Foundation will direct $700,000 to emergency scaffolding, sensors and the drafting of a longer-term conservation plan
Portraits date from 1969, a pivotal point for an artist departing from conventional motifs
A scientific analysis and conservation effort unveiled signature brush strokes and other marks of the master
Viewers can track the recovery after the blaze and view hundreds of images of the New York museum’s artefacts
Painting by Black artist was chosen under Jill Biden’s guidance for a gift-giving ceremony
Oval Office replica is a popular element of New-York Historical Society exhibition about the presidency
Appointment of MCA, Chicago curator is seen as a step toward more inclusiveness after accusations of institutional racism
The institution unveils planned changes to its historic Castle and Arts and Industries Building
Museum joins other institutions in assailing protestors' rampage and hate-inspiring imagery as a threat to democracy and equality
Critics and city planners question changes to a historic reflecting pool and addition of stacked stone walls in a Modernist environment, while the artist Hiroshi Sugimoto defends his designs but says he is open to negotiating
The authorities say that cleaning and conservation will be needed, however, after art was damaged by tear gas, pepper spray and fire extinguishers
Sites of major importance—many in regions already ravaged by conflict—are contending with security problems and funding shortfalls
Institutions act on go-ahead from the city after their second closing in November
From the much-anticipated Grand Egyptian Museum to the Frick’s move to a Brutalist landmark, here are the building projects aiming to change cultural landscapes around the world
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections
Bipartisan effort, decades in the making, permits Smithsonian Institution to move ahead with plans
The museum’s debut, repeatedly postponed, is now anticipated in September of next year
Brian P. Kennedy says he will seek a “new challenge” but offers no further details
Latest allocations include $32.8m from the National Endowment for the Humanities and $47.1m from New York’s Department of Cultural Affairs
Amid the turmoil of the pandemic and the recent elections, US institutions with Tibetan Buddhist holdings respond with mindfulness events
Goals include better pay and benefits, Covid-19 safety and a role in the institutions’ decision-making
Alyssa Nitchun hopes to advance New York museum’s role as a queer sanctuary and “provocateur”
Museum sought to keep the site-specific work in place at 666 Fifth Avenue, but developer decided it had to go during renovation
Utah Republican says that such museums would “divide an already divided nation”
Describing the donation as the most significant to the department in nearly 80 years, museum will rename galleries after the philanthropist
Lawsuit demands that court issue an injunction to prevent future dismantling of works of art without artists’ supervision
Dealers association challenged the campaign’s claims that two newly pictured objects were stolen
Inaugural exhibition in New York will feature a film and light sculptures by Lucy Raven
Director assumes the mantle after an expansion and long coronavirus shutdown
Turbulent year draws to a close with sector wracked by pandemic lockdowns and Black Lives Matter challenges
