NewsConservation & Preservation
Weaver uncovers hidden patterns beneath Old Master paintings
For artisan Helena Loermans, uncovering the intricate weaves of artists' canvases is like “a detective story”
NewsConservation & Preservation
Conserving canvas: from tear-mending to 'mist lining’, conservators share their techniques
Hundreds gather as the Getty convenes the first major international conference on the issue in 45 years
PreviewExhibitions
In Miami for Art Basel? Eight shows to see outside the fair
From a travelling Stonewall survey to Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña's first major museum retrospective
NewsMuseums
Peabody Essex Museum's $125m expansion includes new displays shaped by its neuroscience research
Institution in Salem, Massachusetts, opens new wing to display maritime and Asian art collection
PreviewExhibitions
LA show delves inside the mind of Betye Saar
The Lacma exhibition will show how the US artist’s works develop over decades from initial sketchbooks to finished assemblages
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the Rubin Museum's meditation on “power” to the Costume Institute's celebration of camp
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Philanthropy, but at what price? US museums wake up to public's ethical concerns
Daniel Weiss, Adam Weinberg and other museum leaders speak out following the fallout from the resignation of the Whitney’s vice chairman and the ongoing Sackler affair
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the relationship between humans and nature at the Cooper Hewitt to love and unity at the Ford Foundation
NewsBauhaus
Art Institute of Chicago show traces the Bauhaus’s legacy in 20th-century textile art
The weaving workshop was “an incubator of aesthetic and pedagogical talent”
NewsWhitney Biennial
Four artists withdraw their work from the Whitney Biennial
The move follows on-going calls for the resignation of the museum board's vice chairman
NewsRestitution
Benin gets €20m loan for new museum to show restituted heritage
France’s president pledged to return 26 items seized in the 19th century by the French military
NewsObituaries
Sadie Roberts-Joseph, founder of Baton Rouge African American Museum, has died
The tireless community advocate was found murdered last week, aged 75
NewsObituaries
Post-war painter Leon Kossoff, who captured London life and landscapes, dies aged 92
British artist whose School of London classmates included Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach “saw beauty in everything and in everybody”, his gallery says
NewsObituaries
Young New York-based artist Devra Freelander killed in a bicycle accident
The 28-year-old recently showed work in Times Square
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From a travelling survey show on Stonewall to bronze sculptures of everyday objects
NewsRestitution
Uffizi recovers Nazi-looted painting from Germany
The Dutch still life heads back to the Florence museum after bold campaign by director
NewsObituaries
Barbara Hunt McLanahan, the executive director of the Children's Museum of the Arts, has died aged 55
Her tenure reflected her "steadfast belief in the transformative power of art", the museum says
InterviewJewellery
Wakanda comes to Washington
Douriean Fletcher, who made the jewellery for Black Panther, speaks at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the poster master Alphonse Mucha to Mrinalini Mukherjee's organic, sexual forms
NewsPacific Standard Time
Next edition of Pacific Standard time looks at the intersection of art and science
The Getty-led PST: Art x Science x LA is due to be held in 2024
NewsUnions
Rally at New Museum reception brings attention to union negotiations
Bargaining committee member says it is “feeling hopeful that progress will be made”
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
NewsDesign
Poster House, the first US museum dedicated to the medium, opens in New York
“We don’t want to be an art museum,” the director says
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
Celebrate Pride Month with commemorations of Stonewall's 50th anniversary
NewsUnions
Employees at the Guggenheim seek to unionise
Labour representative says the organisation is engaged in “union-busting” tactics
InterviewCheryl Pope
Cheryl Pope on love, representation and the comfort of textile art
The artist is showing a new series of wool roving nudes at Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago
NewsExhibitions
Surround yourself in the 70s: Mickalene Thomas installation comes to Miami's Bass Museum
The artist's Better Nights will open during Art Basel in Miami Beach this December, but programming will keep the space active for the community throughout the year
NewsObituaries
Leah Chase, New Orleans chef and collector of African American art, has died aged 96
The “Queen of Creole Cuisine” showed works by artists including Elizabeth Catlett and Jacob Lawrence in her legendary restaurant Dooky Chase's
NewsAppointments & departures
Diane 'Dede' Wilsey steps down as board chair of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The leader has been both generous and controversial
NewsBuilding projects
Could a parking garage hold up Lacma’s new Zumthor building?
A local group has sued Los Angeles County over the plan’s environmental impact report
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Tibetan Buddhism on the battlefield to Theresa Chromati's women on a journey
NewsAppointments & departures
Lonnie Bunch elected new secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
The director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture is the first African American, and first historian, to lead the organisation
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Harold Ancart's handball court to Hank Willis Thomas's Afro pick
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Metropolitan Museum of Art invites artists to make new sculptures for Fifth Avenue facade
The New York museum heads into the second half of 2019 with contemporary art takeovers and a balanced budget
NewsMuseums & Heritage
MOCA to offer free general admission after $10m gift from board president
The change has been a long-time wish for some leaders at the Los Angeles museum
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the legacy of Augusta Savage to memories of Leonard Cohen
NewsOpenings
Monumental art and walks on water: New Orleans Museum of Art opens expanded sculpture garden
Works by Frank Stella and Ursula von Rydingsvard take their place in lagoon landscape of New Orleans City Park
NewsAcquisitions
From Venice to California: Lisa Reihana’s post-colonial ‘digital scroll’ is acquired by FAMSF and Lacma
The massive work, shown at the 2017 Venice Biennale, re-interprets 19th-century wallpaper depicting native Pacific peoples
BlogThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Siah Armajani on democracy and exile, to Michelle Handelman's look at otherness
NewsDia Art Foundation
Dia:Chelsea to begin revamp this month for fall 2020 reopening
The project, announced this year, is part of the Dia Art Foundation’s $90m multi-venue initiative
BlogDiary
Camping out for Camp
We caught up with the crowds waiting to spot celebs—particularly Harry Styles—on the red carpet of tonight’s annual Met Gala
PreviewCostume Institute
Bold, ironic and camp: Met show explores exuberant expression in fashion
Costume Institute's new exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion examines camp from the 17th century onwards
PreviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Winogrand's little-known colour photographs to Miró's mammoth canvas
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
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Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Alicja Kwade's rooftop solar system to Joe Minter's commanding sculptures
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is 'on track, on budget', director Richard Armstrong says
Construction on the long-delayed project is expected to take three to four years
NewsObituaries
Tributes to Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, giant of contemporary Iranian art
Curators and artists, including Shirin Neshat, remember the artist who called her geometric mirror works “signs of light and life”
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in San Francisco this weekend
From a Modernist community on California's northern coast, to the kimono's continuing influence on international fashion
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Fire destroys roof of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris
The spire has collapsed on the medieval landmark
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approves $650m Lacma building project
The design spans Wilshire Boulevard and replaces four extant buildings
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
NewsArtists
Boots Riley on the links between art, Surrealism and social justice
The multi-hyphenate, who made his directorial debut with Sorry To Bother You, will speak with Mickalene Thomas at the Baltimore Museum of Art this month
NewsMuseums & Heritage
The Boca Raton Museum of Art acquires seven works by George Segal
The US artist’s daughter shares memories behind the sculptures and drawings
PreviewExhibitions
She persisted: DC’s National Portrait Gallery looks at the history of the women’s vote
One of the longest reform movements in American history, which continues to be an issue today, is explored in the show
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
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Dallas Museum of Art boosts Latin American focus with new curator and acquisitions
The museum aims to show the diversity of the region, where art and cultures have mixed for centuries
NewsSponsorship
Guggenheim Museum says it 'does not plan to accept any gifts' from the Sackler family
The move follows similar decisions by London museums
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the "computer cowgirl" Gretchen Bender to Girault de Prangey's haunting snapshots of the past
NewsMuseums & Heritage
National Museum of African American History and Culture to unveil rediscovered Harriet Tubman photo
She is “relaxed and very stylish” in the portrait
NewsMuseum of Modern Art New York
Ninety years on, MoMA rediscovers its radical soul
New York museum's rotating rehang will emphasise diverse permanent collection to celebrate the “pluriverse” of art
PreviewExhibitions
St. Louis show sniffs out why Egyptians smashed noses
Exhibition at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation explores how Pharaohs and Christians alike went in for vandalising and “killing” icons
NewsObituaries
Experimental film-maker Barbara Hammer dies, aged 79
The pioneer of lesbian film became an advocate for medical aid in dying
NewsShutdown
Counting the cost of the longest government shutdown in US history
The shutdown dealt a blow to federally-funded museums, with disappointed visitors, furloughed staff, disrupted exhibitions and lost revenue that “can never be regained”
NewsAppointments & departures
Terra Foundation’s transformational leader Elizabeth Glassman to step down
During her two-decade tenure, the Terra closed its Chicago museum and turned its attention to grant-making and collaborations