The Annabelle Selldorf-designed proposal has broad support from the New York art community, but feelings are more split among its neighbours

From William Eggleston's America to Lynda Benglis's homecoming

The artist —and brave visitors—will jump into a frozen pool built into the gallery, evoking cleansing and spiritual rituals

The publication has recently been involved in a rent dispute, departure of upper-level staff and lawsuits from former employees

Highlights from Souls Grown Deep Foundation acquisition go on show among New York museum's collection

From Georgia O’Keeffe in Hawaii to paintings from New Spain

From earthly bodies to Ellsworth Kelly in black and white

From paths towards enlightenment to Kanye's rants

Exhibition that looks at the city's Spanish links will include 25 works never shown in the US

A gifted manager and fundraiser, he inherits a museum dogged by financial troubles and discontent

From Adrian Piper at MoMA to Radican Women in Brooklyn

The free-entry museum of Canadian art was initially scheduled to be completed last year

The event, launched in 2014, is a unique experience freed from “stage-managed dialogue”, its moderator says

Different approaches to place, cities and landscape, from the Brooklyn Museum to the Met

Richmond University's fine arts programmes are amongst highest-ranked in the US

New displays draw out connections between Graeco-Roman world and ancient Middle East

The institution initially planned to keep Nicholas Nixon's show open after allegations sparked calls for removal

From a shameful period in US history to a bright new monument for the 21st century

The current director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has both the experience needed to lead the encyclopaedic museum and “real integrity”, says the Met’s president Dan Weiss

Shows to honour the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr on the 50th anniversary of his assassination

The MFA, Boston and the Detroit Institute of Arts are the first institutions awarded grants in a $15m pilot programme

The Selldorf Architects-designed project spares the institution’s much loved 70th Street garden and opens up the building’s second storey

Museum of Modern Art dedicates entire sixth floor to 280-work show—a first for a living artist

From anatomy to Americana

Construction has launched on the $1bn non-profit project, built to be “the world’s most inclusive and accessible art museum”

Think Grand Rapids, Bentonville or Houston—but not New York

From Medieval time to a "sense of urgency"

A citizen is facing potential jail time over a mural referencing Trump’s 2005 Access Hollywood tape

The social media giant was found to be at fault for closing a schoolteacher’s account but his claims for €20,000 in damages were dismissed