Metropolitan Museum director Max Hollein to take on dual role of director and chief executive
Hollein, who will add the role to his title after Daniel H. Weiss resigns next year, was the “clear choice”, according to the Met’s board of trustees
From the archive | a first glimpse of Storm King Art Center’s $45m redesign
The celebrated upstate New York sculpture park will begin an overhaul of its grounds to enhance visitor experience and biodiversity
Former dealer Caitlin Berry named inaugural director of the Rubell Museum's Washington, DC outpost
Berry was previously the director of the Cody Gallery at Marymount University and the director of Hemphill Fine Arts
From Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s doomed Colorado projects to Precious Okoyomon’s utopian garden, Aspen Art Week's must-see exhibitions
The event coincides with the second edition of the Intersect Aspen art fair and the Aspen Art Museum’s annual ArtCrush benefit auction
Pope Francis addresses forced assimilation in Canadian tour amid calls for repatriation of Indigenous artefacts from Vatican Museums
Francis delivered a speech in Maskwacis as part of a week-long visit to apologise for the role of the Catholic church in the cultural genocide of Indigenous communities
Some of the must-see exhibitions during Upstate Art Weekend in New York
The third annual iteration of the Hudson Valley arts festival features its biggest roster yet, with nearly 150 events and exhibitions
The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquires rejected Howard Hodgkin collection of Indian art
The late British artist envisioned that his collection would be acquired by the Ashmolean Museum, which rejected the offer due to provenance concerns
Brazilian art collector Gilberto Chateaubriand has died, aged 97
Chateaubriand, son of the MASP founder Assis Chateaubriand, held one of the most important collections of Brazilian Modern and contemporary art
Doris Salcedo on her new work, a ghostly reflection on gun violence
The artist produced the work, of gauzy fabric embedded with thousands of needles, after speaking to hundreds of mothers whose children were killed by guns
Raphael tapestries exhibition illustrates the ‘dawn of image reproduction’
The Columbus Museum of Art’s exhibition of the six historic Dresden tapestries belatedly commemorates the 500th anniversary of the Italian master’s death
Ancient sculpture likely tied to ritual human sacrifice discovered in Peru
The well-preserved statue is one of the oldest artefacts discovered in the Chan Chan archaeological site
South Arts and the Ford Foundation launch $6m programme supporting Southern arts organisations
The initial cohort of grantees includes 17 museums, orchestras, theatre and dance companies, and one tribal nation
Acquisitions round-up: 900 Japanese cloisonné enamels—including rare commissions for the imperial family—head to Massachusetts museum
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija on honouring Mexican pottery traditions—and the intoxicating inspiration of psychoactive drinks
An exhibition in Mexico City explores the artist’s years-long investigation of Oaxacan vessels made for the consumption of mezcal and pulque
Interview | American artist Jim Denevan on his ephemeral earthworks
The artist, whose work was a centrepiece of the 2022 Desert X AlUla, has been creating complex miles-long temporary installations on the earth since the mid-1990s
Kohler heiress's foundation announces inaugural grants for non-profit cultural organisations
The grant-making initiative was launched with a $440m bequest from the late vernacular art collector and patron Ruth DeYoung Kohler
Metropolitan Museum of Art increases admission fee
The museum initially changed its "pay-as-you-wish" policy in 2018
Daniel H. Weiss will step down as president and chief executive of the Metropolitan Museum
Weiss, who guided the Met through several major projects and challenges during his tenure, will step down in June 2023
Indigenous tribes will co-manage Utah’s long-contested Bears Ears National Monument
The governance and size of the monument have been disputed for years, and Utah Republicans are still trying to block president Biden's 2021 expansion of its boundaries
Smithsonian's hunt for sites for national Latino and women’s museums narrowed down to four locations
The institution will announce the selected Washington, DC sites for the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum by the end of the year
Midwestern man charged for illegally excavating Indigenous artefacts
The man and others excavated a densely concentrated archaeological site in the Harry S. Truman State Park in Missouri
Brazilian kinetic and optical art pioneer Abraham Palatnik surveyed in visually remarkable book
The monographic publication Enchantment/Experimentation coincided with an extensive exhibition organised by Galeria Nara Roesler in New York this year
The newly-restored Morgan Library and Museum opens a public garden
The $13m project entailed a comprehensive exterior restoration and landscape redesign
Sinuous sculptures by Mexican artist Geles Cabrera resurface in Americas Society exhibition
The sculptor and museum founder has had a prolific career spanning more than six decades but remains little-known outside of Mexico
Jewel box museum of Old Master artworks reopens in San Diego
The Timken Museum of Art, the only museum with a Rembrandt on public display in San Diego, underwent a major two-year renovation
The best art destinations for day trips near New York City this summer
Our picks of the must-see seasonal outdoor and indoor exhibitions, from Wangechi Mutu and Brandon Ndife at the Storm King Art Center to Frank Stella at The Ranch
Looted Maya frieze once offered to the Metropolitan Museum will be fully restored
The elaborate temple relief, now held by the Museo Nacional de Antropología, was extracted from the Maya jungle in the 1960s and offered to the Met for $400,000
Artefacts long held by the Smithsonian will go on view at new Mi’ kmaw cultural centre in Nova Scotia
The $50m centre is scheduled to open in 2025 and showcase works on long-term loan from the National Museum of the American Indian
Inhotim founder Bernardo Paz, acquitted of money laundering, donates more than 300 works from his collection to the institute
Paz had been accused of transferring nearly $100m made as donations to the sprawling art centre to his mining and steel companies
Leaked report reveals Harvard holds remains of nearly 7,000 Indigenous and 20 enslaved people
The unfinalised report is being developed by a steering committee formed last year to address repatriation concerns at the Ivy League university