The museum is facing heated critique on social media over the appointment of Amanda Maples, a white woman, to oversee its African art collection

In a new book of cultural essays, the Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan ponders whether we should change offensive names given to art—and what that might say about us

A series of installations and programmes draw on the Center for Brooklyn History's extensive archive

The historic example of domestic terrorism, when white mobs killed hundreds of Black residents and destroyed businesses, finally gets due recognition

A 1993 painting of the state’s historic role on the Underground Railroad depicts Black slaves as caricatures, while white abolitionists are idealised

Inquiry by outside law firm found a climate of retaliation, but museum says that all employees’ concerns will be addressed

Created in just 8 months, IWOW: I Walk On Water is a sprawling three-hour long paean to some of New York’s most marginalised people

Plus, artists with disabilities in the Covid era and Goya's Disasters of War

Plus, a $2.2m Batman comic and the artists inspired by political theorist Hannah Arendt

Essays from African American artists such as Glenn Ligon and Trenton Doyle Hancock show that issues were being addressed

Plus, Robert Storr on his huge new book about the painter Philip Guston. Sponsored by Christie's

Photographers have criticised the Amsterdam-based photojournalism organisation, which states its core values are “accuracy, diversity, and transparency”

Founder of advocacy group championing BAME figures says she is “tackling statues, artwork and signage next”

Fourteen institutions including Tate will livestream Love is the Message, The Message is Death

Plus, remembering Christo—the art world's wrap star. Produced in association with Christie's

Goal of online portal is to spur dialogue about racism and its “corrosive impact”

"Experiences like this are literally taking away from academic growth", says principal of students who filed a complaint during a class trip

The New York-based artist Xaviera Simmons responds to art critics who thought the 2019 Whitney Biennial was "not radical enough"

An op-ed criticising the exhibition for its dismissal of the movie's racist overtones has prompted some reflection