Sheena Wagstaff says the move is part of a “positive, forward-thinking” new regime under Max Hollein’s directorship
Conservator calls in master storyteller to decipher shamanic object
We talk to the curator Kathy Halbreich about the giant two-part Bruce Nauman retrospective at MoMA and MoMA PS1. Plus, the specialist in Islamic studies Jane Jakeman reviews the new Islamic displays at London’s British Museum. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Work was wired to an element that overheated, museum says, and institution quickly reopened
In a range of models for Christopher Park, creators celebrate activists who they feel have been overlooked
Tests by German institute show "characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin"
Institution hopes to raise £15,000 to clean and conserve wooden structure surrounding The Snake in the Grass
From Yasumasa Morimura’s play on Western paintings at Japan Society to Leonor Fini’s freedom at the Museum of Sex
More than 100 years after a spirit commanded her to break with naturalism, the vision of the Swedish artist is realised at the Guggenheim
The original owner, Alfred Flechtheim, fled the Nazis in 1933 after a stream of anti-Semitic attacks
In this week's podcast, curator Helen C. Evans tells a story of cross-pollination across 14 centuries
Purchase is part of a new programme known as the African American Art History Initiative
Edgar Miller finally gets his due as the city prepares to celebrate the overlooked designer’s eclectic work
The Brutalist structure will house Frick’s historic collection during expansion of its 70th Street home
How Samuel Courtauld’s collection ignited Britain’s passion for Impressionists. Plus, New York’s Metropolitan Museum looks at Armenia, the first country to convert to Christianity. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Christie's to sell $70m painting once pledged to the Seattle Art Museum
From long-hidden sculptures to a Land Art pioneer’s early cogitations
New York show recreates 1970s installations that inspired her best known work
Rebuffing heirs, an appeals panel in New York says the court lacks jurisdiction
From righteous indignation to interactive play
New scheme offering free tickets to some of the city’s most popular museums had thousands of responses
Italian government claims licence application did not state portrait was of Prince Camillo Borghese
