Comment | Conversations about Crimea’s fate should start with one group—the Crimean Tatars – The Art Newspaper
When the world discusses Crimea, the conversation often begins and ends with the question: to whom does it belong? Left ...
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Comment | Now is the time to fight for US arts funding – The Art Newspaper
Across the US, the arts community is under siege. The president’s proposed 2026 federal budget calls for eliminating the National ...
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Comment | US digital age verification laws are threatening artists’ freedom of expression
Is your art safe for a child to see? If a third of the content your website hosts could be ...
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Comment | When it comes to tariffs, here’s why the art market should be grateful to a long-retired US congressman
You wouldn’t have seen it on the news, but as US President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements caused stock markets to ...
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Comment | Muted grey, bloody red, or dark blue—here’s why the colour of museum walls matters more than you might think
What is the colour of ideas? An absurd and unanswerable question, of course. But pertinent amid several museum openings and ...
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Comment | Trump’s 100 days should remind us to be brave—because in an autocracy there is no safety
In the first 100 days of his second term, the administration of US President Donald Trump wasted no time enacting ...
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Comment | Metadata is not just a major pillar of online access, it is a step towards decolonising the museum – The Art Newspaper
When we talk about preserving and digitising cultural heritage, most people picture the art and objects that make up a ...
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Comment | Is England’s arts establishment set for a revolution?
Spare a thought for our friends at Arts Council England (ACE). This summer they have been reviewing a record 1,730 ...
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Comment | Art and food in the nude: my liberating experience at an underground culture club
Perhaps standing around with a group of naked strangers is its own ice-breaker. With clothes left on the sofas behind ...
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Comment | The conservation studio is the coalface of art history—but not all ‘restorations’ can be solved with acetone
I love the smell of acetone in the morning. One of the things I missed most during the pandemic were ...
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