The fair's 12th edition opened with high spirits and swift business in the five-figure price range

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

Around 50 artists working across disciplines including photography, video, sculpture, painting and installation received the coveted fellowships

Funds from cancelled National Endowment for the Humanities grants will help realise one of the US president’s pet projects

Christie's will offer the rose-hued “Big Electric Chair” from the collection of influential Belgian art patrons Roger Matthys and Hilda Colle

The American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are suing to block the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services

The initiative, already underway and continuing through May 2026, comes as the Trump administration has pressured arts funders and institutions to prioritise semiquincentennial projects

State humanities councils and other grantees received notices from the NEH and Doge this week that their grants were being cancelled immediately

Smithsonian secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III has affirmed in a memo to staff that the institution will “remain steadfast in our mission to bring history, science, education, research and the arts to all Americans”

The museum will be the only US venue for the exhibition, which brings together more than 200 objects including participatory installations and performance documentation

Christophe Cherix will replace Glenn Lowry, who has been the museum’s director since 1995 and guided it through two important expansions

Rarely seen works and other treats will go on show in worldwide exhibitions, starting in Milan and Munich this April

In a letter to the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ new, Trump-appointed acting director, the agency's advisory board emphasised that its activities are governed by Congress

Keith Sonderling, the new acting director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, plans to steer the agency to “promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country”

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is listed alongside six other ‘unnecessary’ organisations

Shelly C. Lowe, the first Native American to lead the federal agency, was nominated by Joe Biden and held the role for just over three years

The anonymous gift allows the museum to continue commissioning performance-art projects and expand efforts to collect and archive performances

The Washington, DC institution had been due to open exhibitions about queer identity and the African diaspora in the Americas this month

Cuts at the New York institution will affect 7% of its staff

George Lucas, the “Star Wars” film-maker and co-founder of the museum, will take on a programming role following Sandra Jackson-Dumont’s departure

The new seven-storey, 61,930 sq. ft building will effectively double the museum’s gallery space

The creator of a sculpture that Koons and the politician and pornstar Ilona Staller posed on for the series sued 30 years after the series’ debut

The first slate of winners will be named in May and celebrated at the fair in Switzerland in June

Per the terms of the Met’s agreement with the Greek government, the cast-bronze antiquity will return to New York next year for a special exhibition

The artist is known for creating futuristic, interactive environments that reflect on contemporary geopolitical and socioeconomic issues

The collector tells us about her family firm’s artist collaborations, and her first art purchase, furniture from a Paris flea market

“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

Hammer Museum, Lacma and Moca jointly acquire two works

The artist's poetic texts are appearing in the sky around the city, on digital billboards

The film producer reveals that his first purchase was a Banksy, and how he missed the chance to buy a work by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, who died last month