Former San Francisco Art Institute will become non-accredited, studio-based art school following campus restoration
As for the famed Diego Rivera mural housed there, its owner promises that public access will be “prioritised and maintained”
Member of museum theft ring sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing Warhol and Pollock works
Thomas Trotta was part of a theft ring that nabbed a variety of items, including sports memorabilia and gold nuggets, from museums on the East Coast of the US over two decades
San Francisco museums brace for layoffs as a result of the city’s budget deficit
The de Young Museum, Legion of Honor and Asian Art Museum may let go of 20% of their security personnel
Chanel becomes sponsor of Norton Museum of Art’s artist residency programme
Florida’s largest art museum joins forces with the luxury fashion brand to host three artists this year
In Pictures: Frieze Los Angeles, a feast for the senses
“Don’t touch the art” is, generally, a good rule of thumb at an art fair, but a few dealers at Frieze Los Angeles are offering more multi-sensory pieces involving touch, sound or the always-edifying experience of seeing yourself reflected in a work of art
Inflatable flower-topped clock welcomes fairgoers to Frieze Los Angeles
Greg Ito’s sculpture at Santa Monica Airport aims to provide visitors with a healing message
12 must-see exhibitions in and around Los Angeles during Frieze
From ancient Peruvian pottery and mid-century Modern ceramics, to reimagined Old Masters, an invented queer cowboy movie and more
Trump fires US National Archivist and purges board of the Kennedy Center
The president is infusing his political agenda into officially nonpartisan national institutions across Washington, DC
President Trump revives plans for sculpture park dedicated to ‘American heroes’
Statues of George Washington and Frederick Douglass will join those of more contemporary heroes like celebrity chef Julia Child and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek
New arts centre opens in Brooklyn, housing three non-profits and a public library
The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts has a large, fresh space at the L10 Arts and Cultural Center
Smithsonian Institution and US National Gallery of Art close diversity offices following President Trump's executive order
A Trump executive order has led the largely government-funded institutions to roll back their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
Judge orders sale of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower for original price of $1.4m
The Oklahoma skyscraper’s crypto-enthusiast owners had attempted to auction the tower after reneging on an agreement to sell it to a local company that restores historic buildings
Elizabeth Catlett bust of Martin Luther King Jr goes on view for first time in 40 years
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco recently acquired the work, which is being exhibited at the de Young Museum ahead of Martin Luther King Jr Day
Ancient Roman statue of Athena goes on public view for first time in more than 200 years
The Halsted A&A Foundation is displaying its recent acquisition at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago starting 25 January
Ancient petroglyph irreparably damaged in Mexico
Someone attempted to dislodge a drawing of a hand from a rock with more than 150 motifs dating back thousands of years
Police seize Sally Mann photographs at Texas museum amid accusations of child pornography
A 1990s culture-war déjà vu at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth—with the same photographs causing a stir decades later
New York takes first step towards landmarking Breuer building's interior
Sotheby’s, which bought the former home of the Whitney Museum last year, promises to respect the building’s “architectural significance” in its upcoming renovations
The most exciting art museum openings and expansions of 2025
The construction of Saadiyat Cultural District is due to be completed, while the Studio Museum in Harlem will unveil its new 82,000 sq. ft building
Controversial Ontario Place redevelopment and mega-spa could cost taxpayers billions
A long-awaited report from Ontario’s auditor general finds that the redevelopment plan for Toronto's modernist landscape is “not fair, transparent or accountable”
Thundering threads: highlights from Art Basel Miami Beach’s Meridians sector, which showcases large-scale works
Meridians curator Yasmil Raymond chooses works that embody “movements, transformations, metamorphosis”
Twelve must-see exhibitions in South Florida during Miami Art Week
From ambitious new projects by Andrea Chung, Rachel Feinstein, Marguerite Humeau and José Parlá to shows devoted to the revered and recently deceased artists Jacqueline de Jong and Keiichi Tanaami
Climate activists who dumped red powder on US Constitution at National Archives sentenced to prison
Donald Zepeda and Jackson Green were also involved in the paint attack on Degas’s ballerina and writing “Honor Them” on a wall last year at the National Gallery of Art
Toledo Museum of Art uses cryptocurrency to acquire digital art piece
The museum used USD Coin to buy an NFT in a new series by the artist collective Yatreda ያጥሬዳ
New-York Historical Society changes its name and reveals plans for new $175m wing
The museum's new wing dedicated to American democracy will open in 2026, just in time for the US’s semiquincentennial
Leonora Carrington’s Mexico City home will no longer become a public museum
The house will be a research centre instead, allegedly due to a labour struggle at the university that owns it
Fate of Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper remains uncertain amid duelling lawsuits
Oklahoma’s Price Tower is caught in a tug-of-war between its current crypto-enthusiast owners, Wright’s conservancy and a company that restores historic buildings
Smithsonian receives $40m from the Lilly Endowment
The money will be used for programming related to the semiquincentennial of the US in 2026
William Kentridge argues with himself in streaming series
The artist’s nine-episode series "Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot" celebrates creative optimism during the Covid-19 lockdowns
Mellon Foundation launches $25m fund to support culture along the US-Mexico border
The inaugural Frontera Culture Fund will contribute to 32 arts and community organisations
‘The new idea is like falling in love’: Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg on the creative process
After 20 years of working together, the duo talk about their influences, themes and characters, music and the fickleness of art-making