Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Alice Neel at the Met to an ode to the first Black woman astronaut by Damien Davis
Hank Willis Thomas builds a memorial to victims of gun violence at the National Building Museum
The project was developed in collaboration with the Mass Design Group and gun violence prevention organisations
A flurry of Yayoi Kusama shows are about to open, but restrictions on her installations may limit their appeal—and visitor numbers
The Japanese artist's exhibitions usually draw millions of people, will they be the same in a post-pandemic world?
New Museum 2021 triennial will explore themes of impermanence
The show takes its title, Soft Water Hard Stone, after a Brazilian proverb about perseverance and the impact of incessant actions over time
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Alexander Calder’s early works at MoMA to Molly Greene’s psychedelic flowers at Kapp Kapp
After criticism, Harvard's Peabody Museum will revise its policies on repatriating Native American objects
The Association on American Indian Affairs issued an open letter accusing the institution of failing to fulfill its legal obligations
Mass Moca breathes new life into Taryn Simon's mourning sculptures
The Pipes were originally made for performances dealing with death and mourning but will now serve less specific purposes
An exhibition at Pioneer Works captures the 'perverse seduction' of nuclear weapons
The artist Smriti Keshari and the writer Eric Schlosser have adapted their acclaimed 2016 film into a blackbox format for the Brooklyn venue
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Ann Craven at Karma to Madeline Hollander at the Whitney
World's biggest Inuit art collection revealed at Winnipeg's new museum within a museum
Qaumajuq centre aims to reframe Winnipeg Art Gallery’s colonial past with displays of more than 10,000 rarely seen Inuit works
Allora and Calzadilla create a 'haven' from the horrors of the past year at the Menil Collection
New works informed by the Houston museum founders' literature collection delve into the spiritual and social discomforts of our current time
Following social media backlash, festival organisers cancel Santiago Sierra's Aboriginal blood-soaked flag work
Many Indigenous cultural leaders commented that the work perpetuated, rather than critiqued, the violence of colonialism
Park Avenue Armory postpones socially distanced programme after performers test positive for Covid-19
The recently announced season aimed to provide a safe space for live arts performances as Covid-19 cases begin to decline in New York
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Julie Mehretu’s mid-career survey at the Whitney to the Frick Collection’s temporary encampment in the Breuer building
Shahzia Sikander, creator of feminist miniatures, will have a major show at The Morgan in New York
The Pakistani-American artist is known for her works that reimagine illuminated manuscript traditions from South and Central Asia in a contemporary feminist context
San Diego will get an Institute of Contemporary Art in September
An exhibition devoted to the Mexican conceptual artist Gabriel Rico will inaugurate the institute
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Niki de Saint Phalle’s first US retrospective at MoMA PS1 to El Museo Del Barrio’s sweeping survey of Latinx art
Amy Sherald, Kerry James Marshall, Theaster Gates, Nick Cave and others to show work reflecting on Breonna Taylor
The exhibition Promise, Witness, Remembrance opens at the Speed Art Museum in April
Brazilian government suspends federal cultural funding in areas with Covid restrictions
As the country's coronavirus cases spike, a new ordinance temporarily stops support for projects in places that have not yet lifted lockdown measures
Lorna Simpson, Rirkrit Tiravanija and other artists donate works to benefit New York charities
The Artists Support initiative will donate 100% of proceeds to local organisations
In Pictures | Rothko Chapel’s 50th anniversary celebrated in new publication
The Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko created 14 paintings for the chapel but did not live to see it completed
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Lorraine O’Grady’s first museum retrospective to Carol Bove’s Met façade commission
Oregon museum receives $6m grant to display its vast but largely unseen art collection
The High Desert Museum, which has previously had an emphasis on natural history, holds important works by artists like Rick Bartow and Edward Curtis
Longwood Gardens begins a $6.5m reconstruction of cascade garden by Roberto Burle Marx
The work of the Modernist artist and landscape architect takes new precedence as Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro faces international criticism over the devastation of the Amazon
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Guadalupe Maravilla at PPOW to David Goldblatt at Pace
A colossal water tank at Mass Moca will house James Turrell’s latest Skyspace
The work is due to be unveiled this spring and was envisioned by Turrell when he first visited the campus in 1987
Speed Art Museum will reflect on the death of Breonna Taylor in an exhibition
A panel of advisors including the artists Theaster Gates and Amy Sherald will explore the ways that art can address the police killing
Aga Khan Museum acquires massive Lego sculpture of an ancient African metropolis
The conceptual work by the Ghanian-Canadian artist Ekow Nimako addresses the cultural impact of Kumbi Saleh, the centre of the trans-Saharan trade route
Nevada solar power project threatens Michael Heizer’s land art sculpture Double Negative
Local activists are petitioning to protect the artist’s monumental work on the Mormon Mesa
Alexander Calder's expansive archive goes digital
A new platform launched by the Calder Foundations features thousands of artworks, photographs, archival documents and publications