An historic appointment: Lynette L. Allston is the first Indigenous person to serve as board president of a major US museum
Allston had previously advised the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in devising its land acknowledgement agreement
The Metropolitan Museum returns two looted artefacts to Nepal
The two works, given to the museum in the 1990s, were looted from temples in Kathmandu according to recent internal provenance research
National Museum of Scotland urged to return First Nations totem pole stolen by Canadian anthropologist
The pole was stolen in 1929 and, if returned, would be only the second totem pole to be repatriated to a First Nation by a European institution
US museums and Indigenous tribes receive $2m grant to boost repatriation efforts
The National Park Service has awarded grants totaling $2.1m to 20 museums and nine tribes
Six must-see exhibitions on view in the Hamptons
As the Art Market Hamptons fair returns to Water Mill, these are the must-see shows on the east end of Long Island
Hélio Oiticica’s unrealised Tropicália environment erected in New York
The Brazilian artist developed the installation and several other iterations of architectural environments on a Guggenheim grant in the 1970s but never secured funding to build the work
Police find haul of stolen paintings, including masterworks by Tarsila do Amaral, under a bed in Rio de Janeiro
The works, including pieces by Do Amaral, Di Cavalcanti and others, were seized from the home of a man involved a bizarre scheme to swindle the widow of a famed dealer
Metropolitan Museum director Max Hollein to take on dual role of director and chief executive
Hollein, who will add the role to his title after Daniel H. Weiss resigns next year, was the “clear choice”, according to the Met’s board of trustees
A first glimpse of Storm King Art Center’s $45m redesign
The celebrated upstate New York sculpture park will begin an overhaul of its grounds to enhance visitor experience and biodiversity
Former dealer Caitlin Berry named inaugural director of the Rubell Museum's Washington, DC outpost
Berry was previously the director of the Cody Gallery at Marymount University and the director of Hemphill Fine Arts
From Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s doomed Colorado projects to Precious Okoyomon’s utopian garden, Aspen Art Week's must-see exhibitions
The event coincides with the second edition of the Intersect Aspen art fair and the Aspen Art Museum’s annual ArtCrush benefit auction
Pope Francis addresses forced assimilation in Canadian tour amid calls for repatriation of Indigenous artefacts from Vatican Museums
Francis delivered a speech in Maskwacis as part of a week-long visit to apologise for the role of the Catholic church in the cultural genocide of Indigenous communities
Some of the must-see exhibitions during Upstate Art Weekend in New York
The third annual iteration of the Hudson Valley arts festival features its biggest roster yet, with nearly 150 events and exhibitions
The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquires rejected Howard Hodgkin collection of Indian art
The late British artist envisioned that his collection would be acquired by the Ashmolean Museum, which rejected the offer due to provenance concerns
Brazilian art collector Gilberto Chateaubriand has died, aged 97
Chateaubriand, son of the MASP founder Assis Chateaubriand, held one of the most important collections of Brazilian Modern and contemporary art
Doris Salcedo on her new work, a ghostly reflection on gun violence
The artist produced the work, of gauzy fabric embedded with thousands of needles, after speaking to hundreds of mothers whose children were killed by guns
Raphael tapestries exhibition illustrates the ‘dawn of image reproduction’
The Columbus Museum of Art’s exhibition of the six historic Dresden tapestries belatedly commemorates the 500th anniversary of the Italian master’s death
Ancient sculpture likely tied to ritual human sacrifice discovered in Peru
The well-preserved statue is one of the oldest artefacts discovered in the Chan Chan archaeological site
South Arts and the Ford Foundation launch $6m programme supporting Southern arts organisations
The initial cohort of grantees includes 17 museums, orchestras, theatre and dance companies, and one tribal nation
Acquisitions round-up: 900 Japanese cloisonné enamels—including rare commissions for the imperial family—head to Massachusetts museum
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija on honouring Mexican pottery traditions—and the intoxicating inspiration of psychoactive drinks
An exhibition in Mexico City explores the artist’s years-long investigation of Oaxacan vessels made for the consumption of mezcal and pulque
Interview | American artist Jim Denevan on his ephemeral earthworks
The artist, whose work was a centrepiece of the 2022 Desert X AlUla, has been creating complex miles-long temporary installations on the earth since the mid-1990s
Kohler heiress's foundation announces inaugural grants for non-profit cultural organisations
The grant-making initiative was launched with a $440m bequest from the late vernacular art collector and patron Ruth DeYoung Kohler
Metropolitan Museum of Art increases admission fee
The museum initially changed its "pay-as-you-wish" policy in 2018
Daniel H. Weiss will step down as president and chief executive of the Metropolitan Museum
Weiss, who guided the Met through several major projects and challenges during his tenure, will step down in June 2023
Indigenous tribes will co-manage Utah’s long-contested Bears Ears National Monument
The governance and size of the monument have been disputed for years, and Utah Republicans are still trying to block president Biden's 2021 expansion of its boundaries
Smithsonian's hunt for sites for national Latino and women’s museums narrowed down to four locations
The institution will announce the selected Washington, DC sites for the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum by the end of the year
Midwestern man charged for illegally excavating Indigenous artefacts
The man and others excavated a densely concentrated archaeological site in the Harry S. Truman State Park in Missouri
Brazilian kinetic and optical art pioneer Abraham Palatnik surveyed in visually remarkable book
The monographic publication Enchantment/Experimentation coincided with an extensive exhibition organised by Galeria Nara Roesler in New York this year
The newly-restored Morgan Library and Museum opens a public garden
The $13m project entailed a comprehensive exterior restoration and landscape redesign