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LA’s Art Scene Is Not a New York Outpost
Artist-run spaces represent the heart of Los Angeles’s art scene, yet most people still see the city’s identity as tied to the market — one that’s increasingly influenced by the East Coast.
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All About Love From a Black Medieval Angel
A rare manuscript illustration casts Blackness not as a mirror of sin, but the ground from which love itself might take shape.
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NYC Deserves a Culture Commissioner Who Cares
The city is in a deep affordability crisis that is reshaping who can live and work here, and which institutions can survive.
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Teaching Children Taught Me How to Be an Artist
My young students reminded me that my entire body is an extension of my art and making.
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Israel's Plan to Artwash Genocide at the Venice Biennale
The artwork at the heart of the pavilion promises to continue the project of denying Palestinian existence.
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When Artists Lose Their Archives
I couldn't afford my storage unit anymore. After it was auctioned off, I found out that parts of my lost work were being sold online.
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Epstein Files Expose the Depths of the Art World's Rot
How do we empower arts leaders to reject funding from corrupt individuals in favor of donors who have proven themselves to be civic leaders?
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Archival Art Will Not Save Us
Archival work has a place in historical recovery and cultural self-understanding. But not every artwork must be archival, and our politics shouldn’t end with presence rather than action.
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After the Strike, Will Art Galleries Be Allies?
If deleting the social media post tomorrow would change nothing about how artists are paid or how resources are allocated, the gallery’s allyship is disposable.
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How Trump Is Jeopardizing the US Art Market
If entering the country suddenly requires surrendering your digital life and private information, how long before artists and collectors simply choose not to come?
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Gabrielle Goliath Strikes a Tuning Fork of Dissent
The cancellation of the South African artist’s Venice Biennale pavilion reveals the machinations of state censorship — and the ways we can collectively resist it.
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On Being a Somali Artist in Minnesota
Violence has a way of turning familiar places into guarded ground. And yet, I ask not what has been taken, but what we will continue to build from what remains.