Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the Gulf, 1 Installation at a Time Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the Gulf, 1 Installation at a Time
For the artists in the activist group Gulf Labor, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi epitomizes the conquest of art by corporate interests.
Nov 9, 2015 / Ursula Lindsey
Letters From the November 9, 2015, Issue Letters From the November 9, 2015, Issue
Inside out and outside in… Gates’s gilded gospel… obstacle illusions…
Oct 22, 2015 / Barry Schwabsky, Michael Sorkin, and Our Readers
Why Has Criticism of the Whitney Been Unmoored? Why Has Criticism of the Whitney Been Unmoored?
It shouldn’t be surprising that the museum’s new building looks most like… a building.
Oct 1, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Missing Home: The Demolition of New Orleans After Katrina Missing Home: The Demolition of New Orleans After Katrina
The city has granted more than 24,000 demolition permits since Katrina. "The Nation" partnered with "The Lens", a nonprofit newsroom in New Orleans, to explore the fate of those pr...
Aug 27, 2015 / Investigation / The Lens and The Nation
White Elephants White Elephants
As governments have changed in Egypt, the commitment to corrupt grand development projects has stayed the same.
Aug 13, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel
Another City Another City
A cruel economics of forced mobility is the new planning mantra of New York City.
Jun 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
The Whitney Museum and the ‘Pompous Doors’ of American Art The Whitney Museum and the ‘Pompous Doors’ of American Art
"The Nation"'s critic in 1931 said the museum would abet the snobbery that believes "American painting is a second-rate affair."
Apr 27, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
Weird Bedfellows Weird Bedfellows
In their defense of “tradition” against the liberating potential of architecture, Prince Charles and Xi Jinping find unlikely common ground.
Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Less Is More Less Is More
The dense details in Berlin’s memorial museums overwhelm the stories they try to tell.
Jan 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
Civilian Objects Civilian Objects
Architecture lets us speak of the spoken indirectly.
Oct 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin