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
Santa Monica city council approves measure to create support structure for Bergamot Station gallery complex
While the vote was unanimous, the exact plan remains unclear
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
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Art Gallery director's Order of the Buffalo Hunt, one of Manitoba’s highest honours, has also been posthumously rescinded
Eleanor Nairne joins the Philadelphia Museum of Art as head of Modern and contemporary art
The former curator at the Barbican Art Gallery in London hops the pond
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
Mark Bradford wins $500,000 Getty Prize
As stipulated in the award's new rules, the Los Angeles-based abstract artist will donate the money to a non-profit of his choosing
A theatrical new Calder exhibition staged in Seattle
The Seattle Art Museum’s gift of more than 45 works from collectors Jon and Kim Shirley makes for a compelling performance
Former Art Institute of Chicago payroll manager gets three years in prison for embezzling more than $2m
Michael Maurello is also expected to pay back what he he stole from the museum
‘One of the great museum directors of her generation’: Ann Philbin to retire after 25 years leading the Hammer Museum
Philbin transformed the University of California, Los Angeles's campus museum (originally built to house an oil magnate's Old Masters) into a world-class contemporary art institution
Jasper Johns’s ‘mutual aid’ organisation for artists receives almost $9m from the estate of Los Angeles gallerist Margo Leavin
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts has been selling works donated by visual artists to fund those working in experimental forms and performance since 1963
New 3D documentary tells the multidimensional story of American artist H.C. Westermann
Westermann’s hand-carved wooden sculptures pop off cinema screens in Los Angeles and Chicago this month
San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum sues architect and construction company behind new $38m pavilion
The museum says that Why Architects and Swinerton Builders “failed to meet even the minimum museum-quality standards”