Portland Art Museum’s $111m expansion will open in late 2025
The institution is more than 86% of the way towards its capital campaign’s fundraising goal
$500,000 Getty Prize grant goes to juvenile justice non-profit the Arts for Healing and Justice Network
Artist Mark Bradford said he picked AHJN for the grant because of its work to "transform young people’s lives through the power of arts education”
Florida museum receives gift of nearly 700 prints, from Rembrandt to Henry Moore
The Norton Museum of Art’s holdings of prints have increased by almost 40% thanks to a massive gift from the real-estate developer Jonathan “Jack” Frost
Donald Judd’s foundation sues Kim Kardashian for trademark and copyright infringement
The lawsuit centres on minimalist tables and chairs in Kardashian's company's offices
The Broad museum in Los Angeles reveals $100m expansion plans
The institution has re-enlisted the architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro to create a new wing that will expand its gallery space by 70%
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama wins inaugural Sam Gilliam Award
The prize, established by Dia Art Foundation and the Sam Gilliam Foundation, comes with a $75,000 gift and public programme at Dia
Inigo Philbrick, art dealer who went to prison for fraud, is free
In 2022, Philbrick was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to an $86m fraud
New York museum's former chief financial officer claims in lawsuit she was fired for raising concerns about director’s expenses
Denise Lewis claims she was fired “without cause or warning” after she complained about the Museum of Arts and Design's director's alleged use of the institution’s funds for personal expenses during a vacation in Mexico
‘Met Museum, you’re complicit’: artists and activists take over museum’s front steps with giant pro-Palestine quilt
A two-hour rally at the New York museum drew many supportive cheers and honks, plus a handful of antagonistic shouts
Ex-husband of murdered gallerist Brent Sikkema arrested in New York
Daniel Sikkema has been accused of planning and paying for his ex-husband’s murder in Rio de Janeiro
The 2024 Whitney Biennial in five key themes
The Whitney Museum’s flagship contemporary art showcase turns on questions of identity, authenticity and mutability, which play out across more than a handful of interrelated topics
Neon work in Whitney Biennial features unexpected ‘free Palestine’ message
The biennial’s curators were unaware of the statement in a work by Demian DinéYazhi’ prior to the exhibition preview
Developer’s $325m gift will help create new museum in Seattle
Richard Hedreen is donating a collection valued at $300m and $25m cash to create an art museum at Seattle University
New York Times art critic Roberta Smith retiring after 32 years at the newspaper
The publication’s co-chief art critic, Smith has penned more than 4,500 essays and reviews for the Times
Two climate activists charged for pouring red powder on National Archives display of the US Constitution
The Valentine’s Day protest was carried out by members of the environmental group Declare Emergency
Net art pioneer Shu Lea Cheang wins $100,000 LG Guggenheim award
The Taiwan-born interdisciplinary artist’s work spans coding languages, hacking tactics, gaming engines and more
In pictures: meet Frieze Los Angeles's menagerie of animal sculptures
From irreverent fish to ceramic snakes, the animal kingdom is well represented at this year's fair
‘You have to come in knowing your taste and trusting your instinct’: Emilia Yin's survival guide for fairs
The owner of Hollywood’s Make Room gallery describes how her love of Surrealism informs her curatorial work, and offers Los Angeles newbies her top tips
Santa Monica Art Bank and California African American Museum make opening-day acquisitions at Frieze Los Angeles
Sculpture by Mustafa Ali Clayton and textile Gary Tyler enter collections
'I held onto a box of Sylvie tiles that composed a psychotic, abstract cat': John Rubeli on his artful bathroom
The music executive and his wife, Stacy, are fixtures of Los Angeles’s art scene, collecting works by emerging artists and serving on boards of museums and non-profits
New satellite fair to launch at New York’s Estonian House during Frieze
The new fair, Esther, is being launched by New York’s Margot Samel and Tallinn-based Olga Temnikova
California love: Dr Dre helps to kick off Frieze Week Los Angeles in style with star-studded charity auction
The hip hop legend worked with the record executive Jimmy Iovine and Sotheby’s to put on the event, which also featured performances by the producer Timbaland and the singer Andra Day
‘The most unusual place I've installed a piece? Forty feet up in a tree’: John Quinn on his inside-out approach to art
The high-flying lawyer, who lists contemporary art as one of his passions, has opened a Los Angeles outpost of Croatia's Museum of Broken Relationships
Dozens of Los Angeles galleries will mount science-related shows for the Getty’s next PST Art programme
More than 40 galleries in the city will stage shows that resonate with PST Art’s focus on the intersections of art and science
13 shows to see in and around Los Angeles during Frieze
From important shows of Korean and Japanese contemporary art, to major surveys of Paul Pfeiffer and Joan Brown, and more
Two paintings that were stolen from Peruvian church are returned
Prior to their seizure, the paintings had been offered to the auction house Doyle for consignment
Portland Museum of Art lays off 13 workers amid $100m expansion project
The museum in Maine’s largest city cited financial hardships brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and a persistent drop in attendance
‘MoMA, dump Kravis’: activists call on museum to break up with board chair in Valentine’s Day protest
A coalition of environmental-justice organisations renewed their calls for the removal of board chair Marie-Josée Kravis
Brazilian authorities seeking arrest of Brent Sikkema’s husband for possible role in dealer’s murder
The alleged suspect in the murder has claimed Sikkema’s husband offered him $200,000 to carry out the killing, according to Brazilian media reports