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‘Public art is propaganda, frankly’: Hank Willis Thomas discusses gun violence and the urgent need for alternative memorials
A host of the artist’s exhibitions and public projects open in various locations across the US open this year
NewsExhibitions
‘Illegal’ immigrant artists take their protest fashions to the streets
New York's White Box gallery is organising a runway performance to highlight the precarious conditions of undocumented migrants
News
Push for US national Latino museum gathers pace against the clock
Third legislative attempt could pave the way for new Smithsonian institution, but new administration adds extra challenge
ArchiveVIP Art Fair
The future has yet to arrive for online art fairs
VIP Art Fair expands its business model and improves technology, but big-name dealers are unconvinced
ArchiveArt fairs
Fifth edition of the Pinta Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art Show in New York proves a success
Several leading US museums took the opportunity to add to their collections of Latin American art
ArchiveArt fairs
Fair report: Local galleries fare well at Zona Maco, Mexico City
International collectors and curators were out in force for the eighth edition of the Latin American art fair
ArchiveArtist interview
“It’s a complex conversation and there’s no closure”: Interview with Mark Bradford
The artist on class and identity in South Central LA, working with children and making art in post-Katrina New Orleans
ArchiveArtist interview
Interview with Mark Bradford: “It’s a complex conversation and there’s no closure”
The artist on class and identity in South Central LA, working with children and making art in post-Katrina New Orleans
ArchiveExhibitions
Directors say OK to collectors’ shows
In response to The New Museum's current exhibition
ArchiveArtist interview
Interview with Gabriel Orozco on his upcoming travelling retrospective: A global artist with global concerns
The artist states his work is about “space and time, action and philosophy”
ArchiveJohn Baldessarri
Interview with John Baldessari ahead of his upcoming Tate retrospective: “Nobody does anything new”
Baldessari talked to us about his latest work, his early days as a teacher and the infamous incident when he cremated 13 years’ work—and then made cookies out of the ashes
ArchiveHauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth to open in New York
Gallery hopes to buck the downturn with transatlantic expansion
ArchiveCuba
Havana Biennial opens as relations with US thaw
Local artists show alongside established international names, as collectors and exhibitors circumvent trade restrictions
ArchiveIraq
Interview with Jeremy Deller on tackling the troubled legacy of Iraq War
Turner prize-winner to take the controversial show on a three-week tour of the US in late March
ArchiveArtist interview
Artist Interview: Marilyn Manson and his dark Miami debut
The gothic rock star reveals the inspirations and compulsions behind his new work on show in the Design District
ArchiveGagosian Gallery
No expense spared for Gagosian’s second Moscow venture
70 works to be installed in riverside factory
ArchiveArtist interview
Artist Interview: David Lynch’s diamond dome
The cult film-maker shows off his skills as an artist with a new, atmospheric work in Miami in the Cartier pavilion
ArchiveTurrell Museum
Meet the collector opening a James Turrell museum in the Andes
Meet the collector opening a James Turrell museum in the Andes
ArchiveJoseph Beuys
German gallery tries to block sale of works by Joseph Beuys
Director says moving the pieces, installed by the artist, would be a “catastrophe”
ArchiveAnish Kapoor
Interview with Anish Kapoor: “I haven’t done much at all”
Despite having tackled some of the most ambitious commissions in contemporary art, such as Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, the Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor says “the problems in the end are always in the studio”
ArchiveCollectors
The post-war and contemporary collections of leading American collectors
And the highlights of their collections
ArchiveDavid Zwirner
Zwirner deal with National Gallery of Art
Cohen photos go to Washington, DC
ArchiveCrime
Found: paintings from the collection of Brazilian money launderer
A Léger and a Basquiat belonging to Edemar Cid Ferreira have been identified
ArchiveArt market
Martin Lawrence Galleries files suit to claim stolen Warhol
Jason Beltrez claims it was a flea market find while Christie's is stuck in the middle
ArchiveArt market
Insurance for war loot claims on the rise
Increasing numbers of private collectors, dealers, museums, and banks have been buying policies to protect their assets
ArchiveRestitution
Dutch museums face largest ever restitution claim
Heirs of dealer Nathan Katz says 225 paintings were sold under duress
ArchiveCollectors
Collectors have turned a limestone cave in a Napa Valley hillyard into a unique private gallery space
The first curated cave installation is comprised of 19 works including pieces by Christopher Wool
ArchiveMuseums & Heritage
Metropolitan re-opens Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts
Also now open is its Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education
ArchiveArt market
Crossover collectors fuelled record prices
Historical works were popular
ArchiveMuseums
Most institutions feel that the strict conditions needed for housing art are incompatible with environmental demands. But compliance with eco-friendly requirements can pay off in the long run
Why it pays to go green
ArchiveJoseph Beuys
Broad Foundation acquires one of the largest groups of work by Beuys in the world
Some will go on show in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art expansion next year
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA acquires Luc Tuymans paintings
The works focus on American conservatism under the Bush administration
ArchiveMark Rothko
Rothko exhibition for China and South Korea
The travelling exhibition will be the first major show on the artist in either country
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA reveals restock of its contemporary galleries in yearly rehang
Around 50 new works are on view, including 16 examples never before seen at the museum
ArchiveRestitution
Ukraine returns Koenigs’ drawings
But the 139 works go to Dutch State, not collector’s heirs
ArchiveRestitution
While Tehran and the West clash over Iran's nuclear programme, their museums keep communication diplomatic
The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago's decision to restitute a set of 300 ancient clays tablets to Iran is proof of strengthening ties
ArchiveMoMA PS1
News from the US: Museum acquisitions and sales, refurbishment highs and lows, and fabulous manuscript donations
Nine Modern paintings from the MoMA collection go on sale at Christie’s this month - is it to fund the purchase of the Hirsts at Tate?
ArchiveMay 2004
The US finally unveils its Second World War memorial
It has taken almost 60 years to commemorate the 400,000 American soldiers who died in the conflict