Op-Ed There Is a Long History of Vandalizing Art for a Cause. But Is It Effective? The author of "Takedown: Art and Power in the Digital Age" explores what the past can teach us about the current eco-protest wave. By Farah Nayeri, Nov 3, 2022
Op-Ed What We Hold in Common: Making Meaning by Collecting Objects and Narratives of the Present, the Earth, and the Deep Past This is the latest in a series of essays commissioned from artists by PROTODISPATCH. By Ishmael Randall-Weeks & Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Nov 1, 2022
Op-Ed I Make Art With A.I. Here’s Why All Artists Need to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Technology Creators could have a hand in how the technology develops, directing its use in new mediums. By Agnieszka Pilat, Oct 27, 2022
Op-Ed Why Does the United States Government Want to Talk to the Supreme Court About Andy Warhol? The Solicitor General's brief in a landmark Supreme Court case seems to support a photographer whose work Warhol appropriated. But it's more complicated than it seems. By Amy J. Goldrich, Oct 6, 2022
Op-Ed Why the World Needs ‘Dataism,’ the New Art Movement That Helps Us Understand How Our World Is Shaped by Big Data The head of the scientist-and-artist collective BarabásiLab reflects on the transformative power of data in art. By Albert-László Barabási, Sep 23, 2022
Op-Ed Three Hongkongers on Making Documentary Film Under the Gaze of the State This is the first in a series of essays commissioned by PROTODISPATCH. By Tiffany Sia & Emilie Sin Yi Choi & Chan Tze-woon, Sep 14, 2022
Op-Ed America Must Ensure That Russia Does Not Evade Sanctions. Here’s How the Art Market Can Help Legal and regulatory loopholes threaten not only our global security and economic integrity, but legitimate collectors, dealers, and auction houses, too. By Deborah Lehr, Jul 19, 2022
Op-Ed Museums Need to Be Braver. Here’s How College and University Art Galleries Can Offer the Sector at Large a Roadmap for Reinvention Here are five ways campus museums model a more courageous future. By Christina Olsen, Jul 18, 2022
Op-Ed While the U.S. Celebrates the End of Slavery on Juneteenth, Incarcerated Artists Depict the Harsh Reality That Forced Labor Persists in Prison The Thirteenth Amendment includes an exception that allows for slavery as punishment for a crime. Artists and organizations are working to end that. By Nicole Fleetwood, Jun 19, 2022
Op-Ed As an Art Advisor, I’ve Watched ‘Meme Art’ Destroy All Logic in the Art Market. Here’s What We Can Do About It The traditional way of determining value in the art market has gone out the window. And that could be catastrophic for the entire system. By Lisa Schiff, Jun 15, 2022
Op-Ed Decolonizing Museums Doesn’t Help Plantation Workers Like Us in the Congo. So We’re Selling NFTs to Buy Back Our Land "If you want to decolonize, you need to share your tools with the colonized," said the Congolese Plantation Workers Art League. By Cedart Tamasala & Mathieu Kasiama, Jun 14, 2022
Op-Ed My Art and Tech Company Has a Four-Day Work Week. It’s Made Us More Creative, More Productive, and Much, Much Happier Kickstarter's Head of Arts explains how to move your arts organization to a more flexible and sustainable weekly schedule. By Patton Hindle, May 24, 2022
Op-Ed 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