Culture
The Museum Is Not Neutral
For two centuries, Western museums presented themselves as stewards of humanity's heritage. The reckoning now underway reveals how selective that humanity always was.
Leila Farahani11 min read
Arts
The Repatriation Wave Has a Long Way to Run
Germany returned 1,000 Benin Bronzes. France repatriated colonial-era objects. Now indigenous communities in the US are winning cases that Western museums said were impossible. The signal suggests this is just beginning.
Leila Farahani11 min read
Arts
When the Machine Paints, Who Made the Art?
AI image generation has disrupted the economic and aesthetic foundations of visual art. The philosophical questions it raises have not been resolved — and probably cannot be.
Leila Farahani12 min read