PreviewExhibitions
A Frank Lloyd Wright synagogue transformed
An immersive installation will fuse music, tapestries, video and orchids
NewsConservation & Preservation
New York Public Library shores up its marble lions
Two-month conservation effort for the sculptures follows a public appeal to donors
NewsConservation & Preservation
San Francisco school board votes to preserve but conceal a controversial mural
Its 4-3 decision reverses an earlier vote to paint over a 1930s work that some parents and board members found racist and damaging to students
NewsExhibitions
In highly personal portraits, an artist speaks up for his native Baltimore
Painted before Donald Trump disparaged the city, Derrick Adams's new works celebrate family life there
News US politics
African American leaders object to erasure of controversial school mural in San Francisco
Local figures defend portrayal of the nation’s blemished early history
NewsInterviews
In the rescued Johnson archive, poignant images from black American history
How four institutions swooped in to acquire four million images
NewsMuseums
Baltimore Museum of Art dedicates a year of exhibitions to women
From Georgia O’Keeffe to Mickalene Thomas, museum will aim to address diversity gaps
NewsMuseums & Heritage
For its centennial, Oriental Institute weds ancient artefacts with contemporary art
Three artists enter a dialogue with Middle Eastern antiquities at the University of Chicago
NewsMuseums
Baltimore Museum of Art to create a Matisse study centre
Museum will draw on its 1,200 works by the artist to help further scholarship
NewsArt market
New York thrift store find turns out to be valuable Schiele drawing
Work found at a Habitat for Humanity shop is estimated to be worth as much as $200,000
NewsArt market
Two shareholders seek to block Sotheby’s purchase by BidFair
Lawsuits argue that information filed to the SEC is inadequate
NewsMuseums
With Jean Pigozzi's contemporary African art donation, MoMA to become a 'leader' in the field
The museum says the gift will play an important role in the reconfiguration of its permanent collection
NewsLaw
Collector says he was duped into selling Brancusi sculpture
He seeks $200m in damages from lawyer who he says "hoodwinked" him
NewsConservation
A Wall Street lobby restored to its former glory
A vast Art Deco mosaic celebrates the artistry of its overlooked creator
Podcast
Top of the Pods: the world of Warhol, as told by Jeremy Deller and Donna De Salvo
With the Pop artist's blockbuster retrospective currently on show at SFMoMA, we delve into the life and legacy of the ever-popular painter with artist Jeremy Deller and curator Donna De Salvo. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
AnalysisAntiquities & Archaeology
A Getty lifeline for classical mosaics in the Middle East and North Africa
As the Getty winds down its decade-long Mosaikon project, it leaves behind a legacy of expertise in a region threatened by looting and political unrest
NewsConservation & Preservation
Microsoft aims to harness AI for heritage projects
From languages to historic artefacts, the company will use technology to preserve and celebrate traditional cultures
NewsLooted art
US authorities file criminal charges against antiquities dealer Subhash Kapoor and seven others
The government’s complaint outlines a massive alleged smuggling ring involving other dealers, art restorers and associates who helped create false provenances for looted objects
NewsConservation & Preservation
Going undercover: Scotland's leaky Mackintosh treasure shielded by 197-tonne chainmail box
Hill House in Helensburgh has been covered to protect it from the rain while National Trust makes conservation plans
NewsBuilding projects
New Museum unveils Rem Koolhaas design for addition
Building to rise next door that will double the museum’s exhibition space
NewsAppointments & departures
MoMA PS1 hires former Garage Museum curator as its director
Kate Fowle, known as a champion of artists and curatorial innovation, succeeds Klaus Biesenbach
NewsConservation & Preservation
Getty shores up Peruvian church in an earthquake zone
The preservation project could serve as a prototype for saving other earthen buildings
NewsConservation & Preservation
Conservators restore Africa’s first animated film in colour
Nigerien pioneer Moustapha Alassane’s stop-motion work Samba the Great is being screened in Bologna
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Hito Steyerl's Park Avenue Armory takeover to Simone Leigh's commanding Plinth commission
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Donna De Salvo steps down as Whitney senior curator
After organising popular shows like a Warhol retrospective, she resigns to “pursue other interests’’
NewsEconomics
Sizing up salaries in the visual arts world
A US survey compares compensation for employees by age, job type and education level
PreviewExhibitions
Can art bring the walls down? Washington DC show explores the migrant experience
Exhibition at the Phillips Collection is curated by Massimiliano Gioni and will include works by Arshile Gorky, Mona Hatoum and Vija Celmins
NewsObituaries
Robert Therrien, whose outsize art teetered between fantasy and reality, has died at 71
The artist delved into quotidian objects like a 10-foot-high kitchen table
NewsArtists
Artist to install earthwork calling attention to immigration and human trafficking
Trail of red sand will be visible to travellers in flight and on the ground in Seattle
NewsLaw
Artist's copyright infringement suit heads to US Supreme Court
North Carolina used film director’s images without obtaining his permission or compensating him
NewsConservation & Preservation
Conservation project channels thinking of Angkor’s original builders
World Monuments Fund completes restoration of the eastern half of Phnom Bakheng temple
NewsHeritage
Gaudi’s Sagrada Família secures building permit—137 years later
A deal between the city and the church foundation aims to complete construction work on the architect’s quixotic final project
NewsLaw
US Supreme Court declines to hear appeal on Nazi-looted art
Norton Simon Museum can keep two Lucas Cranach masterpieces
NewsSackler family
The Met says it will stop accepting gifts from Sacklers associated with Purdue Pharma
The museum cites recent lawsuits tied to the US opioid crisis in its decision to decline future donations from the family
InterviewFrieze New York 2019
Confessions of a dealer: Esther Kim Varet
We talk to Esther Kim Varet, the founder of the Los Angeles (and now, Seoul) gallery Various Small Fires about the art world, a pet peeve and the next big thing
PreviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Winogrand's little-known colour photographs to Miró's mammoth canvas
NewsMonuments
Virginia judge rules that two Confederate statues in Charlottesville are war memorials
City Council members seeking to remove them argued that they were actually monuments to white supremacy
InterviewFrieze New York 2019
Confessions of a dealer: Sam Gordon
We talk to Sam Gordon, co-founder of the New York gallery Gordon Robichaux, about his art-world enthusiasms and words to live by
News
Many Whitney Biennial artists sign letter calling for museum vice chairman's removal
Letter cites Warren B. Kanders's role in company that manufactured tear gas used at US border
InterviewFrieze New York 2019
Lauren Halsey brings the spirit of South Central LA to Frieze New York
Artist dedicates installation to Nipsey Hussle, the slain rapper and neighbourhood activist
NewsRestitution
Italian prosecutor claims Medieval missal in Morgan Library was stolen from parish church
Official argues that its return could help boost tourism in an area that has suffered economically from earthquake damage
PreviewExhibitions
Twelve exhibitions not to miss during Frieze New York
From the Leipzig School artist Neo Rauch at the Drawing Center, to Nari Ward at the New Museum, there's plenty to see around New York City during Frieze
NewsCathedral of Notre Dame
Notre Dame: experts explain why Macron's five-year restoration deadline is impossible
Complex conservation issues mean it could easily take a decade or more to rebuild the Medieval cathedral
NewsConservation & Preservation
Nancy Holt’s desert Sun Tunnels will be cleaned and repaired—but the bullet marks are staying
The artist considered the streaks left by gunfire to be part of the Land Art work's evolution
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Alicja Kwade's rooftop solar system to Joe Minter's commanding sculptures
InterviewArtist interview
Simone Leigh, now in the spotlight, contemplates the theme of invisibility
With three presentations scheduled this spring in New York, the Brooklyn-based artist talks about her commitment to representing the experience of black women
NewsConservation & Preservation
The Getty Conservation Institute maps out a plan to preserve the Eames House
The Los Angeles Modernist home was designed and lived in by Charles and Ray Eames
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Conceptual and Minimalist trove raises bedeviling questions for the Guggenheim
Grappling with questions of authenticity, museum 'decommissions' some works from the Panza Collection
NewsMuseums & Heritage
X-ray of Uffizi's Artemisia Gentileschi reveals a tantalising underpainting
The portrait has striking similarities to a recent acquisition by the National Gallery in London
PreviewExhibitions
The all-too-human Shinto gods descending on Cleveland
Exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art aims to bring the Japanese belief system and its often quarrelsome deities vividly to life
NewsExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in New York this week
From Lucio Fontana's punctured canvases to an intimate look at Frida Kahlo's personal objects
Podcast
Sackler sponsorship: take it or leave it? Plus, museum visitor figures
We examine the growing unease among British museums about accepting money from Sackler family members linked to the sale of the opioid OxyContin, and look at 2018's most visited shows and museums with Met director Max Hollein. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Podcast
Art Basel in Hong Kong, Richard Lin and the Met’s World Between Empires
We talk to Marc Spiegler, global director of Art Basel; discuss the forgotten artist Richard Lin; and speak to the curators of a New York exhibition on the ancient Middle East. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Moroni's inventive portraiture to Hans Op de Beeck's dreamlike world
NewsArt's Most Popular 2019
Heavenly figures: how two Met shows topped The Art Newspaper’s attendance survey
The New York museum's Heavenly Bodies exhibition came first even though curator “never set out to create a hit”
NewsConservation & Preservation
Fragile inheritance: US museums bridge skills gap in conservation of Chinese paintings
Philanthropic funding assures new training for the next generation of masters to emerge
NewsLaw
US Supreme Court declines to review a challenge to the National Gallery's ownership of a Matisse
Grandchildren of muse depicted in 1908 painting exhaust their US appeals
NewsConservation & Preservation
Stolen in 1985, a recovered de Kooning will undergo conservation treatment
University of Arizona Museum of Art will send its painting, damaged by the thief, to the Getty
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's Eye: an interview with Candace Carmel Barasch
The New York real estate heiress tells us what she's bought and why she loves it
FeatureExhibitions
Making Miró: MoMA show explores turning point in artist’s career
An exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art focuses on The Birth of the World, a 1925 painting that marks a definitive turning point for Joan Miró
NewsConservation & Preservation
Rothko Chapel to be restored, and gain auxiliary buildings
Artist's son says the project will "do right by my father’s vision for the space"
NewsRembrandt
Paper trail: how watermarks illuminate Rembrandt's creative process
By analysing and categorising watermarks, a new online tool will allow researchers to connect prints to specific batches of paper
NewsConservation & Preservation
New app helps researchers diagnose ‘acne’ afflicting Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings
Bumps caused by chemical reactions can now be mapped by waving a hand-held device that one professor likens to a Star Trek “tricorder”
AnalysisRembrandt
Trimmed, splashed and slashed: the anatomy of Rembrandt's The Night Watch
As the Rijksmuseum prepares to restore the Dutch master’s most-celebrated painting in full view of the public, we look at its chequered conservation history
NewsRestitution
Met hands over an Egyptian coffin that it says was looted
Describing itself as a victim of fraud, museum says it cooperated with district attorney's investigation
News
SFMoMA to sell a Rothko estimated at $35m to $50m
Proceeds would go toward acquisitions that “address art historical gaps’’
News
Morgan Library & Museum plans $12.5m restoration of its library's exterior
New York institution plans to shore up its Neo-Classical façade and create outdoor spaces for the public
NewsAcquisitions
Whitney acquires Abstract Expressionist painting by Norman Lewis
The museum will show the underrecognised African American artist's work alongside pieces by his contemporaries
NewsAfrican art
Brooklyn Museum's detective work reveals original owners of African mask
Family elders give blessing to new exhibition of Yorùbá masquerade costume, stolen from Nigerian shrine room 70 years ago