As technology advances and tracing artifacts to their home countries becomes easier, curators and governments alike are forced to determine who really owns the past.
Reclaiming the Past: The Problem with Provenance
The Push Against Weapons Money in Museums
Do artists have a responsibility to cleanse our cultural institutions of arms dealers?
The War Symphonies: How Dmitri Shostakovich went from Victim to Savior of Soviet Russia
Persecuted by Stalin and labeled an enemy of the people, one composer triumphed against the odds in producing some of the most important music of the 20th century.
Amending History with Titus Kaphar’s Reimagined Monuments
Public monuments provide a whitewashed view of American history. Contemporary artist Titus Kaphar seeks to challenge that narrative.
Coca-Colonization, Latin America, and Contemporary Art
Latin American artists manipulate Coca-Cola branding to address U.S. involvement in the economies of Colombia and Brazil.
The Texas Orator 