“The personal is political—this is a clear and present undercurrent,” says Volta artistic director Amanda Coulson
The Descent from the Cross is the museum's first acquisition backed by the Marguerite and Robert Hoffman Fund, a hefty $17m endowment
The announcement that he and the board “mutually elected” not to renew his contract comes on the heels of the chief curator Helen Molesworth’s surprise departure
The Robby Poblete Foundation, started by the mother of an aspiring artist and gun violence victim, aims to take guns off the street and draw attention to daily shootings in minority neighbourhoods
First US survey of Bodys Isek Kingelez shows how his sculptures addressed urban, social and economic concerns in Congo
The artist’s death came the day after a lawsuit was filed over his legacy
The novelist and journalist was also an outspoken art critic
Lacy Doyle hid millions of dollars in inheritance in a Swiss bank account, US Attorney says
The painter was well known for his opaque, semi-abstract canvases inspired by natural history
The programming series comes as Trump’s administration is fighting California over its "sanctuary state" laws
The court has ordered that Ezra Chowaiki forfeit over $16.6m as well as works by Picasso, Calder, Chagall and Degas
Five works by unsung 20th-century artists
Episodes of the TV programme will centre on three artistic hubs: Berlin, San Francisco and Johannesburg
New shows at commercial galleries, from emerging names to rediscovered talent
From Adrian Piper at MoMA to Radican Women in Brooklyn
The photographer calls on Elizabeth Sackler to support proposed law amid family members’ denials of responsibility for health crisis
Different approaches to place, cities and landscape, from the Brooklyn Museum to the Met
The $100,000 award recognises mid-career artists from the Middle East and its diaspora
Steven Tananbaum has paid $13m for three sculptures over a five-year period but still has not received any of the works
Chris Ofili's work—donated by hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen—was once at the centre of a New York culture war
New shows at commercial galleries, from emerging names to rediscovered talents
A site dedicated to the 4,400 victims of lynching and a museum about the country’s legacy of inequality opens
From a shameful period in US history to a bright new monument for the 21st century
The payment came early on in the US presidential campaign in exchange for a 20-minute video appearance
This year marks the tenth edition of the fair
Interventions are being co-ordinated across the city as part of the Queens Museum’s exhibition
