The public space on the banks of the Mississippi, which honours a Black skiff boat operator who saved 32 people from drowning, features work by Theaster Gates and James Little

Employees in the sector increasingly find their jobs exhausting and unfulfilling—but how can they avoid burnout at work?

Many of the biggest art museums in New York and elsewhere have raised the price of general admission to $30, while others continue to pursue free-entry policies

The architect’s son is selling the Modernist summer house and a trust hopes to raise the funds to buy it

A wave of local and state legislation “protecting” minors from drag shows has been denounced as a morally subjective, an anti-queer dog whistle, and likely to lead to the censorship of performance art

Restitution dispute between Chrysler Museum of Art in Virginia and Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association came close to a deal in 2020

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's immersive collaboration with Superblue highlights declining numbers of songbirds

More than three years after it closed, the museum in upstate New York has made major upgrades across its campus and added more than 500 works to its collection

Ninety previously unseen photographs from the early 1970s reveal the foundations of his practice

US Supreme Court justices debate whether obliging a Colorado woman to create wedding websites for same-sex couples violates her free speech rights as an artist

The historic Charleston Museum and the forthcoming International African American Museum will explore the city's painful past

America left the United Nations heritage organisation in 2019 after its members voted to accept Palestine as a member state

Five years ago, a landmark exhibition of art created by detainees began touring the US. But a government U-turn has blocked works from leaving the prison, raising the question: whose art is it?

Opening on 21 January 2023, the new International African American Museum will include ways for Black Americans to research their ancestry

Cultural understanding “cancelled” as Russia withdraws from 1998 memorandum and museums wind down “all direct communications and collaborative work”

Many works depict enlisted soldiers’ day-to-day routine while some are even anti-war

As stringent restrictions on art sales return after a pandemic reprieve, American institutions seem more polarised than ever

Global warming’s effects are impacting collectors’ bank accounts, especially in disaster-prone states like California and Florida where risky conditions have become the norm

City council's move to enforce wage disclosures in job adverts could usher in a sea change at major US cultural institutions—challenging persistent pay inequality in the sector

Experts in the trade question whether items seized by US customs under the new four-year policy will be returned to the Taliban

The five-year memorandum of understanding comes at a moment when Nigeria is taking increasingly proactive measures to secure its patrimony and recover artefacts that were looted and stolen

New reports from Artists Commit, which analyse the life cycle of a show, join an increasingly broad push for transparency and data sharing to promote a more climate-conscious sector

Michael Hayden has sued the artist for copyright infringement in latest legal battle

Repatriation could lead to resolution in other cases of looted art in museums

Countering settler narratives, Saint Louis Art Museum exhibition and catalogue examines the artistic contributions and experiences of marginalised groups

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections

Architect's Core Project expansion creates 90,000 sq. ft of new galleries and reimagined public spaces at heart of 1928 landmark

Scaled-back event will relocate from far-flung Randall's Island to The Shed in Manhattan

The alarming rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans is just part of a long history of discrimination in the US and elsewhere

Organisation aims to put pressure on galleries to adopt sustainable practices