Four members of the House of Representatives wrote a letter to the US Vice-President to articular their "great concern over [the Smithsonian's] future"

Geffen's countersuit comes two months after Sun, the crypto investor and buyer of Cattelan's Comedian, sued claiming ownership of the sculpture Le Nez

The painting "Baby Boom" was featured in one of the artist's first solo exhibitions at Fun Gallery

Chimneys from Pacific Palisades homes designed by Richard Neutra, Eric Lloyd Wright and others—in many cases the homes’ only remaining elements—would be turned into a memorial for wildfire victims

The painting headed to Christie's, "Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule", was on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for more than 30 years

Online software platform Ronati Studio, which is aimed primarily at vendors of antiques and collectable artefacts, manages inventory from acquisition to resale

Further weak auction results, plus economic turmoil, raise fears the trade may have passed its peak

Leslie Roberts, whose Miami Fine Art Gallery was recently raided by the FBI, faces up to 30 years in prison for wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the country’s largest museum devoted to Canadian art, has also received $18m from the federal government toward the renovation and expansion project

Released to mark World Heritage Day, soundscapes include the “cacophony” of the Sistine Chapel and the “reverberating” Taj Mahal

The painting, “Christ Carrying the Cross”, from around 1565, had been enlarged in the 18th century, work the Getty’s conservators had to painstakingly undo

Known as “God’s architect”, Gaudí was earlier this week declared “venerable” by the Vatican

As the UAE’s art scene continues to grow, Art Dubai is looking to expand too, including expanding its Downtown Design event to Saudi Arabia next month

TeamLab Phenomena is the first of several major museum openings due this year in the UAE capital, including the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

The new scheme, managed by Art Dubai, will provide up to half the stand costs for galleries to exhibit at major fairs

Mirjam Varadinis of the Kunsthaus Zurich, who curated Bawwaba, chooses ten works in the section, from painting to neon sculpture to mosaics

The exhibition at the Fondation H in Antananarivo includes the British Nigerian artist’s 6,000-book installation The African Library

The career survey of the Portuguese abstract painter starts in Venice before moving to Bilbao

The artist’s largest ever show—at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris—requires patience at times, but is overall a triumphant celebration of his inexhaustible eye

Using the museum's vast archive, this exhibition highlights the impact of war followed by optimism

Visitors have streamed back after Covid-19, but the influx has been a double-edged sword, forcing some institutions to consider their long-term sustainability

Some institutions have ditched their accounts in protest, while others have chosen to “quiet quit” and stopped posting on the Elon Musk-owned platform

Damage and destruction decimated visitor numbers to cultural events and institutions last year but optimism is high they will return in 2025

As art institutions—particularly in Washington, DC—succumb to the White House’s anti-diversity directives, a veteran of the museum world warns of the dangers of giving in to the whims of the Trump administration

There are alarming echoes of the notorious Nazi-organised exhibition in America today—but we also need to acknowledge the differences between the world today and 1930s Europe

While many jurisdictions are making it increasingly hard for Palestinian artists, Scotland's hospitality has been heartwarming, says the Connecticut-based institution's director

The cost—financially and environmentally—of preserving works of art can be huge. Perhaps it is time to rethink how we look after them

The choreographer’s formal gestures and patterns make him crucial to contemporary performance art

Analysis of aerial and satellite images has rapidly identified ancient sites, but human expertise is still essential in refining the outcomes

With “Le Monde Selon L’IA”, the Paris media art centre takes a broad look at work made using both analytical AI and generative AI

Some institutions have ditched their accounts in protest, while others have chosen to “quiet quit” and stopped posting on the Elon Musk-owned platform

A Swiss company has examined a version of Rubens’s ‘The Bath of Diana’, which was long thought to be a copy, and believes it could be authentic—the leading authority on the artist takes a different view

Our round-up of the latest art publications

The Arab art specialist Saeb Eigner talks about his comprehensive new biography spanning from 1900 to today

This journey through the UK’s publicly funded arts carefully averts its eyes from the many signs of crisis

The publication about the Guyanese-born artist includes diary entries and several works that have been photographed for the first time

Nicholas Olsberg’s publication offers a learned analysis of the architect’s work, which includes Oxford’s Keble College and central London’s All Saints church

This “alternative” history navigates the medium through artists on the margins, as well as established practitioners

The monarch will unveil one of his own drawings in a special exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the Royal Drawing School

Sales of Joe Biden’s son’s artworks have nosedived since his father left office

Maurizio Cattelan was among those papped—all for charity

Dinner at Locatelli and a guided tour of the redisplay are part of the prize package

The sale of “The Singing Butler” at Sotheby’s in 2004, for a record price for a painting by a Scottish artist, caused a sensation and turned attention on Vettriano's critical and institutional neglect

The Centre Pompidou extended its international reach during Lasvignes's tenure

Bochner was a pioneer of conceptual art, creating works rooted in information systems and decontextualised language

The painter was also a keen supporter of women artists