Indigenous art
After sudden closure, Santa Fe’s Center for Contemporary Arts reopens
The art and film space had seemingly closed permanently in April, but community donations will allow its cinema to resume operations
An overdue retrospective for an artist in touch with America’s dark ‘underbelly’
Native American artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has been transforming the contemporary art canon for decades with multilayered works that address cultural misconceptions with humour
National Gallery of Australia investigates whether Indigenous artists had ‘creative control’ over works in new exhibition
An independent review will assess allegations that white studio staff painted on canvases attributed to leading Aboriginal artists
The mystic and the Modernist: Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian
We explore the Tate Modern exhibition. Plus, the Whitney's Jaune Quick-to-See Smith retrospective and a reconstructed Roman gateway in England
Santa Fe's Center for Contemporary Arts closes permanently despite last-minute fundraising effort
The New Mexico institution, established in 1979, has shut its doors, seemingly forever
Abenaki artist and film-maker Alanis Obomsawin’s remarkable career comes into focus at the Vancouver Art Gallery
A survey of the 90-year-old activist, artist and documentarian’s tells a parallel story about the shifting relationship between Canada and its First Nations peoples
Philippines tattoo artist is a Vogue cover star—at the age of 106
Apo Whang-Od hand taps tattoos on Gen Z tourists using a thorn dipped in soot
US President Biden designates two new national monuments in the American Southwest
Both sites contain examples of Indigenous art including petroglyphs and pictographs
Canadian police uncover 'biggest art fraud in world history'
Eight suspects are arrested and more than 1,000 works seized following investigation into forgeries of paintings by the Ojibwe artist Norval Morrisseau
Native American painter Jaune Quick-to-See Smith will be the first artist to curate a show at the US National Gallery of Art
Smith’s exhibition will include works by around 50 living Native artists, including several that have recently been acquired by the NGA
Princeton University Art Museum acquires historic, record-breaking Native American basket
The large, woven basket by the the Mono Lake Paiute artist Wutoni won first prize at a 1929 competition and, in 2005, set an auction record for a Native American basket
Indigenous art collective purchases 'urban oasis' in Seattle with plans to build cultural centre
The yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective has plans to create a community centre on the verdant site that focuses on artistic, cultural, and environmental initiatives
US National Gallery of Art acquires major work by overlooked Native American Abstract Expressionist
The untitled 1961 painting, by Chippewa artist George Morrison, is the first by a Native American member of the New York School movement in the NGA’s collection
Indigenous art communities emerged from the pandemic more resilient
Native American artists in the United States and First Nations artists in Canada found new ways to show their work and protect elders during the worst of Covid-19
Museums and heritage in 2022: industrial unrest, climate protests and damage to historic artefacts in Ukraine
New and refurbished museums open in Antwerp, Los Angeles and Sydney as Italian archaeologists make the "discovery of a generation" in a hilltop town in Tuscany
Ancient Indigenous ‘Stonehenge’ of Ohio to be nominated for Unesco status after ousting of golf club
The Octagon Earthworks are being teed up for nomination for Unesco World Heritage status
Venezuelan artists make a comeback in Miami
Art from the beleaguered country is on show at the Pinta fair, from Modern abstraction to textile works by Indigenous people
National Museum of Scotland to repatriate looted totem pole
The museum will transfer the totem pole to the Nisga’a Nation of British Columbia
Canada's National Gallery abruptly lays off four senior staff, including chief curator and Indigenous art curator
In an internal memo to staff, the museum's interim director wrote that the sudden changes were made "to better align the gallery’s leadership team with the organisation’s new strategic plan"
Two men sentenced to prison time for vandalising Nevada petroglyphs
The White River Narrows, located around two hours north of Las Vegas, is known for its various petroglyph galleries that date back around 4,000 years
For a renowned Aboriginal artist, a posthumous star turn in Paris at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, who died in 2015 and whose work has been embroiled in the scandal surrounding the dealer who “discovered” it, has her first major museum show outside Australia
Archaeologists discover mural of Aztec god of alcohol in Mexican convent
Archaeologists believe the pre-Columbian wall drawing of a god wearing a feathered headdress likely depicts Tepoztēcatl, the god of pulque
Bard College, in partnership with Indigenous art organisation Forge Project, will use $50m gift to overhaul Native American studies programme
The school’s American Studies programme will become the American and Indigenous Studies programme, and Forge Project’s executive director will become a fellow at Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies
How the Alaskan capital of Juneau is becoming a hub for Native art
In the state’s capital, a new arts campus signals the growing ambitions of a rich but long-overlooked creative community
Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona's new show combines her love of Inuit culture and the impending threat of climate change
Ashoona, who received a special mention for her work in this year's Venice Biennale, continues to draw attention to a previously underrepresented culture
Indigenous artists take the spotlight at The Armory Show
Buffalo-based K Art Gallery, owned and operated by a member of the Seneca Nation, is showing an intergenerational group of Indigenous artists at the fair
Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo museums offer new approaches to showcasing Indigenous culture in Brazil
A long-closed historic institution and a new museum have contracted committees of Indigenous advisors who will contextualise the ancient and present cultures of their tribes
‘We are stepping out and owning the space’: Santa Fe Indian Market’s centennial comes at a pivotal moment for Indigenous artists
The Southwest Association of American Indian Art is laying critical groundwork to serve Native and Indigenous artists now and into the 22nd century
Ancient ‘Hellgate’ pictographs irreparably vandalised in Montana
The pictographs are nominated for listing in the US National Register of Historic Places
Toronto culture festival admits to ‘internalising colonial systems’ after mishandling Indigenous-led art project
The Luminato Festival, a fixture of Toronto’s arts scene since 2007, called off the Um of Water project days before its debut