Opinion
The last week has been something of a rollercoaster of news about the Los Angeles museum world. First, after months — years, even! — of financial turmoil for the smaller institution, LACMA officially submitted a bid at the end of February offering merge with...
Speaking at the first Edinburgh International Culture Summit yesterday, EU culture commissioner Androulla Vassiliou reaffirmed the need for EU states to maintain funding for the arts."Culture represents a public good in which every citizen has a stake and I...
The stakes in U.S. Supreme Court's decision today about the Affordable Care Act were high — not least for practicing artists. Even if they’re industrious and well-educated, artists occupy a particularly precarious sector of the workforce where...
The art world lost a valued voice yesterday when Artnet announced it was shutting down its magazine after 16 years on the Web. Among the first online-only art publications, Artnet became known for its wry tone, its crisp art-market commentary, and its...
NEW YORK — People love the New York Public Library, and yet there’s a general agreement that it cannot survive in its current state. Even with a user base of 15.3 million people, it chronically struggles to compete among the other priorities addressed by...
Sotheby's CEO and six-million dollar man Bill Ruprecht probably doesn’t read the leftist intellectual journal n+1. If he did, he probably wouldn’t be amused.Discreetly nestled in the “Reviews” section of the current issue, behind James Franco’s...
