Art

Civil Liberties

Boy, Not Making Bombs, Arrested for Having Things Cops Think Could Blow Up (And For Drawings That Spooked a Teacher)

Brian Doherty | 12.28.2012 5:51 PM

Civil Liberties

Phonehenge Creator Sent to Jail

18 months for failure to pay for demolition

Reason Staff | 12.22.2012 1:38 PM

Civil Liberties

California Artist Sues Over Destroyed Mural, Claims Federal Law's Protection

Suing the property owner and advertiser

Reason Staff | 12.20.2012 9:48 AM

Culture

Instagram Claims Your Photos Won't be Sold

Seeking to clarify language in terms of service

Reason Staff | 12.19.2012 12:44 PM

Politics

China Bans Warhol Mao Paintings From Beijing Exhibition

The exhibition was visited by up to 175,000 people in Singapore

Reason Staff | 12.18.2012 10:12 AM

Politics

Why Copyright Law is so Mickey Mouse - And How to Fix It: Q&A with Jerry Brito

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 12.13.2012 3:00 PM

Culture

An Anti-Authoritarian New Year

The wall calendar vs. the state.

Richard Kostelanetz | 12.8.2012 1:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Open Letter Excoriates NYT Critic

Some have taken exception to Ken Johnson's allegedly racist and sexist language

Reason Staff | 11.30.2012 8:36 AM

Culture

Kickstarter: It's Cool and All, But It Doesn't Allow for Enough Central Control

Brian Doherty | 11.28.2012 2:09 PM

National Endowment for the Arts

Video: The Future of Financing the Arts: An Interview with Adam Huttler of Fractured Atlas

Anthony Fisher | 11.26.2012 11:42 AM

Culture

Read All About John Steinbeck's Literary Fraud in New E-Book, NY Post Col

Reason contributor Bill Steigerwald has published a couple of ground-breaking exposes with Reason about John Steinbeck's literary fakery.

Nick Gillespie | 11.26.2012 9:31 AM

Politics

"Million Puppet March" on DC Misses Historic Head Count by Just 999,500!

Nick Gillespie | 11.4.2012 10:45 AM

Politics

The Saddest Pumpkin in the Whole Wide World!

Nick Gillespie | 11.1.2012 2:08 PM

Culture

Banksy Art Fails to Impress in LA

Several works fail to sell at auction

Reason Staff | 10.30.2012 7:45 PM

Culture

Ai Weiwei Parodies Gangnam Style Video

Jumping on the bandwagon

Reason Staff | 10.24.2012 1:52 PM

Culture

Art Heist at Dutch Museum

Picasso and Monet works stolen

Reason Staff | 10.16.2012 3:05 PM

Death Penalty

Video: The Exonerated: True Stories of Innocents Sprung From Death Row

Anthony Fisher | 10.15.2012 1:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Pussy Riot Member Yekaterina Samutsevich: Art Must Be Political

Made comments in recent interview after her release

Reason Staff | 10.12.2012 2:36 PM

Art

Video: Ai WeiWei, Pussy Riot and the Power of Punk Art: An Interview with James Panero

Anthony Fisher | 10.10.2012 12:28 PM

Civil Liberties

French Embassies Locked Down as Charlie Hebdo Runs Mohammed Cartoons

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.19.2012 11:36 AM

Civil Liberties

Should Shephard Fairey Have Gone to Jail For Lying About Stealing Images?

Nick Gillespie | 9.10.2012 2:47 PM

Civil Liberties

Tattoos Are Protected By First Amendment, Says AZ Court

Couple that wanted to open tattoo parlor who had their permit denied claimed their rights were being violated

Reason Staff | 9.10.2012 2:04 PM

Policy

Should Government Fund "the Arts"?

No more than they should fund worship.

Nick Gillespie | 9.9.2012 5:30 PM

Policy

New York Court to Consider if Stripping is Art

"Live dramatic or musical arts performances" are exempt from some taxes

Reason Staff | 9.5.2012 8:44 AM

Policy

Should Government Fund the Arts? Nick Gillespie in Economist Debate…

Nick Gillespie | 8.29.2012 3:04 PM

Policy

Urban Renewal: The Board Game

An art project imagines city planning as a game.

Jesse Walker | 8.23.2012 11:22 AM

Politics

1776, All Over Again

A 1969 musical about the Declaration of Independence is back

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.7.2012 7:00 AM

Movies

Bloodthirsty Cineastes Tear Orson Welles from His Throne

A film magazine releases its decennial selections of the world's greatest movies.

Jesse Walker | 8.1.2012 3:21 PM

Culture

Gore Vidal, RIP

A great writer has died.

Jesse Walker | 8.1.2012 9:44 AM

Politics

Denver Neighborhood Rescued from 3-Year-Old Chalk Artist

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.21.2012 11:04 PM

Policy

3D Printing Meets Fine Art

Jesse Walker | 6.15.2012 11:10 AM

Culture

What David Brooks Missed

Jesse Walker | 6.13.2012 12:04 PM

Politics

Does the Artist Treated Like a Terrorist Still ?NY?

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2012 4:21 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Look out Kate Upton, AZ pol pushing anti-Photoshopping bill! (Nanny of the Month, Feb 2012)

Ted Balaker | 3.1.2012 10:46 AM

Politics

And the Oscar Goes to… the Free Market! (Updated)*

Nick Sibilla | 2.29.2012 12:40 PM

Culture

Kickstarter Kicks the NEA's Butt in Arts Funding

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.27.2012 5:14 PM

Civil Liberties

The Not-Really-Fleeting Expletive That Wasn't Bleeped at Last Night's Oscars

Matt Welch | 2.27.2012 11:14 AM

Culture

How to Save the Oscars Broadcast From Sucking So Bad (And a Gratuitous McLean Stevenson Joke)

Nick Gillespie | 2.24.2012 9:29 AM

Civil Liberties

Is It Progress When the Price on Salman Rushdie's Head Declines by $5.2 Million?

Nick Gillespie | 2.24.2012 8:58 AM

Politics

Obama's Spending 'Freeze' Leaves Room for an NEA Hike

Jacob Sullum | 2.13.2012 6:46 PM

Culture

Death of the Auteur: Is Highbrow Movie Criticism Democracy's Lifeblood?

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.2.2012 9:15 PM

Politics

Great Successor Praised; Light Bulb Blaze; Economy Razed, and more: PM Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.19.2011 4:30 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Green Textiles

Ronald Bailey | 11.30.2011 10:10 AM

Politics

Chinese Political Artist Ai Weiwei Fights Tax Evasion Charges

Seth McKelvey | 11.14.2011 4:25 PM