Julia Halperin
The really white cube: New York’s culture groups less diverse than they think
Survey conducted by the city’s cultural affairs department finds workforce does not match up with demographics
Long-time curator James Rondeau named director of Art Institute of Chicago
Last year, he secured the much sought-after collection of local patrons Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson for the museum
Doctor Who star Matt Smith to play Mapplethorpe
Production on biopic, which will also feature Girls actress Zosia Mamet, will begin in the summer
Listen up! Gardner Museum plans sound art show
Eight artist present works in the galleries, gardens and nearby train station in Boston
Smithsonian acquires Martin Luther King portrait bust for African American history museum
A similar work sits in President Obama’s Oval Office, next to a sculpture of Abraham Lincoln
Spencer Finch climbs mountain to bring blue skies to cancer hospital
Work is one of eight artist commissions for $276m Cleveland clinic
Swap shop: the stories behind six objects in Pia Camil’s New Museum installation
Find out why visitors brought a glass chicken, a Mardi Gras wig, a vintage hat, a diary page, a quilt and a package of seaweed for the artist’s first solo show
Taxing times: private museums under scrutiny by US government
Who benefits most from tax breaks on private art museums: patrons or the public?
Silicon Valley in Pace’s sights as place to put down roots
Pop-up space in neighbouring Menlo Park is due for demolition
Speed Art Museum asks artists to dig into Kentucky history
Five artists are creating site-specific commissions for Louisville ahead of museum's reopening
Getty brings Latin American artists to Los Angeles
Foundation is providing cash for residencies in the city ahead of 2017 programme of exhibitions and events
MoMA swings into the 1960s with new collection display
The museum will reinstall its fourth floor galleries with international works from the “boundary-crossing” decade
Walk on water with Christo
The artist who once wrapped islands in Biscayne Bay reveals why he is in a hurry to create Floating Piers
Franklin Sirmans reveals major Pamm purchase
Stan Douglas’s epic video, jointly acquired with Lacma, is first step in growing collection
US collectors dash to Cuba
Diplomatic thaw draws collectors and curators to the Caribbean island
How the Barnes Foundation is reinventing itself
Philadelphia-based private museum lays plans to show non-Western art, commission contemporary works and open up to scholars
Michael Govan’s advice to collectors: buy a curator lunch
Lacma director contributes to Frick Collection's panel on the long history collecting contemporary art
Kinky Calder gets restored in time for UK debut
Artist’s grandsons waived fees to conserve his largest work, which goes on show at Tate Modern this week
Musée d’Orsay chief curator trades Paris for Philly to take up post at Barnes Foundation
The institution has named Sylvie Patry as its new chief curator and deputy director for collections and exhibitions
Canadian Prime Minister pledges to boost cultural investment
Arts professionals are generally optimistic about the country’s new leadership—although some worry promised changes could be too little too late
Bible museum founders may have illicit antiquities from Iraq
Federal investigators have seized more than 200 cuneiform tablets imported from Israel by the Green family
Guggenheim’s 2016 Hugo Boss Prize shortlist is heavy on performance and video
The finalists for the $100,000 include Cuban activist Tania Bruguera, video artist Mark Leckey and choreographer Ralph Lemon