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Kim Conaty, curator of prints and drawings at the Whitney Museum, promoted to chief curator

She was the curator of the museum's blockbuster Edward Hopper and critically acclaimed Ruth Asawa exhibitions

Archaeologists in Brazil find petroglyphs alongside dinosaur tracks

No, this does not mean dinosaurs and humans lived there at the same time

The 2024 Whitney Biennial in five key themes

The Whitney Museum’s flagship contemporary art showcase turns on questions of identity, authenticity and mutability, which play out across more than a handful of interrelated topics

Warhol Museum director Patrick Moore stepping down

The president and chief executive of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, which operates the Warhol Museum, insists that the move is not a result of recent controversies

Redevelopment of Modernist complex on Toronto waterfront alarms residents and preservationists

The provincial government passed legislation to push through a controversial, publicly funded development of Ontario Place

16 new archaeological sites identified in Brazil’s Tocantins state

Newly discovered rock art, including human and animal footprints, is thought to have been created 2,000 years ago

Jewel was meant for Crystal Bridges: the singer will create an ‘art experience’ at the Arkansas museum

With a focus on art and wellness, the project will include Jewel’s own visual art, a drone show set to a new composition and a curated meal

New documentary traces Iranian artist Nickzad Nodjoumi’s quest to retrieve his paintings decades after the Islamic Revolution

Directed by the artist’s daughter and her husband, “A Revolution on Canvas” is a heart-breaking family drama disguised as a political thriller

Happy 100th! The Morgan Library and Museum gets birthday gifts totalling $15m

The money will go towards the institution’s endowment and operational expenses

Winning by a whisker: the rodents of Sharif Farrag’s Rat Race face off at Frieze Los Angeles

Stuffed-animal bodies sporting ceramic heads, hubcaps and their own licence plates roam Frieze

In pictures: meet Frieze Los Angeles's menagerie of animal sculptures

From irreverent fish to ceramic snakes, the animal kingdom is well represented at this year's fair

Back-to-front Ford Ranger takes truck nuts to a new level at Frieze Los Angeles

Vehicle created by the artist Pippa Garner has fairgoers rubbernecking at Santa Monica airport

13 shows to see in and around Los Angeles during Frieze

From important shows of Korean and Japanese contemporary art, to major surveys of Paul Pfeiffer and Joan Brown, and more

Art Institute of Chicago receives $25m gift for new photography centre

The Bucksbaum family’s donation is the largest the museum’s photography department has ever received

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Textile artist Gary Tyler wins 2024 Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize

The artist, who was wrongfully incarcerated for almost 42 years, will receive $25,000 and a solo stand at this year’s edition of the fair

Lacma organising Zeng Fanzhi show in Venice to coincide with the 2024 Biennale

Co-curated by the Los Angeles museum's director, Michael Govan, the exhibition is designed by Tadao Ando

Canadian museum removing name of former director and Nazi supporter Ferdinand Eckhardt from its entrance hall

The longtime Winnipeg Art Gallery director's Order of the Buffalo Hunt, one of Manitoba’s highest honours, has also been posthumously rescinded

Frick Collection director to retire after $195m renovation

Ian Wardropper has been leading the museum since 2011, guiding it through its renovation and temporary relocation to the former Whitney Museum building

Confederate Memorial coming down at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, DC

Now that a judge lifted a last-minute injunction, the monument will be gone by the end of the week

Caught red-handed: climate activist pleads guilty to defacing Degas exhibit at National Gallery of Art

Joanna Smith faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine

Argentina’s new president Javier Milei does away with culture ministry 24 hours after taking office

The new far-right president halved the number of government ministries (and devalued the peso by 50%) in a show of “control” over the nation and its economic troubles

In pictures: Art Basel in Miami Beach's Meridians section features big works tackling big topics

Curator Magalí Arriola picks out some highlights from the fair's large-scale presentation

Delayed gratification for Miami’s new Museum of Sex

Postponed until January, the Florida outpost of the beloved New York institution will open with wet, wild and scholarly exhibits

Dutch artist Anneke Eussen’s border-questioning sculpture acquired by the city of Miami Beach

The purchase is part of the city’s annual programme to acquire a work from Art Basel in Miami Beach

Sky's the limit in public art project in solidarity with Miami's drag queens

As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis cracks down on their public visibility, local celebrities from Fantasia Royale Gaga to Persephone Von Lips are celebrated in banner form above Española Way

Nam June Paik exhibition at The Bass reveals his love affair with Miami Beach

A show at The Bass explores how the father of video art was inspired by south Florida, where he spent the last few years of his life

Naked ambition: nudist group hopes to build a Miami Beach museum

A local non-profit is looking into possible sites near Haulover Beach Park, one of the only clothing-optional beaches in Florida

Ethiopian culture explored with Medieval icons, Haile Selassie’s cloak and scratch-and-sniff cards

An exhibition at the Walters Art Museum spanning two millennia looks to open our eyes to the splendour of an intercontinental cultural hub