Opinion
Paris+ by Art Basel Fails Even as it Starts
The leadership of Paris+ and its 10-dealer-strong advisory board have oddly forgotten to include a single person of color.
Opinion
Opinion
Regarding the Pain of Others, on Social Media
While influencers market their brands using images of beauty ideals and upward mobility, grief accounts have started popping up, offering a different message.
Opinion
Why We Need to Care for and Maintain Public Art
Does public artwork left in ruin impact community mental health?
Opinion
How the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Might Curtail Antiquity Theft
The bottom line is that current laws on the trade of antiquities are insufficient, allowing the looting of culturally significant property to continue.
Opinion
Why We Must Challenge the Typical Museum Narrative Regarding Ancient Egypt
For museums to truly grasp their colonial history, self-examination must go beyond questioning how they built their collections to how they interpret them.
Art
Unmasking a History of Colonial Violence in a German Museum
At Leipzig’s Grassi Museum, a Tanzanian-German artist collaboration is reimagining the removal of a plinth as sculptural gesture in its own right.
Opinion
Why We Should Care About the Video Essay
Playing in the poetic space between documentary and fiction, the inclusion of found footage and screen recordings has turned the video essay into a representation of online life.
Opinion
Why We Can’t Have Mid-Century Modern
It appears that mid-century modernism’s cultish popularity has all but blinded us to the basic needs it was initially meant to address.
Opinion
A Rehang of Hopper’s Iconic “Nighthawks” Changes the Game
Psychologically, the work of both Gertrude Abercrombie and Hughie Lee-Smith enhance the otherworldly isolation of “Nighthawks.”
Opinion
For the Love of Murderous Women
In a recent episode on Aileen Wuornos in the docuseries, Catching Killers, one talking head investigator is baffled by her actions, but I understand her deeply.
Opinion
What Our Use of Holograms Says About How We Remember
What holograms offer only reminds us that the types of audience interaction they invite cannot fully animate the past.
Opinion
The Backlash Against Oil Sponsorship Can Push for Broader Change in Museums
The British Museum’s complicity in BP’s artwashing ranks alongside the museum’s continual refusal to engage with its own colonial history.