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

Fundraising events both in California and New York aim to support affected artists and art workers

The one-time gallerist with a dizzying array of other art-world roles describes her early love of Pop art and her regret at not buying a Salman Toor before he was famous

The world’s biggest galleries are returning for the latest edition of Frieze's boutique Manhattan fair, and seven emerging spaces will join for the first time

The New York-based artist, who marries elements of graffiti and Mexico’s modernist murals, is rewarded with a solo stand at Frieze Los Angeles

From ancient Peruvian pottery and mid-century Modern ceramics, to reimagined Old Masters, an invented queer cowboy movie and more

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

A lawyer for Daniel Sikkema has denied the charges brought by federal authorities

The long-running satellite fairs—which champion experimental, emerging and artist-run spaces—abound with adventurous works, tactile materials and body parts

The fair’s VIP preview saw a rush of collectors and museum groups, many sales and little hand-wringing over a possible Mexico-US trade war

The collector and luxury travel company executive warns visitors to Mexico City that they must plan ahead—and not be over ambitious in how much of the sprawling city they can cover in a day

El coleccionista advierte a los visitantes de la Ciudad de México que deben planificar con anticipación y no ser demasiado ambiciosos en cuanto a qué parte de la extensa ciudad pueden cubrir en un día

La feria itinerante también ha sido escenario de ediciones en Shanghái, París, Miami y Savannah