Hilarie M. Sheets
Installations by Theaster Gates and James Little reinvigorate riverfront park in Memphis
The public space on the banks of the Mississippi, which honours a Black skiff boat operator who saved 32 people from drowning, features work by Theaster Gates and James Little
Phyllida Barlow's final, irreverent public art project takes form in New York
At the time of her death in March, the British sculptor had been working on a major Public Art Fund exhibition
Newfields and the Indianapolis Museum of Art seek to turn a corner after ‘triple tragedies’
The museum sparked scandal in 2021 with the phrasing of a job posting, but the new leader of its parent organisation says “we’re not a racist institution”
New scholarship honouring Mickalene Thomas will support MFA students at Yale
The collectors Bernard Lumpkin and Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr, who met while studying at Yale, have endowed the new scholarship, recipients of which will also be mentored by Thomas
Secrets of Manhattan's Hispanic Society revealed after six year renovation
The first phase of the redevelopment of the New York museum of art from Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries will open in April
Two San Francisco museums launch joint curatorial position focused on art of the African diaspora
The new position, created by SFMoMA and the Museum of the African Diaspora, will involve the development of exhibitions and other programmes at both institutions
‘It was screaming for a female’: Shahzia Sikander on creating a statue of a woman for a Manhattan courthouse
The artist’s new commission for Madison Square Park and an adjacent court building also includes an augmented reality component
Donald Judd planned to turn a remote Texan outpost into an art oasis—now, the first step of a huge restoration project is complete
Once a military base deep in the desert, the newly restored Marfa art centre is a sanctuary for sculpture
Four editions on, the Felix Art Fair aims to stay fresh
The fair founded in 2019 by collector Dean Valentine and gallerists Al and Mills Morán has carved out a significant niche as a Frieze alternative and local success story
Studio residency at the World Trade Center reserves space for formerly incarcerated artists
Silver Art Projects, which operates a year-long residency program at the Lower Manhattan office complex, has received support for the initiative from Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund
'Heart of Matisse': new study centre dedicated to Modern master opens at Baltimore Museum of Art
US museum builds a permanent research space for its "crown jewel"—more than 1,200 works by Henri Matisse
‘More is more’: San Francisco’s new contemporary art centre reveals latest hires and inaugural programmes
The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco makes four key hires ahead of a series of pop-up events and exhibitions starting in January
Denver’s Gio Ponti-designed Art Museum gets a $150m revamp and a remix
Campus expansion opens up “standoffish” building and inspires a total rehang of the encyclopaedic art collections
Common cause: marking 40 years of the MacArthur Foundation's ‘genius’ awards in Chicago
Dawoud Bey, Kerry James Marshall and Julie Mehretu are among 29 MacArthur fellows exhibiting in show in 19 venues throughout Chicago
Hannah Wilke’s work laid bare at the Pulitzer Art Foundation
Nearly 120 works by the pioneering feminist artist who used her body as a central focus of her work are on view in St Louis
'Intelligent design': Frank Gehry's surprisingly subtle $233m makeover of Philadelphia Museum of Art revealed
Architect's Core Project expansion creates 90,000 sq. ft of new galleries and reimagined public spaces at heart of 1928 landmark
Frick Collection takes its jewels on a Brutalist sojourn
Evocative surprises await: while its Gilded Age home is closed for renovation and expansion, the Frick displays its masterworks in austere Modernist surroundings on Madison Avenue
‘Hair is power’: Sonya Clark on her preferred material and how her Confederate flag work keeps being topical
The textile artist's retrospective at the National Museum of Women in the Arts explores complexities around race and heritage
Beloved Smithsonian building returns to its pioneering roots
Celebrating an anniversary, Arts and Industries landmark will revisit its beginnings as an incubator of new ideas
'It’s so important for women to have their own business right now': Ivy Crewdson on starting her art advisory
The daughter of sculptor Joel Shapiro, who grew up surrounded by art and artists, says she is "finally connecting the dots of her history"
Fantasy island: Holt/Smithson Foundation invites artists to create a new work for coastal Maine islet
Five artists have been asked to spend the next three years imagining what they could do with an uninhabited site
‘The house needs a cleaning’: Women artists gather to show the path forward on inauguration day
Inspired by the historic election of Kamala Harris as America’s first woman vice president, artists collaborate on a new online work presented by Creative Time
Paying it forward: McArthur Binion is using his later-in-life success to help younger artists
The artist’s foundation is supporting the community in Detroit through micro-grants and residencies
Mama said: Najja Moon’s new Miami Beach monument honours mothers in their own words
The abstract sound sculpture, the first commission for a fifth plinth in Collins Park, will emit recordings of women speaking maternal affirmations, reminders and critiques
The estate of George Rickey, who created balletic kinetic sculptures, now at Kasmin gallery
Monumental moving works by the artist will be shown next fall on the Chelsea space’s rooftop and along Park Avenue uptown
A three-way collaboration delves into the paradox of ‘commonwealth’
“There's nothing common in our wealth”: ICA in Virginia teams up with Philadelphia Contemporary and Beta-Local in San Juan to interrogate a concept
As protestors call for justice in New York, Mel Edwards to install broken chains in City Hall Park
An outdoor exhibition of the sculptor’s work has been postponed to give space to the Black Lives Matters movement
Robert Longo rallies artists to donate $1m worth of art for Guild Hall benefit show
Instead of its annual summer gala, the long-running East Hampton art space will host a selling exhibition to raise funds
Art can help the public engage in personal advocacy: Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign
The nation's largest LGBTQ civil rights organisation recently unveiled an incisive installation by Hank Willis Thomas on its Washington, DC headquarters
Pre-Raphaelite muses resurrected in Rhode Island cemetery
The artist Piotr Uklanski raises the spirits of the real-life women behind tragic paintings, such as Elizabeth Siddall, Annie Miller, Emma Jones and Jane Morris, at Belmont Chapel in Newport