Flatten the Cube: Post-Internet Art’s Lessons for Our Current Crisis and What Comes After
Museums are locked down. Galleries are shuttered. The art world we return to—if there is one to return to at all—will be formed in this moment.
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Issues & Commentary
The Cultural Bailout We Need Has Been a Long Time Coming
Private markets and philanthropy will be changed on the other side of this pandemic, so it is time once again to envision what art looks like as a public good.
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Trump Can’t Make Architecture Great Again Without an Infrastructure Plan
A week ago, the draft of a provocative new executive order was leaked to the media—a putative fatwa on modern design, proposing that all future federal buildings be constructed in "classical and…
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How Museums Are Making Artworks Accessible to Blind People Online
Describe what you see: it’s a somewhat straightforward request that has opened up complicated debates about access, labor, and description practices in the art world and beyond.
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A History of the MIT Media Lab Shows Why the Recent Epstein Scandal Is No Surprise
"Deploy or Die!" was Joi Ito's famous slogan for the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Go to war—meaning, in this case, find a practical (and profitable) application for your…
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Issues & Commentary: Organizing the Museum
The successful campaign by New Museum employees to affiliate with Local 2110 is but one in a bevy of recent efforts on the part of highly educated, skilled workers to form collective bargaining units…
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Issues & Commentary: Addressing Returns
There was a time when the principle of returning to African countries art and artifacts removed under colonial rule seemed on its way to becoming an international norm.
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Truisms and Lies
Jenny Holzer sought to counter the abuse of power; Donald Trump seeks to perpetuate it.
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Issues and Commentary: The New Property Regime
The history of copyright shows that a technological fix is not as effective as a social or juridical one.
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Face Off
Deepfakes have rightly inspired fear and handwringing, but they may also force a broad public engagement with questions about the nature of images.
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One of L.A.’s Most Expensive and Bespoke Penthouses Hits the Market for $29 Million
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Remembering Iris Apfel: Former Met Curator Harold Koda Talks Style Influence, Bartering and Originality
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Caitlin Clark Mania Grows After Breaking Maravich’s Record
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