A monumental painting of the American West by Emanuel Leutze breaks records while works by Rockwell and Hopper flop

From portraits to robes to jewelry, Peabody Essex Museum explores the intricate trappings of female power and influence

At $317.8m, the Ebsworth evening sale becomes one of the top five most valuable collections ever sold at auction

An exhibition at the Morgan Library adds insight through the Venetian artist’s contemporaries

One year after Karole Vail took over the Venice museum, major exhibitions and rehangs are in the works

The many sides of a complicated artist are explored with freshness, polish, and insight in the Whitney Museum’s retrospective

His boundless inventiveness as a painter—and not only—shines through in this ambitious survey

Brian Allen explains how artists can hurt rather than help museums like MoCA Los Angeles

The US artist dominated the top prices during New York sales series, where the commercial appeal of attractive subjects showed through in prices

An excellent show adds new strands to our understanding of what makes American art uniquely American

The New York museum has shown it is a responsive listener and found ways to add much needed space and public amenities with surgical precision

Christie's sale of 46 works from La Salle collection will diminish the museum and its academic programme

A Connecticut Jesuit university aimed high when planning an exhibition to celebrate its 75th anniversary—and more museums should follow its example

The museum’s $25 admission fee discriminates against the non-New Yorkers who subsidise its huge tax privileges

Where a museum's Rockwells had sparked interest in a flagging category, the removal of key lots from the sale dampened spirits

An exhibition in Vermont of the work of the early Outsider artist looks behind the icon of Yankee charm

With Italy’s historic reform of its museums’ leadership at risk in the courts, what we need is a more collaboration not less

If culture agencies dodge the fatal bullet, they should focus on collection-sharing and investment in bricks and mortar