan 24, 2019
Politics ‘We’re All in Freefall’: Museum Workers Scramble for Cash Amid the Longest US Government Shutdown in History Employees of federal museums are looking for part-time work, anxiously checking their bank balances, and fretting about what's to come. By Menachem Wecker, Jan 17, 2019
