Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein’s studio building donated to Whitney Museum
The building, just a few blocks from the museum, will be renovated and used as a permanent home for the Whitney’s Independent Study Program
New takes on Old Masters in a landmark of Old Hollywood
New York-based Half Gallery has taken over the home of Dorothy Arzner, one of the most successful lesbians in Hollywood in the first half of the 20th century
In pictures: our pick of Frieze Los Angeles
From large-scale sculptures to hanging installations, this year's fair is living large
In Josh Kline's new film, cataclysm has become quotidian
The artist discusses his new film, which uses analogue special effects to depict a flooded New York City
In a Los Angeles backyard, a collector's gallery project expands
Collector Danny First is extending his homegrown programme beyond the walls of a replica of the Unabomber's nerve centre
New NFT platform with art world bona fides launches marketplace with Fang Lijun digital editions
The renowned Chinese painter’s first NFTs, commissioned by Outland, will be followed by US artist Rachel Rose’s latest works in the format
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Jennie C. Jones at the Guggenheim to Vincent Smith at Alexandre Gallery
Baltimore Museum of Art director Christopher Bedford will leave to lead SFMoMA
Bedford, like his SFMoMA predecessor Neal Benezra, very publicly ran afoul of industry conventions around deaccessioning and selling works from museum collections
First director picked to lead Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino
Jorge Zamanillo, currently the executive director and chief executive of HistoryMiami Museum, will lead the new Washington, DC museum through planning and construction
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From 20th century Italian masterworks at the Center for Italian Modern Art to Ashley Bickerton’s oceanic sculptures at Lehmann Maupin
Biden administration reverses Trump-era restrictions on federal art commissions
In the waning months of his presidency, Donald Trump’s administration imposed a ban on commissioning abstract or modernist art for federal buildings
Frieze cancels Los Angeles fair’s outdoor sculpture show due to shipping delays and labour shortages
Frieze Sculpture Beverly Hills, which was to take place in Beverly Gardens Park and run until May, would have included sculptures from 12 exhibiting galleries
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the jewels of the American Folk Art Museum’s collection to Alec Soth’s journey across the US
More than $3.1m awarded to recipients of United States Artists grants for 2022
The non-profit’s new cohort of fellows includes sculptors Lonnie Holley and Nicole Marroquin, and textile artists Melissa Cody and Indira Allegra
The next Whitney Biennial’s 63 participating artists and collectives revealed
The exhibition’s 80th iteration, originally scheduled for 2021, will open on 6 April with its own official symbol
Simone Leigh statue of African deity installed at former site of Confederate monument in New Orleans
Leigh’s sculpture was unveiled at the symbolically charged site in the city centre during the closing weekend of the fifth Prospect New Orleans triennial
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Abraham Palatnik’s first posthumous show at Nara Roesler to ayahuasca-inspired ceramics at Salon 94
Controversial statue of Theodore Roosevelt removed from American Museum of Natural History
The equestrian statue, which depicts Roosevelt on horseback flanked by a Native American man and a man of African descent, had been the focus of years-long campaigns from activists calling for its removal
Caviar with your crypto? World’s ‘first NFT restaurant’ planned in New York
Access to the members-only restaurant will be available only to holders of limited-edition non-fungible tokens
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From an artist couple’s colourful daring at the Museum of Arts and Design to the last chance to see Alexander Calder at the Museum of Modern Art
Sotheby’s reportedly selects Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley to pursue IPO at around $5bn
The auction house, which had been publicly traded for decades before being bought by Patrick Drahi for $3.7bn in 2019, could return to public trading later this year
Rare Shakespeare First Folio acquired by Canadian university to go on view at Vancouver Art Gallery
The University of British Columbia has acquired a copy of the ‘First Folio’ that helped preserve some of the bard’s most famous plays, including ‘Macbeth’ and ‘The Tempest’
Support for controversial Lacma expansion and a new Dred Scott museum: first round of $24.7m US federal culture grants announced
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded 208 grants for projects in most states, Washington, DC, Guam and Canada
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the last chance to see Etal Adnan at the Guggenheim to a dynamic group exhibition at Nicola Vassell
New US stamp pays tribute to Edmonia Lewis, celebrated Black and Ojibwe sculptor of the 19th century
The new stamp will be unveiled at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which houses what is likely Lewis’s most famous extant work
Researchers train AI to attribute paintings based on detailed brushstroke analysis
A project led by scientists at Case Western Reserve University uses machine learning to identify a distinctive ‘fingerprint’ in each artist’s way of applying paint
US museums close or reduce capacity as Omicron variant causes surge in Covid-19 cases
The Metropolitan Museum will stay opened at reduced capacity, while others like the Yale University Art Gallery and the Baltimore Museum of Art close temporarily
Utah museum acquires works by Japanese American artist Chiura Obata made in internment camp
Obata was incarcerated at the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah during the Second World War; now 35 of his works have been acquired by the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Nelson-Atkins Museum acquires one of the earliest daguerreotype portraits made in the US
The 1840 profile portrait is part of a collection of early photographic works by Henry Fitz Jr. that is joining the Kansas City museum’s holdings
Hundreds call for reckoning with American artist Thomas Eakins’s troubling legacy
Eakins, who is celebrated far and wide in his native Philadelphia, was embroiled in controversy during his lifetime and made disturbing photos of young girls