Columns Hard Choices: Should You Become a Performance Artist? Art world ethicists Chen & Lampert offer a quiz to take to see your fate. By Chen & Lampert Oct 25, 2023 8:00 am
Columns Hard Truths: Can a Non-Profit Director Dodge Janitor Duty? An overworked administrator bemoans their fate, and an artist ponders dumbing down. By Chen & Lampert Sep 26, 2023 2:27 pm
Columns Hard Truths: Can AI Find Eternal Truth in Brushstrokes of Yore? A curious inquisitor claims that authentication of artworks might best be left to non-human means. By Chen & Lampert Aug 11, 2023 8:00 am
Columns Hard Choices: Do You Actually Like Video Art? Art world ethicists Chen & Lampert help to determine if video art is actually any better than TikTok. By Chen & Lampert Jul 6, 2023 12:08 pm
Columns Hard Truths: Can an Art Professor Tell His Students They Suck Without Sucking Himself? A teacher asks for advice about how to treat his pupils, and a fledgling artist ponders grad school. By Chen & Lampert Jun 14, 2023 11:54 am
Columns Hard Truths: Can a Sommelier Help the Art World Evolve Beyond ‘Grape-Flavored Toilet Water’? A wine lover wonders why the art world drinks swill, and a preservationist ponders how to off a boffo boss. By Chen & Lampert Jun 5, 2023 11:55 am
Columns Hard Truths: Can a Doofus Director Be Made to Accept Their Fate? An ousted director doesn't seem to want to leave, and an assistant bemoans their bosses clumsiness with email. By Chen & Lampert May 10, 2023 11:02 am
Columns Hard Truths: Is Yoga a More Prudent Career Path Than Art Criticism? A writer considers putting down the pen, and an artist wonders whether to take care of an old professor's disgusting dog. By Chen & Lampert Feb 24, 2023 11:52 am
Columns Hard Truths: Can an Activist Smear Food on Art Without Consequences? A protestor wants to make an impact, and a teacher bemoans his old grad-school email list. By Chen & Lampert Jan 19, 2023 11:59 am
Columns Hard Truths: How Can a Collector Fire His Art Adviser Without Burning a Bridge? Dubious taste puts an adviser on watch, and an NFT devotee wonders what he's done. By Chen & Lampert Dec 8, 2022 10:27 am
WWD Remembering Iris Apfel: Former Met Curator Harold Koda Talks Style Influence, Bartering and Originality