Amid backlash, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will modify exhibition on Hollywood’s Jewish founders
Organised in response to criticisms that its initial display did not acknowledge Hollywood’s Jewish origins, the exhibition now faces charges of antisemitism from Jewish activists
Photofairs' New York fair is cancelled until ‘market conditions improve’
The fair debuted in 2023 on the same dates and in the same building as The Armory Show
State officials will investigate sudden closure of Philadelphia’s University of the Arts as 600 workers are laid off
The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office is examining the circumstances surrounding the renowned school’s closure, and Philadelphia’s city council is planning hearings
Alleged ringleader of Canada’s ‘biggest art fraud’ pleads guilty
David Voss reportedly led a forgery operation that created more than 1,500 fake Norval Morrisseau works over 23 years
MFA Houston can keep Bernardo Bellotto painting sold to the Nazis, appeals court rules
The lawsuit stems from the accidental restitution of the wrong painting in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War
Legal fight brewing over Pérez Art Museum Miami’s digital billboard
Miami’s city commissioners voted to repeal a law passed last year to allow the museum to build an extra-large billboard
New York branch of photography museum Fotografiska will close and relocate
The museum will vacate its historic premises on Park Avenue South this autumn
New tool tracks incidents of artistic censorship related to Israel-Hamas war
The digital resource, created by US non-profit National Coalition Against Censorship, catalogues incidents from cancelled exhibitions and performances to removed works
Artist Sable Elyse Smith wins $200,000 Suzanne Deal Booth and Flag Art Foundation Prize
In addition to the prize money, the interdisciplinary artist will receive a solo show that debuts at The Contemporary Austin in Texas, then travels to the Flag Art Foundation in New York
Christie’s website brought down by hackers days before marquee spring auctions
The auction giant’s web address currently redirects to a placeholder page where telephone numbers for its various offices are listed
Donald Trump dines with NFT mega-collectors during break from New York hush-money trial
Between days of testimony by Stormy Daniels, the adult-film star who claims she had sex with Trump in 2006, the former president is meeting NFT collectors at Mar-a-Lago
Bard College plans $10m expansion of Center for Curatorial Studies’ library
The expansion of the influential programme’s library and archives will be named the Keith Haring Wing in recognition of a gift from the artist’s foundation
‘An unsatisfying status quo’: art centre can neither demolish artist Mary Miss’s outdoor installation nor be forced to repair it, judge rules
Stalemate in the dispute over the fate of Miss’s Land art environment in Des Moines, Iowa
European court rules Italy can pursue restitution of Getty Museum’s prized Greek bronze
“Victorious Youth”, which was found off the Adriatic coast by Italian fishermen in 1964, has been the subject of an international legal feud for decades
Frieze New York's animal art gives fairgoers paws for thought
From fabulous fish to playful pups, The Shed in Chelsea is crawling with wildlife
'Sometimes missing something creates an opportunity down the road': Pete Scantland on avoiding non-buyer's remorse
The Ohio-based collector and board president at the Columbus Museum of Art talks about finding an unusual spot to place a Carol Bove work and the Louis Fratino that got away
Richard Armstrong joins Helen Frankenthaler Foundation board of directors
The longtime director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is keeping busy in retirement
‘I have a John Ahearn female bust in our powder room’: Miyoung Lee on startling her house guests
The vice chair of the Whitney Museum of American Art explains why an early Simone Leigh work would have been a very risky purchase
Meat me in Times Square: artists create giant 65ft-long hot dog sculpture for the New York plaza
Project by Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw is a “tongue-in-cheek tribute to and critique of all that the hot dog has come to symbolise”
The outdoor art not to miss in Manhattan during Frieze New York
From The High Line to Marcus Garvey Park, the borough is buzzing with exciting public works
'It was as if the painting was calling out to me': Kim Manocherian on why collecting means playing the long game
The New York-based collector describes her enduring love affair with Paula Rego’s work and why a Sam Jinks sculpture may not be conducive to a good night’s sleep
Lacma raises nearly $3m and acquires works by Tavares Strachan, Judith Baca, Suzanne Jackson and more
The gifts and acquisitions occurred during the museum’s annual Collectors Committee Weekend
Fifteen exhibitions to see in New York this spring
From a historic Harlem Renaissance show at the Met and MoMA's Joan Jonas retrospective to solo museum debuts for Melissa Cody and Nona Faustine
Prison sentence for climate activist who targeted US National Gallery of Art’s Degas statue
In addition to spending 60 days in prison, Joanna Smith will have to serve 150 hours of community service, ten of which she must spend cleaning graffiti
US authorities return 30 antiquities recovered during trafficking investigations to Cambodia and Indonesia
The antiquities, collectively valued at $3m, include a bronze “Shiva Triad” from Cambodia that the dealer Nancy Wiener donated to the Denver Art Museum after failing to find a buyer for it
MFA Boston returns Ancient Egyptian child’s coffin to Swedish museum it disappeared from decades ago
The clay coffin, which the MFA Boston acquired in 1985 with apparently false documentation, has been missing from the Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum since at least 1970
Getty acquires major Bartolomeo Manfredi genre painting that was previously attributed to Caravaggio
The painting, which was estimated at between $4m and $6m when it was offered at Christie’s in 2022, is now on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum
Art fraudster Inigo Philbrick’s glamorous rise and dramatic fall to become television series
A production company working with HBO has optioned a memoir by Philbrick’s former friend and business partner Orlando Whitfield
US authorities return 38 antiquities to China
Even amid political tensions between the superpowers, officials from both countries emphasised the importance of continued collaboration on antiquities trafficking
Man who sold 145 fraudulent Peter Max paintings sentenced to 14 months in prison
More than 40 people bought what they thought were original paintings by Max, but were in fact prints to which the seller had added paint and signatures