Art damaged during Brazil’s 2023 insurrection almost fully restored
The National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage expects the restoration project to conclude in December
Ex-Mormon artist pulls exhibition from Arizona museum over concurrent Mormon art show
The artist Angela Ellsworth withdrew her show due to a communication breakdown with Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum
San Francisco dealer Rebecca Camacho expands downtown footprint
Camacho says her new space in Jackson Square is further proof that art “plants the seeds for regrowth” in San Francisco’s core
Belém adds two new museums as the Brazilian city prepares to host Cop30
The Centro Cultural Bienal das Amazônias and Museu das Amazônias join the cultural scene of Brazil's gateway city to the Amazon
‘Like saying that you need to wear European fashion to attend the Venice Biennale’: Adriano Pedrosa responds to criticisms of 'Foreigners Everywhere'
The curator of the central exhibition at the 2024 Venice Biennale reflected on the show’s reception during a recent talk in New York
Southern Brazil’s museums and historical sites threatened by torrential rains and flooding
In the past month, record rainfall has wreaked havoc on the state of Rio Grande do Sul
‘A brutal adjustment’: Argentine cultural workers feel the pain of president Milei’s cuts
Mass layoffs at the national library and the defunding of a critical film institute are just the beginning, the administration has promised
Brazil’s National Museum receives donation of more than 1,100 fossils—including those of rare dinosaurs
The museum has been slowly rebuilding ever since an electrical fire devastated its building and collection in 2018
New York show celebrates the inner lives of Toshiko Takaezu’s ceramics
The Hawaiian artist’s retrospective at the Noguchi Museum takes a multi-sensory approach to her singular sculptures
‘It’s a dream for an artist to be able to do this’: Walton Ford on creating a lion's den at the Morgan Library & Museum
The artist’s show includes a menagerie of recently gifted sketches, large-scale watercolours and selections from the permanent collection
Brazil’s moment in the art-world spotlight extends to Frieze New York
This is the second year running in which the country will have five galleries attending—the highest number as a percentage of total exhibitors
Fifteen exhibitions to see in New York this spring
From a historic Harlem Renaissance show at the Met and MoMA's Joan Jonas retrospective to solo museum debuts for Melissa Cody and Nona Faustine
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung to curate the São Paulo biennial in 2025
The Berlin-based curator has previously held roles at Documenta and the Dak’Art biennial in Senegal
SP-Arte turns 20—as Brazilian artists and curators take the spotlight at Venice
São Paulo fair’s founder says her efforts are “legitimised” by Adriano Pedrosa being the first South American to curate the Venice Biennale this month
Glenn Ligon: 'The idea of coal dust being elevated into the space of art was something that interested me'
As his series of text paintings make their debut in Hong Kong, the US artist discusses his decades-long meditation on the words of James Baldwin
US museums blame falling visitor numbers for staff redundancies
Institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have let staff go
Top shows to see during Art Basel Hong Kong
Our pick of what's on around the city
How ancient cave art is rewriting Puerto Rican history
Recent study shows that humans inhabited and made art in the archipelago thousands of years earlier than previously thought
Lucas Samaras, tirelessly adventurous New York artist, has died, aged 87
The Greek American artist was always willing to try new forms and materials, working across sculpture, photography, performance, installation and more
Mercedes Dorame: ‘Borders shift and change with perspective’
The artist’s commission for the Getty Center’s rotunda replicates the forms and colours of abalone shells that were once ubiquitous on the Los Angeles coast
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
US museums cover Native American displays as revised federal regulations take effect
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act has been revised to expedite repatriation, leading many museums to conceal exhibits in the interim
'An exciting new model for repatriation': rotating display of Cycladic treasures, on loan from Greece, debuts at the Met
An innovative agreement between the Metropolitan Museum, American businessman Leonard N. Stern and the Greek government led to the new display of 161 Cycladic antiquities at the New York museum
Brazil plans museum devoted to 2023 insurrection
Authorities also began restoration work on art damaged during the ensuing riots
Valongo Wharf—historic hub of Brazil's slave trade—opens following overdue $400,000 renovation
The Rio de Janeiro site, where one million enslaved Africans disembarked, retains its Unesco World Heritage status
Will Las Vegas finally get an art museum? Collector Elaine Wynn and Lacma back new $150m institution
Council moves forward with plans for 90,000 square-foot Las Vegas Museum of Art in Symphony Park
Mexico’s Maya Train finally leaves the station after years of delays and tripling of costs
The rail network connecting archaeological sites and tourist destinations on the Yucatán peninsula is one of president Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s legacy projects
The late self-taught street photographer Vivian Maier will have her first major New York exhibition
The Manhattan branch of photography museum Fotografiska will put around 200 works by the reclusive savant on view in May 2024
Sallisa Rosa: ‘The audience can remember what the earth feels like’
The Brazilian artist’s first solo US project, an Audemars Piguet Contemporary commission, turns the Collins Park Rotunda into a cavern of clay
Nevada lithium mine threatens cultural sites
The US federal government’s manoeuvres to boost domestic lithium extraction are raising fears from tribal communities about archaeological and environmental impacts