NewsBrazil
Jair Bolsonaro’s government extinguishes Brazilian ministry of culture
The departments of culture, sports and social development have merged
NewsArtists
Louise Bourgeois’s Spider crawls across Brazil
The colossal work, one of the first arachnid sculptures the artist made, has embarked on a multi-city tour
NewsBrazil
Brazil’s National Museum closes the year on a poignant note
With partnerships with the Smithsonian and Google as well as donations, the institution soldiers on
NewsBrazil
Art collector and Credit Suisse head José Olympio da Veiga Pereira is the new president of São Paulo biennial foundation
The organisation oversees the city’s international exhibition, as well as the country’s representation at the Venice Biennale and other projects
FeatureArt fairs
Behind the scenes: Diary of an art handler
Having to cope with everything from curious koi to melting Vaseline, an art handler’s working days are certainly never dull
NewsLatin American art
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros plans to take her Latin American art collection worldwide
Works from the 3,000-strong collection have already travelled to Mexico, Ecuador and Brazil and in 2019, Fontanals-Cisneros plans to “cross even more uncharted waters”
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's eye: Jorge Pérez
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
InterviewArtist interview
Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernández: 'death to planned obsolescence'
The Design Miami Visionary award-winners tell us about their projects at the fair
NewsProtest
'Tania Bruguera's bravery always stands out': art world responds to Cuban artist's arrest
Activist is among several artists detained in Havana on Monday ahead of planned protest
NewsExhibitions
Top shows to see in Miami this week
From a tribute to the feminist stalwart Judy Chicago at the ICA to a reunion of the AfriCOBRA artist at MoCA
NewsObituaries
Robert Morris, the conceptual sculptor and leading Minimalist, has died, aged 87
We once asked the artist for his thoughts on Minimalism; he called our questions “trivial, superficial, puerile, misdirected, irrelevant, egregious, distracted, dull, feeble, breathless, gossip-mongering, smarmy and lizard-like”
NewsIvory
$1.3m worth of ivory seized in California—the largest haul since a ban was adopted in the state
The Carlton Gallery of San Diego and a nearby warehouse had hundreds of pieces
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Rain threatens recovery effort at Brazil’s National Museum
Meanwhile, the museum partners with a Chinese tech firm to digitise its catalogued collection
AnalysisAuctions
The highs and lows of New York ‘gigaweek’
Hockney made the headlines, but other artists made waves—or flopped—at November’s auctions
NewsArt market
Auction house pulls seven objects from American Indian sale amid protests
Native American official calls planned auction of the items “unconscionable”
NewsAuctions
Phillips and Bonhams see strong sales on smaller lots
The auction houses' bottom lines suffered from unsold lots in their contemporary sales, continuing a trend of top-lot discernment during New York’s fall sales
InterviewFeatures
Larry Poons: Art isn’t business
The octogenarian painter stars in The Price of Everything, a new film about the machinations of the market airing on HBO
NewsAuction record
Holy grail of folk ceramics made by 19th-century snake handler breaks auction record
The “snake jug” shattered the previous record for Anna Pottery, a niche favourite of Americana collectors
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Native American group denounces Met’s exhibition of indigenous objects
The Association on American Indian Affairs says the "first mistake was to call these objects art" and that tribal representatives should have been consulted
NewsPolitics
The art world reacts to Brazil’s new far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro
The former army captain's apparent leanings toward authoritarianism and his fundamentalist views have arts professionals feeling wary
NewsMuseums
US museums are too white, and this paid internship programme hopes to change that
Ten museums across America will participate in an inaugural project launched by the Association of Art Museum Directors
NewsDisasters & destruction
New York cemetery opens its doors to art to honour dead migrants and victims of Hurricane Maria
Artist creates an altar incorporating objects from Puerto Rico and invites visitors to add their own
NewsBrazil
‘Brazil’s Donald Trump’ Jair Bolsonaro may thwart efforts to rebuild Rio museum destroyed in fire
New far-right president wants to remove the country’s ministry of culture
NewsThree to see
Three shows to see in New York this weekend
Head downtown for Sarah Lucas, a deep-dive into LES galleries and Toyin Ojih Odutola's beguiling portraits
NewsArt market
Christie's to offer major works from the Klapper collection that could fetch more than $50m
The 20-lot sale spans the auction house's New York and London locations and includes works ranging from Old Master paintings to a Monet
NewsArt market
Galleries on New York's Lower East Side band together to boost foot traffic
More than 20 galleries will participate in the inaugural LES Art Week, launching 17 October
PreviewExhibitions
Metropolitan Museum of Art reclassifies status of Native American art for new exhibition
Donor of artefacts asked New York museum to present them as "American art rather than tribal art"
NewsMuseums
National Museum in Rio starts rebuilding efforts with temporary exhibitions
While most of its collection is still buried under rubble, the institution begins the long road to restoration with displays of stored works that were spared from the fire
NewsExhibitions
Feminist photographer Anne Brigman rediscovered in Nevada Art Museum show
The artist, once championed by Alfred Stieglitz, fell into obscurity after her death in 1950
PreviewArt market
Object Lessons: from a polaroid of Basquiat to a Ming dynasty bodhisattvas
Our pick from this week's fairs and auctions
NewsObituaries
Geta Brătescu, Romanian multidisciplinary artist, has died aged 92
She was an important figure of the European country’s avant-garde scene with a career spanning more than six decades, but gained wider international recognition in recent years
NewsPolitics
Who are the people seeking political asylum in the US?
A floating art project in New York tells refugees’ stories during the UN General Assembly
PreviewExhibitions
San Francisco show celebrates diversity of Muslim fashion
As debates on the burqa rage worldwide, De Young Museum exhibition explores complexities and range of Islamic dress
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From long-hidden sculptures to a Land Art pioneer’s early cogitations
NewsArt market
Sotheby’s to offer landmark paintings by Marsden Hartley and Ludwig Meidner in November
The auction house hopes the works will surpass previous records by several million
NewsArt market
New York's Chelsea galleries hope new storefronts will bring new business
After waves of closures, the pricey West Side art district sees a frenzy of growth this fall
NewsMuseums
Protesters decry neglect after Brazilian museum fire
Amid melee at National Museum, museology students begin project to digitise the institution
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Massive fire devastates the National Museum of Brazil
Budget cuts and negligence blamed for the blaze
NewsNew York
Escaping New York's concrete jungle for the Governors Island Art Fair
The ‘artists for artists’ fair will be open each weekend of September with more than 100 works on view
NewsMuseums
‘Art Rx’: museum tours linked to easing chronic pain
Participants of study reported feeling less pain and less social disconnection after an hour-long museum tour
NewsSocial history
Canada struggles with monuments tied to colonialism
Echoing a conflict in the US, the nation contends with calls to remove controversial memorials
NewsBrazil
After the loss of its convicted founder, the Inhotim Institute carries on
The arts park maintains momentum as Bernardo Paz appeals a nine-year sentence for laundering donations
NewsMuseums
New York’s El Museo del Barrio due to reopen in September after year-long refurbishment
The Latino cultural institution had previously experienced financial problems, staff cuts and brisk turnover of senior figures
NewsArt fairs
Zona Maco sister fairs return one year on from Mexico earthquake
Events dedicated to photographs, antiques, crafts and curiosities offer niche disciplines for collectors
NewsUSA
Naked 'clown Trump' statue installed on Los Angeles billboard
In their latest project, the guerrilla group Indecline compares the US president to serial killer John Wayne Gacy
NewsArt fairs
What to see at the Seattle Art Fair, from dystopian tech to the outer reaches of the solar system
The fair's artistic director Nato Thompson explains what sets this "underdog" event apart from the usual art fair frenzy
NewsBiennials & festivals
The Carnegie Museum announces first round of commissions in the 57th Carnegie International
The artists El Anatsui, Tavares Strachan, Mimi Cherono Ng’ok, Park MacArthur and many others will participate in the longstanding contemporary art show
NewsExhibitions
A realist cult classic, The Fullbright Triptych, goes on view in Nevada
Simon Dinnerstein's rarely seen masterwork is the centrepiece of a travelling show
NewsMuseums
Programme of paid internships aims to make US museum staff more diverse
Association of Art Museum Directors launches scheme to provide undergraduate students from minority backgrounds with hands-on experience
NewsHeritage
Bauhaus in Belsize Park: Gropius, Breuer and Moholy-Nagy honoured in London
Blue plaque installed on Grade-I-listed Isokon Building honours the Modernist artists and architects
NewsMuseums
More people are visiting New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art than ever before
The museum's Michelangelo show drew more half a million visitors alone
NewsCommercial galleries
What to see in Condo New York
The American edition of the international gallery exchange programme brings exhibitors from Cairo, Tokyo and Kolkata
NewsPolitics
The art world reacts to US Supreme Court’s travel ban decision
Early signs of the order’s impact on cultural exchange have artists and curators concerned
NewsBerkshire Museum
The Berkshire Museum to sell nine more works from its collection
The institution failed to meet its $55m target at last month's auctions
NewsArt law
Jeff Koons and Larry Gagosian file motion to dismiss collector’s 'impatient' demands for work he did not receive
Steven Tananbaum sued the artist and gallery in April for failing to deliver works he bought in 2014, likening the incident to a Ponzi scheme
NewsPolitics
Artist collective tackles 'disappearing kids' under US immigration policy
This latest impromptu project is a direct response to Trump's "willingness to inflict trauma on young children and families”, the group says
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
From a smiley snowman to an "awareness of death"
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
From Gainsborough's friendly cows to Giacometti's depictions of people
NewsLaw
Daughter sues her father over Jean-Michel Basquiat painting
Belinda Neumann-Donnelly claims the work could have made an extra $15m if Hubert Neumann had not tried to block its sale
NewsArt market
New York gallerist Tanya Bonakdar to open first space in Los Angeles
The dealer says her artists encouraged the expansion
NewsMuseums
Dia to revamp New York galleries with $78m campaign
The multi-year project aims to revive Soho space, closed since the late 1980s, expand Beacon museum and allow long-term installations by Walter de Maria to remain open year-round
NewsAuctions
Dinosaur skeleton previously unknown to science auctioned in the Eiffel Tower
Aguttes sold the fossil to an anonymous buyer, who may name the new species, despite protests from paleontologists
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Architect Francis Kéré to construct a meditative pavilion for Tippet Rise Art Center
The commission will fund the construction of a secondary school in the artist’s native Burkina Faso