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    I Organized My First Art Show From Behind Bars. Here’s How Incarcerated Curators Can Help Us See the World Differently

    Rahsaan “New York” Thomas describes why the role of incarcerated curators matters.

    By Rahsaan Thomas, Apr 27, 2022

  • Op-Ed

    In the Past Two Years, Museums Have Finally Started Hiring Black Women for Top Jobs. Why Are So Many Already Leaving?

    It takes ongoing institutional support to create true change.

    By Lise Ragbir, Mar 17, 2022

  • Op-Ed

    Three Years Ago, I Had Dinner With Vladimir Putin. What He Told Me Makes Me Fearful for Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage

    My impression then, as now, is that Putin fundamentally views Russian culture as indisputable evidence of superiority.

    By Maya Asha McDonald, Mar 10, 2022

  • Op-Ed

    Russians Live in a Police State. Don’t Write Off Its Art Professionals for Failing to Exercise Freedoms They Don’t Have

    Calls for blanket boycotts lack understanding of the realities of art in Russia.

    By Anton Svyatsky, Mar 8, 2022

  • Op-Ed

    I Grew Up Behind the Iron Curtain. Isolating Russia’s Art and Artists Will Not Help Us Achieve Peace

    A cultural boycott is not the answer.

    By András Szántó, Mar 7, 2022

  • Op-Ed

    Why Artist and Museum Merchandise Is the Next Major Growth Category for the Ever-Expanding Art Market

    Museums, galleries, and even individual artists are clamoring for a piece of the growing pie. And it's only just beginning.

    By Elliot Safra, Mar 4, 2022

  • Op-Ed

    Russian Cultural Elites Want to Call This Putin’s War. But They, Too, Bear Responsibility for the Atrocities in Ukraine

    How the long-running political passivity of many Russian intellectuals paved the way to the current war with Ukraine.

    By Oleksandr Vynogradov & Lisa Korneichuk, Mar 3, 2022

  • Op-Ed

    Creative Time Organized a Forum for 8 Illustrious Thinkers to Imagine How Institutions Can Do Better. Here’s What They Said

    The first lesson of the Creative Time Think Tank? Listening is not enough.

    By Natasha Logan & Justine Ludwig, Feb 28, 2022

  • Op-Ed

    Collectors Have an Ethical Responsibility to Keep the Art Market Fair. Here Are 8 Key Rules to Hold Them Accountable

    A group of like-minded collectors have drawn up a formal Code of Conduct for Contemporary Art Collectors.

    By Piergiorgio Pepe, on behalf of Ethics of Collecting, Feb 24, 2022

  • Op-Ed

    Art Programming for Former U.S. Prisoners Is Practically Nonexistent. Here’s Why That Should Change

    The founders of Silver Art Projects argue that art is essential in helping reintegrate former prisoners into society.

    By Joshua Pulman & Cory Silverstein, Feb 4, 2022

  • Op-Ed

    Art Institutions Aren’t Doing Enough to Lead on Climate Change. Here’s How the Industry Should Rethink Its Responsibility

    The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation is taking one key step with the launch of the new Climate Art Awards.

    By András Szántó & Orville Schell, Jan 17, 2022

  • Op-Ed

    The U.K. Has Held Onto the Parthenon Marbles for Centuries—But the Tide Is Turning. Here’s Why I Expect Them to Be Returned by 2030

    Lockdowns have played a significant role in shifting the public's perception on restitution.

    By Dan Hicks, Dec 15, 2021

  • Op-Ed

    Mentorship Can Help Make the Art Industry Less Opaque and Exclusionary. Here’s How to Make the Relationship Work

    Mentorship is vital in the art world, a sector that does not offer linear career paths or transparent information.

    By Cat Manson, Dec 9, 2021

  • Op-Ed

    Selling Art on Commission Is Unfair to Artists. Here’s Why a Direct-to-Consumer Approach Is the Future of the Art Market

    Artist and nonprofit gallery founder Stacie McCormick makes the case for alternative sales models.

    By Stacie McCormick, Nov 24, 2021

  • Op-Ed

    The Recent Sale of Amy Sherald’s ‘Welfare Queen’ Symbolizes the Urgent Need for Resale Royalties and Economic Equity for Artists

    There are creative ways that collectors, auction houses, and artists can collaborate to build a system of "resale equity."

    By Cheryl Finley & Lauren van Haaften-Schick & Christian Reeder & Amy Whitaker, Nov 22, 2021

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