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
Calls for 'art strike' against state-run cultural institutions in Cuba
Art professionals “on and off the island” are urged to stop working with state-run institutions that have been “complicit in their silence” as the government amps up efforts to squash dissent
Q&A | Keith Haring ‘had so much drive, was so good at promoting himself’ and artists can learn from him today
The British fashion writer Simon Doonan speaks about his new book on the artist and describes his first encounter with Haring via a t-shirt
Florida arts professor says she was targeted for work denouncing white supremacy in annual staff exhibition
The work has received pushback from Republican student groups who denounce the artist's decision to place the US flag on the floor
With the country labelled a ‘terror sponsor’ and the government claiming activists are CIA agents, Cuba's artists are stuck in the crossfire
Concerns for the cultural sector follow Trump’s parting shot at the country, and the Castro regime's growing efforts to discredit dissidents
Maya Lin’s 'ghost forest' will rise in Madison Square Park this spring
The installation about climate change was postponed for a year due to the pandemic
HBO documentary illuminates how Black artists shaped US art history
The show centres on a landmark 1976 exhibition by the late curator, scholar and artist David Driskell
Pérez Art Museum Miami renames endowment fund for Black art to reflect the wider diaspora
The announcement coincides with acquisitions of works by Gordon Parks, Kwame Brathwaite and Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
Our picks of the must-see shows to see in New York in February
From Laura Aguilar’s first retrospective at the Leslie-Lohman Museum to sculptural salt licks evoking impermanence by Malia Jensen at Cristin Tierney
Cuban artists file motion to dismiss culture minister Alpidio Alonso after a peaceful protest turns violent
The activist group 27N cites a law that revokes an official’s power for conduct unbecoming public service in their petition to parliament
New York's ADAA Art Show moves to November from 2021 and beyond
The fair is normally held at the Park Avenue Armory in February
Historic object or contemporary carving? Canadian artist claims a totem that washed up on a Victoria beach is actually his work
Archaeologists of the Royal British Columbia Museum announced the discovery was an important Indigenous work last week
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Gordon Parks at Jack Shainman to Shaun Leonardo at the Bronx Museum