Six galleries turning a school in upstate New York into a collective art space
The Campus, near the town of Hudson, will open to the public this summer
Jacob Lawrence’s painting series on Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture to be conserved thanks to $1m grant
The Amistad Research Center in New Orleans has received a grant from the Terra Foundation to get the 41 paintings ready for their first public exhibition since 2010
19th-century book stolen from Brazilian museum in 2008 is located in London and repatriated
The 1823 naturalist tome describes species of monkeys and bats unique to the Amazon
Virginia Overton creates new public work for Brooklyn’s former Domino Sugar Refinery
The Brooklyn-based artist has created an abstract wall sculpture for the building’s lobby using parts of the old factory’s iconic yellow sign
Frieze New York's animal art gives fairgoers paws for thought
From fabulous fish to playful pups, The Shed in Chelsea is crawling with wildlife
Frieze New York staff t-shirts show off Atlanta-based artist’s abstract painting
Hasani Sahlehe’s Trying Green, acquired by the Georgia Museum of Art with help from fashion company Stone Island, gives uniforms a pop of colour at The Shed
Fifteen exhibitions to see in New York this spring
From a historic Harlem Renaissance show at the Met and MoMA's Joan Jonas retrospective to solo museum debuts for Melissa Cody and Nona Faustine
Met Museum signs cultural-property agreement with Thailand and returns two statues
In a ceremony at the museum, Met director Max Hollein signed a "memorandum of understanding" together with a representative of the Thai cultural ministry
Getty Museum restitutes ancient bronze head to Turkey
More than a decade after Turkey asked for it back, the sculpture will finally be returned
18th-century glass bottles filled with cherries discovered at George Washington's Mount Vernon residence
Brandy, anyone?
UBS Art Collection gives 166 photographs to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
Drawn from a 300-work sub-collection gathered by John Szarkowski in the 1990s, the gift includes images by 96 photographers—among them Dorothea Lange, Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston
Getty Museum acquires portrait by Neo-Classical painter Sophie Frémiet
It is the first US-museum acquisition of a work by the talented pupil of Jacques-Louis David
The Himalayas come to Manhattan for Rubin Museum’s final show in its New York space
Works by artists from the region and diaspora appear alongside objects from the museum’s collection
Dindga McCannon mural unveiled at Rikers Island
The work's brightly coloured positivity stands in sharp contrast to the notorious reputation of the prison where it is installed
Tamara de Lempicka makes her Broadway entrance
A new musical about the glamorous Art Deco painter matches its subject’s maximalism
Kim Conaty, curator of prints and drawings at the Whitney Museum, promoted to chief curator
She was the curator of the museum's blockbuster Edward Hopper and critically acclaimed Ruth Asawa exhibitions
Archaeologists in Brazil find petroglyphs alongside dinosaur tracks
No, this does not mean dinosaurs and humans lived there at the same time
The 2024 Whitney Biennial in five key themes
The Whitney Museum’s flagship contemporary art showcase turns on questions of identity, authenticity and mutability, which play out across more than a handful of interrelated topics
Warhol Museum director Patrick Moore stepping down
The president and chief executive of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, which operates the Warhol Museum, insists that the move is not a result of recent controversies
Redevelopment of Modernist complex on Toronto waterfront alarms residents and preservationists
The provincial government passed legislation to push through a controversial, publicly funded development of Ontario Place
16 new archaeological sites identified in Brazil’s Tocantins state
Newly discovered rock art, including human and animal footprints, is thought to have been created 2,000 years ago
Jewel was meant for Crystal Bridges: the singer will create an ‘art experience’ at the Arkansas museum
With a focus on art and wellness, the project will include Jewel’s own visual art, a drone show set to a new composition and a curated meal
New documentary traces Iranian artist Nickzad Nodjoumi’s quest to retrieve his paintings decades after the Islamic Revolution
Directed by the artist’s daughter and her husband, “A Revolution on Canvas” is a heart-breaking family drama disguised as a political thriller
Happy 100th! The Morgan Library and Museum gets birthday gifts totalling $15m
The money will go towards the institution’s endowment and operational expenses
Winning by a whisker: the rodents of Sharif Farrag’s Rat Race face off at Frieze Los Angeles
Stuffed-animal bodies sporting ceramic heads, hubcaps and their own licence plates roam Frieze
In pictures: meet Frieze Los Angeles's menagerie of animal sculptures
From irreverent fish to ceramic snakes, the animal kingdom is well represented at this year's fair
Back-to-front Ford Ranger takes truck nuts to a new level at Frieze Los Angeles
Vehicle created by the artist Pippa Garner has fairgoers rubbernecking at Santa Monica airport
13 shows to see in and around Los Angeles during Frieze
From important shows of Korean and Japanese contemporary art, to major surveys of Paul Pfeiffer and Joan Brown, and more
Santa Monica city council approves measure to create support structure for Bergamot Station gallery complex
While the vote was unanimous, the exact plan remains unclear
Art Institute of Chicago receives $25m gift for new photography centre
The Bucksbaum family’s donation is the largest the museum’s photography department has ever received