The night’s total take took a major hit when it was revealed that its second-biggest lot, a Basquiat self-portrait, had failed to sell

The museum, which previously came under scrutiny for possessing the remains of another victim of the MOVE bombing, has been conducting an inventory of its biological anthropology section

The repatriated artefacts—1,440 in all—included pieces that had passed through the New York galleries of Subhash Kapoor and Nancy Wiener

Museum leaders cited persistently low attendance and support coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic as the main reasons for the “reimagining and rebuilding”

The gift was announced in tandem with the museum’s annual Art of the Party gala, where Griffin and the Colombian artist Delcy Morelos were honoured

The alleged vandals are said to have targeted the homes of board members with “Jewish-sounding names”

The former chief curator of the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum is suing the municipality for allegedly ordering the removal of a print from a Shepard Fairey exhibition

The event featured speeches and performances by Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin, Lady Gaga and others

The latest edition of Prospect looks at how the city has been a harbinger for different issues, such as the climate crisis and the traumas of racial violence

The gifts, from the foundation of the late trustee Aso O. Tavitian, will allow the Massachusetts museum to build a new wing

The 47-year-old gallery has made a big move Downtown—to street level—and launched its new space with a sprawling show of works by 50 artists

The artist, a member of the museum’s board of trustees, gave more than $2m to expand its free admission policy

Walker has led the New York-based Ford Foundation for the past 11 years

The acquisition doubles the museum’s space for public programmes, which it will use for a new media gallery, permanent collection displays and more

The soft drink company's gift will support the planning, designing and building of the museum's future complex in Washington, DC

A New York-based organisation had sought to block the artefacts’ return to Nigeria

The campaign, organised by the non-profit People For the American Way, includes images by Carrie Mae Weems, Deborah Kass, Alyson Shotz, Christine Sun Kim, Hank Willis Thomas and others

Jeff Koons, Kara Walker, Jenny Holzer, Jasper Johns, Amy Sherald and many others are offering works through the Artists for Kamala fundraising sale and auction

The mega-gallery is now representing Gibson in tandem with his longtime New York gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co

Zoë Ryan, currently the director of the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, will take the helm at the Hammer in the new year

Each MacArthur fellow receives $800,000 in unrestricted funds, making it one of the most important prizes available to artists

With the country still in the throes of a civil war, the ancient sculptures were returned by a family in New Zealand but will be temporarily kept in New York

The grants are part of a new initiative, dubbed ArtsHere, intended to increase community arts engagement in underserved areas

The space will open with an exhibition devoted to the late Conceptual artist Christine Kozlov

Jones and Porras-Kim were selected for their rigorous works highlighting, respectively, overlooked sonic phenomena and institutional collecting practices

The season’s standout exhibitions, from Soho to the Bronx

Lowry’s 30-year tenure at the museum included many milestones, from the merger that created MoMA PS1 to multiple renovations and expansions

The collectors and philanthropists Aaron Fleischman and Lin Lougheed will one day have a building named in honour of their donation, one of the largest in the museum’s history

The project “Body Freedom for Every(body)” will spend the next three months touring the country in a truck emblazoned with Barbara Kruger’s famous message: “Your Body is a Battleground”

The artist’s project at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn is her first large-scale performance commission since 2012