Where to learn about and support Indigenous art and culture on Native American Heritage Month
From the Smithsonian's award-winning Americans exhibition to virtual Indigenous art markets
Alien visitors or avant-garde installation? Mysterious monolith discovered in the Utah desert
The large object spotted by biologists resembles the work of sculptor John McCracken, or a prop from Kubrick's sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey
A seven-mile underwater sculpture park is slated to open in Miami Beach next December
The Reef Line, designed by the architect Shohei Shigematsu/OMA, will include new commissions by Leandro Erlich, Ernesto Neto and Agustina Woodgate
Miami non-profit launches virtual sales platform with a generous donation from the Martin Margulies Foundation
The Bakehouse Art Complex hopes to raise $100,000 in its inaugural sale to help artists amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Performa biennial hosts virtual telethon, evoking the work of George Orwell, Nam June Paik—and, of course, Jerry Lewis
The event has been produced in partnership with Pace gallery and will feature new and archival material
Garrett Bradley's America film installation goes on show at MoMA, exploring racism in black and white
The artist intersperses her work with footage from an unreleased 1914 film, believed to be the oldest surviving feature-length film with an all-Black cast
A breath of fresh air: The Clark opens its first outdoor exhibition
Known for its esteemed collection of European and American paintings and art historical research library, the institution's 140-acre meadow now features contemporary sculptures set against the bucolic landscape of the Berkshire Highlands in Massachusetts
As Trump baselessly cries voter fraud, one artist surveys the rise of conspiracy theories in US politics
Cassandra Zampini's short film Media Warfare compresses four years of fake news into a harrowing 25-minute survey of America's shattered psyche
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From a portal to the Utah monolith at David Zwirner to Vivian Springford’s meditative paintings at Almine Rech
Minneapolis art museum criticised for keeping ancient Indigenous objects
University of Minnesota graduate students have joined Native nations in a long repatriation fight for Mimbres funerary objects controversially held by the Weisman Art Museum
The fraught history of voting transparency in the US, explored
A show at the Corning Museum reveals how corruption and intimidation have historically suppressed the votes of non-white, non-male demographics as US presidential election results remain in flux
A print series of Jacob Lawrence’s earliest narrative cycle has been acquired by the Colby College Museum of Art
The screenprints are an abridged version of the artist’s 41-panel tempera series devoted to the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture
From art to doing 'their part': US museums provide a vital community service by acting as polling sites
Dozens of institutions across the nation have stepped up to "help increase public participation in the American system of self-government" on election day
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Abigail DeVille's freedom torch at Madison Square Park to new marble sculptures by Sanford Biggers at Marianne Boesky
New York artist launches temp agency to employ creatives for a day
As US unemployment rates remain high, the project offers out-of-work artists $200 to "do whatever they need to do" while critiquing the expectations of capitalism
Inaugural Asia Society Triennial to finally open with new programming following the pandemic and BLM protests
New triennial in New York aims to highlight the contribution of the fastest-growing demographic in the US, with exhibitions, events and a little inspiration from Yoko Ono
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From UOVO Prize winner John Edmonds at the Brooklyn Museum to Michelangelo Pistoletto at Lévy Gorvy
Oklahoma museum receives vast archive related to 'Black Wall Street' and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
The Gilcrease Museum has also received a $300,000 grant to conserve and digitise the ephemera collection "so that these atrocities would not be forgotten"
New York artists find second chance in Governors Island residency programme showcase
The free residencies were part of a multi-organisation initiative to replace the annual artist-run Portal art fair and other cultural programming cancelled due to Covid-19
From the archive | 'Trying to tap into the memory of the place'—as Storm King turns 60, artists reflect on the storied outdoor art centre
Beyond its visually rapturous value, the Storm King region also had a pivotal but lesser-known role in the development of US environmental law and policy
From the streets to the studio: show explores how Basquiat, graffiti and hip-hop culture stormed the art world in the 1980s
Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston includes works by Rammellzee, Keith Haring, Kool Koor and Lady Pink
Oklahoma to honour Indigenous art in new $175m museum
More than 25 years in the planning, First Americans Museum opens with new commissions and objects from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Bureaucratic but not boring: exhibition explores the visual history of US election ballots
With early voting already underway in the 2020 presidential election, a show at New York's Cooper Union reveals the "power of design in our civic process"
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Howardena Pindell's first video work in 25 years at The Shed to a cyclical series of Salome-inspired sculptures by Luke Ivy Price at Ki Smith Gallery
Inhotim cannot use works from its collection to pay off founder's debt, judge rules
The Brazilian arts park signed an agreement in 2016 to donate 20 works from its collection to the government in order to repay Bernardo Paz's $110m tax debt for laundering donations
Palm Springs Art Museum will deaccession a work by Helen Frankenthaler at Sotheby's
The work carries an estimate of $2.5m to $3.5m and will help the museum cope with its financial struggles amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Trenton Doyle Hancock's face-off with Klansmen at James Cohan to Feliciano Centurión's textile paintings at Americas Society
The Met acquires Kent Monkman's grand diptych Mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People)
The Cree artist says the work, on view in the museum's Great Hall, reflects on the “colonial version of history” in museum collections
Superblue unveils installations by James Turrell, Es Devlin and teamLab to inaugurate its Miami space
An outgrowth of PaceX, the experiential art centre is the first in a series of planned venues that focus on the intersection of technology and art
Mellon Foundation announces $250m grant to 'reimagine and rebuild' US monuments and memorials
Amid increased unrest over memorials since the Black Lives Matter protests erupted, the grant will help fund new storytelling spaces across the country