Op-Ed We Have Colonized Potentiality: Artist Jordan Deal Reflects on Public Gathering as a Space of Sanctuary and Peril This is the latest in a series of essays commissioned from artists by PROTODISPATCH. By Jordan Deal, Mar 14, 2023
Op-Ed Gallerist Anat Ebgi Reflects on Why Los Angeles Is a Place ‘Where People are Willing to be More Provocative’ Once a transplant herself, the now-established dealer welcomes the city's latest entrants to the fold. By Anat Ebgi, Feb 16, 2023
Op-Ed A Black Aquatic: An Artist Explores the Relationship Between Black People and Water This is the latest in a series of essays commissioned from artists by PROTODISPATCH. By Kenya (Robinson), Jan 13, 2023
Op-Ed COP27 Brought Forward Key Lessons for the Art World. Here’s How It Can Step Up and Get Involved There are some urgent takeaways from the climate conference that those in the art industry should know. By Isla Angus, Nov 28, 2022
Op-Ed The New School’s Part-Time Faculty Can’t Afford Not to Strike. We’re Fighting to Survive And we're fighting for the values that the school stands for. By Ana Tuazon, Nov 19, 2022
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 2, 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 26, 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 18, 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 17, 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
