The specialist New York auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's made $28.9m and $14.2m respectively

The New York incarnation of this two-venue retrospective of the veteran American artist has sublime moments, but needs a much more thorough edit

A museum sells art to balance its budget, a gorgeous Sargent goes unwanted, and a painting of a giraffe reaches high.

Chippendale-style furniture, elephant tureens and a broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence were in demand at the sales series last week

Forced online due to Covid-19, this year's American Art Fair boasts more exhibitors as auction houses see new records set for late 19th century works

A collaboration between New York and Paris explores the dealer who championed both Neo-Impressionism and home-grown terrorism

The Washington museum's first female director is breaking down old silos and diversifying the staff, collection and exhibitions

The leader of the Institute of Museum and Library Services tells us what his organisation is doing to help spaces reopen

Can yet another Warhol retrospective tell us anything new about the Pop Art icon?

Christie's also holds its own at an auction of American furniture and folk art

The Madrid exhibition compares the two artists who were successful in their time but whose reputations later waned

Small works won out at Sotheby's and Christie's as top lots went for their low estimates or were withdrawn

Opera sets will evoke the museum’s collection, and soloists will perform at the museum

As his new book is released, the new secretary of the Smithsonian Institution talks of extending its reach beyond Washington

Odd points of view and tense interior scenes feature in an exhibition of small, precious works from early in the artist's career

New exhibition at the George Washington University looks back the censorship of the photographer's work—but what impact did it have on the art world?

An exhibition sheds refreshing new light on the artist’s development

Christie's American art sales this week realise a new record for Hartley but Sotheby's struggles to get the pricing right on Hopper's Shakespeare scene

The art historian Brian Allen reflects on the rich history of the once inconceivable project that is now thriving

The university has a long history with the movement’s artists, many of whom fled from Germany to Cambridge, and has drawn from its impressive archive for a 100th anniversary exhibition

Joan Miró at MoMA and the Neue Galerie’s self-Portrait survey are both filled with great works, but they forget to stick to their themes all the way through

Although down a few exhibitors, Aipad's annual photo fair delivers with both large-format and intimately scaled photos

The British artist dominates the Van Gogh Museum’s dubious doubleheader, which offers little to connect the pair

Today's directors are focused on figures—and not always for the right reasons

The artist’s new series of nocturnal photographs, on show at the Art Institute of Chicago, vividly imagine the kinds of scenes escaping slaves might have seen

Museo del Prado’s show on the 15th-century Spanish painter is elegant, intellectually incisive and rich in both news and rarely seen art

The sprawling show is a needed revisit for those who remember Warhol as a living, brilliant savant, taste-maker and oddball

Released from the shackles of state control in 2003, the Madrid institution has reason to celebrate its bicentenary

The show promises a continuum in Picasso’s work, a gentle slide, rather than rigidly compartmentalised episodes

Stephanie Wiles, who took up the reins at the Yale University Art Gallery six months ago, wants to expand the institution's engagement with New Haven and the international art world