Shine bright: American Museum of Natural History unveils a years-long revamp of its prized gems and minerals hall
Visitors are encouraged to bring their own flashlight for the full optical experience
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Louise Bourgeois at The Jewish Museum to Sam Durant’s High Line Plinth commission
Hallelujah! Former studio of 'nun-turned-artist' Corita Kent designated historic cultural landmark
The Hollywood studio where Kent made works challenging social injustice in the 1960s was due to be demolished to make room for a parking lot
Nevada Museum of Art launches year-long focus on Land Art in the high desert
The museum has also announced the forthcoming programming for its triennial Art and Environment Conference
Mexican authorities halt illegal development near Teotihuacán
It is unclear who is behind the construction of the ecotourism park, which resulted in the destruction of at least three unexplored archaeological mounds
Calls for reparations lead the commemoration of Tulsa Massacre
US President Biden acknowledged during visit that "some injustices are so heinous… they cannot be buried"
The Greenwood Massacre, America’s ‘single worst incident of racial violence’, is remembered 100 years on
The historic example of domestic terrorism, when white mobs killed hundreds of Black residents and destroyed businesses, finally gets due recognition
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Guadalupe Maravilla at Socrates Sculpture Park to Nina Katchadourian at Pace
Surge in visitors to Spiral Jetty through the pandemic leads to plans for more amenities and ecological awareness
The famous Land Art site in Utah became a popular destination, with more than 700 cars logged at the site in one day
In Pictures | Kara Walker's private archive of works on paper published in new book
The publication is released ahead of an exhibition of the US artist's works at the Kunstmuseum Basel this summer
Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger find creative ways to collaborate through the pandemic in Denver Art Museum show
How do you crowd-source art without the crowd? The Indigenous artists explore communal art-making traditions amid the isolation of last year
Plywood boards used to shutter New York shops are transformed into canvases for local artists
The Plywood Protection Project has given five artists material to create new public works in each borough
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Nicola Vassell’s inaugural show devoted to Ming Smith to Huma Bhaba at Salon 94
The splendours of the Incan Empire are coming to Boca Raton in blockbuster show
The comprehensive exhibitions features never before shown loans of ancient golden objects and a VR tour of Machu Picchu
'Restless, experimental and enigmatic': Brazilian artist Carlito Carvalhosa has died, aged 59
He was the first living Brazilian artist to have a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
Wangechi Mutu at Gladstone, Adriana Varejão at Gagosian and the unveiling of Day’s End by David Hammons
Sarah Oppenheimer will create a monumental permanent work for the University of Texas at Austin
The commission is part of the university’s Landmarks public art programme, which includes pieces by artists like Louise Bourgeois and Mark di Suvero
From the archive | James Turrell will unveil another Skyspace this year in the Colorado mountains
The permanent work will be installed on a hillside in Green Mountain Falls later this summer
Archaeologists rush to record the Rio Grande’s art amid threat from flooding and drug cartels
Ancient rock art near Texas-Mexico border could be lost forever
An art and design exhibition engulfs a Modernist home in upstate New York
The art and design show—a collaboration between Object & Thing, Blum and Poe and Mendes Wood DM—will be on long-term view in the former family home of the American architect Gerald Luss
Amateur hour turns to golden hour for forgotten Brazilian photo club with New York show
The Museum of Modern Art will present rarely-seen work by the mid-century collective Foto-Cine Clube Bandeirante
Sanford Biggers unveils monolithic sculpture at Rockefeller Plaza
The work is part of a campus-wide exhibition exploring themes around European and African mythologies
Top shows to see in New York during Frieze week
From Eva Hesse and Hannah Wilke at Acquavella Galleries to Deana Lawson at the Guggenheim
MoMA trustee Lonti Ebers to open huge arts centre in Brooklyn this summer
The Amant Foundation in East Williamsburg will combine exhibition and studio spaces for resident artists
After social media backlash, Dark Mofo art festival in Tasmania launches fund for Aboriginal artists
The festival drew criticism last month for an art project that would crowd-source blood from Indigenous and Aboriginal people
Ugo Rondinone’s Seven Magic Mountains in the Nevada desert will undergo a second restoration
The immersive artwork, installed in 2016, could be up for another five years
Another ancient petroglyph panel has been vandalised in Utah
The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From David Smith at Hauser & Wirth to Katherine Bradford at Canada
Lummi artists create a totem pole to call attention to the need to protect sacred Indigenous sites
The totem pole will travel from Washington State to Washington, DC and make stops at significant Native American locations
Penn Museum apologises for allowing the use of human remains of Black Philadelphians in an online class
The statement follows a petition condemning the institution and calling for a public investigation