Opinion There Has to Be a Better Way to Argue About the Climate-Activist Attacks on Art The strategy of "pushing cultural buttons" comes with a price. By Ben Davis, Nov 21, 2022
Opinion Culture Seems Stagnant Because Everyone Is Exhausted, Not ‘Because of the Internet’ What’s to blame for the feeling that we live in a time of “cultural stasis”? By Ben Davis, Sep 5, 2022
Art Criticism Here Is What the Riddle at the Heart of the 2022 Whitney Biennial Actually Means A philosophy unites the show's many enigmas—but it wants you work to uncover it. By Ben Davis, May 5, 2022
Art Criticism The 2022 Venice Biennale Is an Artistically Outstanding, Philosophically Troubling Hymn to Post-Humanism "Post-humanism" is the master key to the big show. But what does it mean? By Ben Davis, May 2, 2022
Curiosities The Culturati Are Betting on a Vibe Shift. But We May Actually Be Stuck in Vibe Purgatory Unpacking a great new catchphrase. By Ben Davis, Feb 25, 2022
Curiosities Bored Ape Yacht Club Fans Were Sure That Snoop Dogg or Eminem Would Give Them a Super Bowl Plug. Their Dreams Were Dashed Snoop Dogg did not turn into a mutant ape onstage at Super Bowl LVI. By Ben Davis, Feb 16, 2022
Curiosities Beeple Is Probably Right That NFTs Will Change Politics. So Far, That Change Is for the Worse "Digital merch" or new-model way for the rich to sell access? By Ben Davis, Feb 10, 2022
Curiosities The Hilariously Random and Downright Goofy Story of the ‘Talisman of Napoleon,’ Whose Owners Hope to Sell It for $250 Million Pat Boone is on board. By Ben Davis, Feb 3, 2022
Curiosities Is the Museum-as-Nail Salon the Greatest Idea to Emerge From Lockdown? + Other Questions I Have About the Week’s Art News Plus, what part of the art world will Emily in Paris change next? By Ben Davis, Jan 25, 2022
Art Criticism The Prospect 5 Triennial Reflects Contemporary Culture’s Hunger for Widespread Yet Specific Historical Reckoning The fifth edition of the important art survey is in its final week. By Ben Davis, Jan 19, 2022
Curiosities How Seriously Should We Take This Bored-Ape Conspiracy Theory? + More Questions About the Week’s Art News Plus, is this the strangest art sponcon to date? By Ben Davis, Jan 11, 2022
Opinion From Immersive Everything to the Rise of Museum Unions, These 7 Trends Defined the Art World in 2021—and Will Shape the Year to Come A look at the movements that defined 2021 in the art world, and how they may evolve in the year ahead. By Ben Davis, Jan 3, 2022
Curiosities What If the ‘Birds Aren’t Real’ Movement Backfires? + More Questions I Have About the Week’s Art News Also, are we in an Indie Aesthetics boom? By Ben Davis, Dec 15, 2021
Curiosities Why Does ArtReview’s ‘Power 100’ Skip Over the Actually Powerful? + Other Questions I Have on the Week’s Art News Plus, what do art audiences really want? By Ben Davis, Dec 8, 2021
Opinion Inside the NFT Rush: Crypto-Art Promises to Transform the Whole World—But Throw Some Totally Dope Parties First In the fourth article in our series, we enter the Dreamverse. By Ben Davis, Dec 3, 2021