NewsProtests
Facing protest, Museum of Chinese in America cancels exhibition about Asian American art collective Godzilla
Members of the collective argue that the museum implicitly supported construction of a jail
FeatureObituaries
Thirty-seven years with Richard Feigen: the dealer who was a collector first—and sold to feed his habit
Frances Beatty remembers a mentor who would rather give you a lecture on Max Beckmann or Peter Saul than sell you a Van Gogh, but who could do both
ReviewArt & Technology
Disembodied Behaviors: an ultra-real virtual art show that sears the mind-haze of 2020's unending March back to a state of clarity
An expert view brought to you by our XR Panel of artists and storytellers who create in virtual reality and augmented reality
FeatureObituaries
Remembering Brigid Berlin: Mainstay of Andy Warhol's Factory who pioneered art of self-representation using Polaroids and cassettes
An upper-class rebel who became Warhol's best friend and "the only person who could yell at him"
NewsDia Art Foundation
Dia Chelsea plans to reopen in April after connecting three buildings in a $20m project
Inaugural exhibition in New York will feature a film and light sculptures by Lucy Raven
NewsArt market
The devil is in the paperwork—don't be caught out by provenance fraud
The rise of the online art market means due diligence on purchasing art is becoming increasingly complex
NewsArchitectural History
New York preservation group launches online mapping tool to champion former haunts of artists and activists
Organisation hopes the city will protect former home of Jackson Pollock and other buildings south of Union Square by designating a new historic district
PreviewExhibitions
See 150 years of fashion in 60 minutes at the Met
The museum has drawn on the writings of Virginia Woolf, and the theories of Charles Baudelaire and Henri Bergson, to create a disruptive timeline of fashion
PreviewExhibitions
Inaugural Asia Society Triennial to finally open with new programming following the pandemic and BLM protests
New triennial in New York aims to highlight the contribution of the fastest-growing demographic in the US, with exhibitions, events and a little inspiration from Yoko Ono
NewsPublic art
Public art initiative encourages New Yorkers to get outside as museums remain closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic
The campaign offers a digital map of public art works and exhibitions in the five boroughs
NewsArt law
New York developer who whitewashed 5Pointz graffiti—and owes artists $6.75m in damages—appeals to Supreme Court
Petition focuses on the phrasing of the Visual Artists Rights Act, which protects works of “recognized stature” without defining what that means
Interviewcoronavirus
Putting our heads together: the three Guggenheim directors size up post-Covid challenges
With museums in Bilbao and Venice poised to reopen, while New York remains in lockdown, Richard Armstrong, Juan Ignacio Vidarte and Karole Vail talk about weathering the financial crisis
FeatureObituaries
Remembering Peter Beard, photographer and artist, champion of East African wildlife, friend and collaborator of Francis Bacon and Andy Warhol
Photographer, diarist, and collagist who highlighted the destruction of the African elephant's habitat and bestrode New York society in the era of Studio 54
Newscoronavirus
Donors set up $75m fund to help cultural groups and other non-profits in New York City
Fund will disburse grants and loans to small and midsize organisations impacted by coronavirus
PreviewExhibitions
'Strikingly experimental': major Donald Judd survey to open this week in New York
The exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, including 70 works made between 1960 and 1992, will trace the artist's development by focusing on key turning points in his career
NewsPublic art
William Kentridge’s existential imagery takes over Times Square
The artist sees his midnight billboard installation as “a bit of brain surgery” in “the deep soul of late capitalism”
NewsProtests
Artist Nan Goldin and other activists arrested during opioid protest at New York governor’s office
Campaigners known for museum protests accuse Andrew Cuomo of not doing enough to halt drug deaths
ArchiveArt market
Decorative arts market report: The field is booming, fuelled by museum buying and style-hounds
"Sold to the person in the Prada suit"
ArchiveExhibitions
MoMA builds a new audience for Latin American architecture
Sixty years after a landmark architectural survey, the New York museum picks up where it left off
ArchiveExhibitions
Isa Genzken gets a MoMA show
German artist’s first major US retrospective presents career of constant reinvention
ArchiveRestitution
Schiele restitution case could damage NY business, say dealers
The ruling in long-standing legal battle may threaten defence that a purchase was made in good faith
ArchiveMuseums
Rivera’s MoMA murals revisited
After 80 years, works by the Mexican artist known for his volatile relationship with Frida Kahlo are again on view
ArchiveExhibitions
MoMA announces Lygia Clark exhibition
The show will be the first North American retrospective of the artist
ArchiveMuseums
Residents fight developer who bought MoMA’s air rights to build skyscraper
The fate of the proposed building is up in the air
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA tower to loom over Manhattan
Concerns over Jean Nouvel skyscraper, to house museum extension in its base
ArchiveHauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth to open in New York
Gallery hopes to buck the downturn with transatlantic expansion
ArchiveFeatures
Two new programmes: Warhol is remembered by his ageing stars, and original art is taught
Twenty Factory regulars look back on the creative freedom that fuelled the New York enterprise, while three art schools are brought under the microscope
ArchiveArt dealers
Paris dealers take on Manhattan as galleries migrate across the pond
“We meet a broader range of collectors here”
ArchiveNews
Heirs of millionaire art collector at loggerheads
The difficulty has arisen because Mr Eastman left the bulk of his estate in a “marital trust” for his wife
ArchiveNews
Warhol Foundation report looks back on 20 years of philanthropy
Shedding light on the donations, grants, and gifts given by the foundation since Warhol's death
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA sells land and secures room for expansion
The new deal will earn them approximately $65m
ArchiveMuseums
Former MoMA chairman’s oddball art goes under the hammer
William Lieberman’s eclectic holdings yielded bargains
ArchiveIraq
Statue of King Entemena looted from Baghdad's National Museum recovered in New York
Following its disappearance in 2003 and an international sting, the Sumerian statue was retrieved
ArchiveMuseums
The Art Newspaper exclusive on the memoir MoMA declined to publish
Shortly before his death in January, William Rubin handed us his manuscript
ArchiveFeatures
News from New York: Turf wars in Tribeca
Artists, actresses and property developers compete for the best properties in the area
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA acquires $25 million Matisse
The plum blossoms painting is one of the artist's last works
ArchiveJuly 2005
Future of US museum sponsorship in question after split of tobacco giant Altria
The Whitney and the Brooklyn Museum could lose annual grants from the conglomerate, which gave $300m to charitable organisations over the past five years
ArchiveUSA
US Customs art squad reassigned to war on terror
The agents who had investigated stolen art will now work on cases related to terrorism and fraud
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA trustees pledge $260 million
Works from the Museum of Modern Art’s fabled collection continue their world tours for another year
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA curatorial swaps
John Elderfield and Kynaston McShine exchange positions
ArchiveMuseums
Portrait of MoMA’s new home: Long Island City
The area is home to a growing number of cultural institutions
ArchiveMuseums
How has MoMA prepared for its move from Manhattan during renovations?
The Museum of Modern Art has relocated to a working-class borough across the river while its famous headquarters expands
ArchiveArtist interview
Interview with Yoko Ono: "I always move on"
As the Japan Society presents a retrospective of Yoko Ono’s work, she talks about the avant-garde in the 60s and her latest work
ArchiveNews
Artists lend support to MoMA strike on its 111th day
Over 125 artists signed an open letter to the museum detailing the group’s regret over the museum’s refusal to negotiate with the union
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA legal fees in Schiele suit disclosed
The museum has spent over $250,000 contesting the attempted subpoena of two paintings
ArchiveArtist interview
Asking Jules Olitski “What’s it like to be forgotten?”: the great colourist and the whims of fate
Clement Greenberg said he was “the greatest painter” alive; then in the 70s the world stopped talking about Jules Olitski
ArchiveRestitution
Galerie St Etienne honours Otto Kallir, it's founder and the saviour of “degenerate art”
"Saved From Europe" commemorates the man who brought art condemned by the Nazis to the US and worked for the restitution of looted art
ArchiveExhibitions
Construction-mania: Our choice of New York contemporary galleries
And a group of exhibitions, about Duchamp, Balthus and Basquiat, coincides with new art book releases this autumn
ArchiveAndy Warhol
New Warhol exhibition opens at the Whitney Museum
The major show chronicles the many faces of Warhol's fascination with fame
ArchiveWhitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum blamed for the demise of a beloved book store
Books versus Basquiats?
ArchiveArt market
News from New York: All is flux
Ex-Sotheby’s David Nash opens as dealer, Paula Cooper relaunches, and Rauschenberg flirts with PaceWildenstein
ArchiveMuseums
Contemporary art worth $5 million donated to MoMA
The gift was made by New York millionairess Elaine Dannheisser, who says her collection contains “a lot of tough art”
ArchiveExhibitions
Elizabeth Murray curates MoMA exhibition of women Modernist artists
This feminist show is the fifth of the museum's artist-curated exhibitions drawn from the permanent collection
ArchiveJean-Michel Basquiat
First American Basquiat retrospective to be held at the Whitney
Whitney director, David Ross, gambles on his political correctness
ArchiveMuseums
A flood of pictures for MoMA as collector William S. Paley dies
The bequest, one of the largest in the museum's history, includes three of Gertrude Stein’s Picassos