Opinion

A curator visited an artist's studio, expressed interest in their work, then vanished into the ether. How should the artist respond? Charlotte Jansen advises.

From a 1970s federal vision of civic art to Trump's America, a monumental Sol LeWitt in Manhattan's de facto immigration headquarters reveals how political change can rewrite an artwork's meaning. For Private Views, Gabriella Angeleti reports

A gallerist struggles to balance their collector’s aesthetic desires and guard their artist’s creative boundaries. Charlotte Jansen advises

Visual arts have treated climate action as an ethical obligation. But, as extreme weather, rising costs and supply-chain disruption reshape the sector, sustainability must become a strategy for resilience

Artworld Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen advises an artist facing public shunning in the context of Israel-Palestine

The UK’s prospective Prime Minister has spent years arguing that culture belongs at the heart of public life. Now he has the chance to prove it. Will he?

Five ways Brexit hurt the cultural sector - and five ways it helped

After election in 2024, Labour placed culture at the centre of economic policy while dramatically expanding state oversight of cultural life online

Ella Lewis-Williams reports on the works to look out for at Basel’s accessible art fair

Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen advises on a publicist struggling to balance professionalism and partying

A selection of shows to catch before the artworld winds down for summer, picked by The Art Journal’s editors and contributors

In her column Private Views, Gabriella Angeleti reports on AI, Ansel Adams, Trevor Paglen and a new photography centre as images increasingly leave the real world