Billionaire art collector, businessman and philanthropist founded the museum that bears his name and helped shore up Disney Concert Hall, Lacma and MOCA

A dedicated mentor, he also delighted in provocative enigmas in wide-ranging mediums

From David Smith at Hauser & Wirth to Katherine Bradford at Canada

State office demands that the artist's executor, James W. Brannan, return that “excessive” amount to the estate

From Ray Johnson at David Zwirner to Dawoud Bey at the Whitney

From Yayoi Kusama in the Bronx to Alex Da Corte's Big Bird on the Met Roof

The text-based pieces, installed on the façade of a New York theatre, probe American imperialism and white supremacy

FotoFocus’s photography biennial returns to Cincinnati in 2022 with focus on climate change

The anti-racist group White Lies Matter had threatened to use the monument to Jefferson Davis as a toilet, but turned over the work unharmed

The 3,000-year-old site is remarkably preserved, with pottery, daily tools and human remains found among its intact walls

From Alice Neel at the Met to an ode to the first Black woman astronaut by Damien Davis

The donation will support diversity efforts and student scholarships for the Detroit area art school

A group calling themselves White Lies Matter demands that the United Daughters of the Confederacy hang a banner critiquing white supremacy before they will return the ornate stone chair

The New York institution is looking to raise $25,000 to fund future series, and children who visit will have a chance to take part in production

From Alexander Calder’s early works at MoMA to Molly Greene’s psychedelic flowers at Kapp Kapp

First offering will feature works by Hank Willis Thomas, Gordon Matta Clark and others

Annual stipends will benefit creators struggling with an astronomical cost of living in the region, which is facing an artistic exodus

Farmers extending their fields first accidentally uncovered the site, which archaeologists believe was used by the Cupisnique people for water ceremonies

From Ann Craven at Karma to Madeline Hollander at the Whitney

From Julie Mehretu’s mid-career survey at the Whitney to the Frick Collection’s temporary encampment in the Breuer building

Taking pandemic indoor occupancy limits into account, the biennial moves outside of performance spaces

Amid decline in Covid-19 cases, governor lifts a closure mandate that had stirred some dissent

Members of the collective argue that the museum implicitly supported construction of a jail

From Niki de Saint Phalle’s first US retrospective at MoMA PS1 to El Museo Del Barrio’s sweeping survey of Latinx art

The collection of 277 objects were recovered through two separate investigations by Homeland Security

The historian built a seed collection of 500 works by women artists, as well as documents and research, with the hope of filling a gap in the art canon

The No Wave pioneer was also know for her lo-fi pinhole images

From Lorraine O’Grady’s first museum retrospective to Carol Bove’s Met façade commission

Up to $25,000 in award money will fund projects in as many as 20 US cities

In New York, two-thirds of posts in the creative sector are gone, while nearly a quarter of the workforce in Los Angeles has been cut