Sculpture stolen from the set of new Beetlejuice movie
The Vermont State Police is looking for any leads regarding the whereabouts of the 150-pound sculpture and another element of the set
Revered New York non-profit Artists Space will bring live portrait-drawing sessions to The Armory Show
A mainstay of the downtown scene, Artists Space is the second non-profit given prominent placement at the fair under the Armory Spotlight initiative
The Buffalo AKG Art Museum’s $230m transformation privileges its public and permanent collection
A decades-long process resulted in an ambitious reorientation of the museum’s campus around people and art
Lawsuit to halt melting of Confederate statue at centre of deadly Virginia rally largely dismissed
The city of Charlottesville still faces possible legal action
San Francisco’s blockbuster Kehinde Wiley show to tour US museums for two years
The exhibition, which has been seen by more than 300,000 visitors to date at the de Young Museum, will travel to Houston, Miami and Minneapolis
Mo’ better news: Spike Lee exhibition coming to the Brooklyn Museum
The museum will showcase more than 300 objects related to the famed Brooklyn film-maker’s life and work
American Women’s History Museum founding director Nancy Yao withdraws from role
Yao, who was picked to lead the new Smithsonian museum through design and construction, said she needs to prioritise her family
$2.3m grant will fund Denver monument to historic disability rights protest
The Mile High City will create a new monument to a 1978 protest that was a landmark for the disability rights movement
Prized Leonardo portrait on the move at US National Gallery of Art amid renovations
The Washington, DC museum will move “Ginevra de' Benci” to a different gallery through early 2024
Unesco members vote overwhelmingly—but not unanimously—to readmit the United States
The US will have to repay $619m in dues that accrued after it ceased paying in 2011 but before its formal departure in 2019
Julie Mehretu will create BMW’s next Art Car
The artist, known for her dynamic compositions in two dimensions, will bring that sense of movement to a car with a maximum speed of around 345km per hour
13 art destinations for day trips near New York City this summer
Our picks of the must-see shows within a (relatively) short train, car, bus or ferry ride from New York City this summer, from the Storm King Art Center to the Newark Museum
Flora Yukhnovich, painter reinterpreting Old Master imagery, joins Hauser & Wirth
The British artist’s work—which reframes art history through abstraction, feminism and pop culture—has been on countless collectors’ wishlists in recent years
Los Angeles inaugurates three new art-filled metro stations
The city’s newest underground train stations are home to permanent commissions by eight artists including Andrea Bowers and Ann Hamilton
Florida judge squashes copyright infringement lawsuit over Maurizio Cattelan’s banana
The judge dismissed a suit brought by artist Joe Morford claiming he had made the original taped-banana work in 2001
An art factory grows in Brooklyn
Powerhouse Arts transforms a former transit power station know to locals simply as 'the batcave' into a creative hub
‘We charge you with ecocide’: climate protesters call for ouster of Museum of Modern Art board chair at gala
Activists urged the New York museum to distance itself from board chair Marie-Josée Kravis and her husband Henry Kravis due to their ties to the fossil fuel industry
Françoise Gilot, artist whose prolific career transcended early relationship with Picasso, has died, aged 101
Gilot, whose distinctive figurative paintings span eight decades, infamously dumped the famous Spanish artist
Smithsonian picks architect for $130m Bezos Learning Center on Washington, DC's National Mall
The new education annex of the National Air and Space Museum will be funded through a $200m gift from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
The British Museum and BP's sponsorship deal will end after 27 years
The museum has been under pressure for more than a decade to break off its affiliation with the oil and gas corporation
Biden administration bans fuel and mineral extraction within ten miles of ancient Pueblo sites in New Mexico
The lands withdrawn from future oil, gas and mining claims around Chaco Culture National Historical Park include more than 4,700 known archaeological sites
Checkmate for public art installation of giant game pieces in Philadelphia
“Your Move”, a sculptural installation in central Philadelphia, will be permanently removed after it was deemed too costly to maintain
The Buffalo AKG Art Museum reveals its $230m transformation
More than three years after it closed, the museum in upstate New York has made major upgrades across its campus and added more than 500 works to its collection
Museum of Modern Art acquires more than 200 works by experimental film-maker Ken Jacobs
The museum has also restored Jacobs’s first film, “Orchard Street” (1955), which will be displayed in a gallery in November
Climate protestors who targeted US National Gallery of Art’s Degas sculpture face prison time
The two protesters have have been indicted by federal prosecutors on charges of conspiracy
Artist who falsely claimed Native American heritage sentenced to 18 months’ probation
The Seattle-based artist had pleaded guilty to violating the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act
Museums in four states win top US prize
The Institute of Museum and Library Services bestowed its top honours for 2023 on museums in Florida, Ohio, Wyoming and California
American Museum of Natural History’s soaring, $465m new science centre opens
The new Gilder Center, designed by architecture firm Studio Gang to resemble a towering canyon, adds 230,000 sq. ft and some clarity to the museum’s vast Manhattan campus
'Slime Queen' collector Karen Robinovitz on her dream art purchase and the work hanging in her linen closet
Robinovitz's most recent art purchase was Yoora Lee painting from Half Gallery’s booth at Expo Chicago
A hot pink tree sculpture sprouts amid New York's leafy High Line
Pamela Rosenkranz’s Old Tree is on show close to the Shed, Frieze New York's venue