SJ Norman wins Australia's Blake Prize for diptych of scarification ritual
The prize recognises a live performance in which the artist was slashed 147 times, addressing the disproportionate incarceration and custody deaths of First Nations people
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Meg Webster at the Judd Foundation to Michelle Stuart at Galerie Lelong & Co.
US institutions celebrate Faith Ringgold
Major acquisitions, complementary showcases plus a New Yorker cover coincide with the artist’s retrospective at the New Museum
Smithsonian lists potential sites for new Latino and women’s museums—including the FBI headquarters
The long list of possible locations also includes the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building
Medieval Jewish codex to be shown in New York before conservation
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will begin conservation efforts later this year with a $27,600 grant from The European Fine Art Foundation
Ceremonial starfish offerings unearthed at Aztec temple in Mexico City
The ‘precious relics’ discovered at Templo Mayor link Aztec cosmology to the sea
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Hollis Sigler at Andrew Kreps to James Turrell’s ode to Ad Reinhardt at Pace
Former Metropolitan Museum curator leads reimagining of Penn State’s anthropology museum
A $100m campus expansion will give the informally-established anthropology museum a greater presence
Artist Faye HeavyShield receives one of Canada’s top art prizes
HeavyShield, who received the C$75,000 award from the Gershon Iskowitz Foundation and the Art Gallery of Ontario, creates Minimalist sculptures and installations
Los Angeles artist Lauren Halsey will create the Metropolitan Museum’s next rooftop commission
The immersive work will feature symbolism from utopian to architecture and ancient Egyptian art, as well as references to South Central Los Angeles
Suspect in Museum of Modern Art stabbings arrested in Philadelphia
The man suspected of stabbing two front desk workers at MoMA was apprehended in a bus station in Philadelphia after a days-long manhunt
Storm King Art Center celebrates sculptor Wangechi Mutu in 2022 season
The arts centre will unveil various works by Mutu, and a site-specific commission by the New York-based artist Brandon Ndife
Metropolitan Museum picks Mexican architect Frida Escobedo for $500m revamp of Modern and contemporary art wing
Escobedo, the first woman to design a wing at the museum, was chosen over candidates including David Chipperfield, Ensamble Studio and other firms
Suspect in stabbing of MoMA employees remains at large, threatens former president Donald Trump
A man identified as Gary Cabana stabbed two front desk employees at the Museum of Modern Art on 12 March and the following day threatened to trespass Mar-a-Lago
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Michael Heizer at Gagosian to Frédéric Bruly Bouabré at the Museum of Modern Art
Generational continuum: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art rejuvenates Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings
Eight of the 105 wall drawings in the sweeping retrospective, slated to be on view until 2043, will be restored as part of the project
Brazilian Modernist building struck by fire receives Getty conservation grant
The Jorge Machado Moreira-designed architecture and urbanism building of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro has received a $240,000 grant from the Getty Foundation to support the conservation of its archive
Historic East Hampton museum Guild Hall begins $25m renovation
Founded in 1931, Guild Hall holds a collection of more than 2,000 artworks by Jackson Pollock, Thomas Moran and others
São Paulo Bienal foregoes a chief curator in favour of a 'horizontal curatorial model' for 35th edition
The exhibition will be jointly curated by the artist Grada Kilomba, the art historian Manuel Borja-Villel and the curators and critics Diane Lima and Hélio Menezes
Painting of one of the first transgender women to receive sex reassignment surgery achieves auction record for Danish painter
Gerda Wegener’s 1924 painting of her partner Lili Elbe shows the subject as a languid odalisque
Antiquities dealers appeal restrictive New York ban on ivory
The appeal primarily challenges restrictions around the display of commercial ivory objects in the state
Amazonian cave paintings, pre-Columbian ruins and other world heritage sites identified as critically threatened
The World Monuments Fund has published its biannual report of world heritage sites facing risk due to climate change, political turmoil and other factors
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Rashaad Newsome at the Park Avenue Armory to Hans Holbein at the Morgan Library and Museum
SFMoMA receives gift of 350 works and $10m bequest from late American trustees
The donation includes works by Marcel Duchamp, Jeff Koons, Ai Weiwei and others from the collection of the late philanthropists Norah and Norman Stone
Camille Norment engulfs Dia warehouse with a ‘vibrational catharsis’
Norment, who previously represented the Nordic Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennial, has devised a minimal sonic experience for the Dia Art Foundation’s second exhibition in its revamped Chelsea space
Archeologists in Mexico decipher ancient frieze
The frieze, discovered in Oaxaca in 2018, contains glyphs symbolising themes related to superstition and social hierarchies in the Zapotec and Mixtec cultures
Yinka Shonibare unveils project focused on the Great Migration
The third iteration of the artist’s 'Libraries' series will be permanently installed at the Rollins Museum of Art in Florida
US revises law governing repatriation of Indigenous remains and burial objects
The effort, conducted in consultation with Native American tribes and nations, would enable greater enforcement of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Pioneering video artist Ulysses Jenkins on creating new images of Black life
A retrospective at the Hammer Museum chronicles the artist’s pivotal role in the history of video art
Project chronicling Indigenous slavery receives $1.5m grant
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is funding the three-year initiative to compile historical records and future projects related to the enslavement of Indigenous people in the US