Art Criticism Deana Lawson’s Photos Are Stunningly Popular. They’re Also Dangerously Misunderstood Lawson's elaborate fantasies raise wider questions about the stories that get told about life in a splintering economic order. By Danielle Jackson, Sep 19, 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
Know Your Rights Can an A.I. That Makes Its Own Unique Works Be Granted Copyright? + More Artists-Rights’ Questions, Answered Plus, why aren’t the creators of the Unofficial Bridgerton Musical protected by parody laws? And can I create a silkscreen of YouTube’s LoFi Girl? By Katarina Feder, Sep 4, 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 4, 2022
Know Your Rights Can an Artist Working as a Studio Assistant Take Credit for the Final Artwork? + More Artists-Rights’ Questions, Answered Plus how does Drake get away with copying famous artists? And how did the Ohio State University trademark "the"? By Katarina Feder, Aug 3, 2022
Art Criticism Manifesta 14 Hits the Mark With a Show that Probes Kosovo’s Turbulent Past and Its Asymmetrical Power Relations With the E.U. But Prishtina's historical and monumental venues frequently overshadow the art on view. By Hettie Judah, Jul 26, 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
Know Your Rights Know Your Rights: Could I Get Sued for Publishing the Sneaky Photos I Took of James Turrell’s Roden Crater? + More Artists-Rights’ Questions, Answered Plus how does Stranger Things get away with copying Stephen King? And why does a Winnie the Pooh slasher flick even exist? By Katarina Feder, Jun 23, 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
Art Criticism Oil-Rich Norway’s New National Museum, Home to Munch’s ‘The Scream,’ Is Like a $650 Million Vault. But What Is It Really Protecting? One could have come up with a different answer to the question of what a major institution can be today. By Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Jun 14, 2022
Opinion Warning Labels at Museums Make Art More Accessible to All—But They Should Stop Short of Telling Us How to Think How taking my child to a provocative museum exhibition made me reconsider the value of warning labels. By Hettie Judah, Jun 6, 2022
Know Your Rights Is a Studio Assistant Entitled to Get Some Kind of Credit for Their Boss’s Art? + Other Artists’ Rights Questions, Answered Plus, can I quote other books in my book without getting into trouble? And when are advertisements public domain? By Katarina Feder, May 30, 2022