Lucas Samaras, tirelessly adventurous New York artist, has died, aged 87
The Greek American artist was always willing to try new forms and materials, working across sculpture, photography, performance, installation and more
Mercedes Dorame: ‘Borders shift and change with perspective’
The artist’s commission for the Getty Center’s rotunda replicates the forms and colours of abalone shells that were once ubiquitous on the Los Angeles coast
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
US museums cover Native American displays as revised federal regulations take effect
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act has been revised to expedite repatriation, leading many museums to conceal exhibits in the interim
'An exciting new model for repatriation': rotating display of Cycladic treasures, on loan from Greece, debuts at the Met
An innovative agreement between the Metropolitan Museum, American businessman Leonard N. Stern and the Greek government led to the new display of 161 Cycladic antiquities at the New York museum
Brazil plans museum devoted to 2023 insurrection
Authorities also began restoration work on art damaged during the ensuing riots
Valongo Wharf—historic hub of Brazil's slave trade—opens following overdue $400,000 renovation
The Rio de Janeiro site, where one million enslaved Africans disembarked, retains its Unesco World Heritage status
Will Las Vegas finally get an art museum? Collector Elaine Wynn and Lacma back new $150m institution
Council moves forward with plans for 90,000 square-foot Las Vegas Museum of Art in Symphony Park
Mexico’s Maya Train finally leaves the station after years of delays and tripling of costs
The rail network connecting archaeological sites and tourist destinations on the Yucatán peninsula is one of president Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s legacy projects
The late self-taught street photographer Vivian Maier will have her first major New York exhibition
The Manhattan branch of photography museum Fotografiska will put around 200 works by the reclusive savant on view in May 2024
Sallisa Rosa: ‘The audience can remember what the earth feels like’
The Brazilian artist’s first solo US project, an Audemars Piguet Contemporary commission, turns the Collins Park Rotunda into a cavern of clay
Nevada lithium mine threatens cultural sites
The US federal government’s manoeuvres to boost domestic lithium extraction are raising fears from tribal communities about archaeological and environmental impacts
On-site hotel nearing completion at Brazil’s Inhotim museum and botanical garden
Soaring visitor numbers and new leadership team at Inhotim Institute trigger reset for major hotel development
Mexico’s $28bn Maya Train puts 25,000 historic sites at risk
Many organisations, including Unesco, fear the project will negatively affect the region’s cultural heritage, natural environment and residents when it opens in December
Organisers of billboard art project allege their show in Texas on prison reform was censored
Companies that manage advertising spaces in Houston reportedly called off the project with little warning or explanation
Artists withdraw work from US National Gallery in protest of ‘government funding of Israel’s military assault’ in Gaza
A collaborative sculpture by Nicholas Galanin and Merritt Johnson was removed from an exhibition at the Washington, DC museum
A new artist-designed ‘chapel’ to grace Kansas City
The artist Summer Wheat will create a space for visitors to “explore their inner world” on the Kansas City Museum campus
The Indigenous artist and activist Glicéria Tupinambá will represent Brazil at 2024 Venice Biennale
The Brazilian pavilion will be renamed the “Hãhãwpuá Pavilion” for Tupinambá’s presentation, which is being co-curated by three Brazilian Indigenous artists
Ida Applebroog, who made wide-ranging work with a feminist edge, has died, aged 93
The American artist was long associated with the feminist art movement but resented the label, preferring to form her own critical iconography
Pandemic-fueled shift from in-person to virtual art activities may be permanent, two US surveys suggest
Two surveys supported by the National Endowment for the Arts show that in-person art activities remain below pre-Covid levels, while many Americans continue to experience culture virtually
Chimeric creature descends on the Whitney Museum in new augmented reality commission
Nancy Baker Cahill’s augmented-reality work explores the climate crisis and interdependence between humans and nature
The Guerrilla Girls take on an Arkansas music festival
The activist art collective is bringing an installation of its work and a series of workshops to the Format festival in Bentonville
A biennial in Oregon explores the role of art in political and social critique
Converge 45 returns to Portland with more than 50 projects at 15 venues across the city
Bienal de São Paulo restricts access to Ibrahim Mahama installation after child falls and breaks his arm while climbing on it
The installation features a reclaimed Ghanaian railroad track that visitors were previously encouraged to interact with
The 2023 Bienal de São Paulo lodges kinetic critiques of racism and environmental degradation
Titled “Choreographies of the Impossible”, the 35th edition of the world’s second-oldest biennial doesn’t dance around charged topics, it dances about them
American museum educators are trying a more playful approach
Two New York institutions are overhauling their education facilities, while others test a digital-first style of art pedagogy
Bienal de São Paulo opens as Brazilian cultural scene gets Lula rejuvenation
Arts funding in Brazil is being restored under President Lula, with new projects including a transitory “museum” exploring the history of Brazil’s African diaspora
Female Land artists come out of the shadows at Dallas's Nasher Sculpture Center
The exhibition will shed new light on lesser-known, often ephemeral, works by women
Tibetan Buddhist shrine with more than 200 artefacts donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art
The shrine comes from Alice S. Kandell, who amassed one of the most significant private collections of Tibetan Buddhist art in North America