Opinion: White privilege and the responsibility to enact change

“Every day, I walk home past little brass Stolpersteine or "stumbling stones" that bear the names of Jews ripped from their homes by Nazis. When I walk by them, I think about complicity. I wonder about the people who let their neighbors be stripped of their dignity and led away to their deaths. What were they thinking as they witnessed this happening? How did they justify their inaction?” Read more.

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Digitize Or Die: Advice On How To Move Your Art Business Online From 30 Under 30 Alums

“Like many industries, the art world is dealing with a forced migration online for the foreseeable future. While large galleries, museums and art fairs have set up virtual exhibits in light of stay-at-home orders, the results have not always been remarkable. Even before the current crisis, many corners of the art world were slow to meet audiences on the devices we spend so much of our time staring at – our computers, tablets, and phones…” Read more.

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Museums Are Closed, But Digital Exhibitions Could Be A Revenue Source—If Only They Tried

“Arriving at London's St. Pancras International train station via the Eurostar from Brussels or Paris, visitors and Brits returning home are greeted by Tracy Emin's neon text, "I want my time with you". With the emotions of a lover nearing a breakup, Emin's work reminds us that this international relationship is coming to an end...” Read more.

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Brexit: A Golden Moment For British Artwork

“Arriving at London's St. Pancras International train station via the Eurostar from Brussels or Paris, visitors and Brits returning home are greeted by Tracy Emin's neon text, "I want my time with you". With the emotions of a lover nearing a breakup, Emin's work reminds us that this international relationship is coming to an end...” Read more.

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Big tobacco keeps starting 'grassroots' Facebook campaigns

“Facebook groups like 'Oregonians Against Tax Hikes' and 'No Blank Checks for Colorado' look like citizen groups concerned about taxes. But after a few months running extensive Facebook ad campaigns, they recede with members' petition signatures and personal data. They also happen to be owned and operated by tobacco companies.…” Read more.

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Radiocarbon Dating May Help Uncover Art Forgeries

“Art forgeries have been a problem for centuries and still plague the art world today. Last year an art museum in France found 60% of its works supposedly by artist Étienne Terrus to be frauds. A show of Amedeo Modigliani paintings in Genoa, Italy in 2018 turned out to be entirely fake, but for one of the 21 paintings…” Read more.

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