Opinion Why I Believe New York’s Art Scene Is Doomed We'll all be living in the "creative suburbs" in a generation. By Ben Davis, Jan 12, 2015
Art & Exhibitions 30 Art-Writing Clichés to Ditch in the New Year Let's all stop saying "haunting," "rhizomatic," and "on acid." Okay? By Ben Davis, Jan 5, 2015
Opinion The Most Important Art Essays of the Year What were the ideas that had everyone talking? By Ben Davis, Dec 30, 2014
Opinion Baz Luhrmann’s Christmas Nightmare at Barneys High art about Love, Beauty, Truth, Freedom, and $800 "champagne sabers." By Ben Davis, Dec 19, 2014
Opinion After Ferguson, A New Protest Culture’s Challenge to Art Viral activism is the most significant new form of culture since graffiti art. By Ben Davis, Dec 16, 2014
Art Fairs Footage of the Traffic-Blocking #Ferguson2Miami Protests During Art Basel By Ben Davis, Dec 6, 2014
Art Fairs Hidden Gems of Miami’s Satellite Art Fairs Because you can’t possibly see it all during fair week in Miami. By Ben Davis, Dec 5, 2014
Art Fairs Angry NetJets Pilots Protest Corporate Greed at Art Basel in Miami Beach A labor dispute involving the longtime sponsor puts a blot on the big fair's opening. By Ben Davis, Dec 3, 2014
Opinion Is Pierre Huyghe the World’s Most Opaque Popular Artist? Ben Davis Sizes Up His LACMA Show The retrospective is a "relational aesthetics" theme park for art nerds. By Ben Davis, Nov 21, 2014
Art & Exhibitions Takashi Murakami Enters His Skull Period at Gagosian The founder of Superflat offers a post-disaster belief system. By Ben Davis, Nov 13, 2014
Art & Exhibitions “Cubism” at the Met: Modern Art That Looks Tragically Antique How did the quintessentially radical art movement come to look so safe? By Ben Davis, Nov 6, 2014
Art & Exhibitions Marina Abramović at Sean Kelly: Has Her Fame Become an Artistic Obstacle? "Generator" is a touching experience, literally if not metaphorically. By Ben Davis, Oct 24, 2014
Art Fairs Critics Plan Flash Mob to Defend Paul McCarthy’s Beseiged Butt Plug By Ben Davis, Oct 22, 2014