Carrie Mae Weems lends images for Kamala Harris ad
A few photographs from the artist’s famed “Kitchen Table Series” appear in a new video promoting the vice president’s campaign
North Carolina museum receives $5m in art and funding from artist and philanthropist Carol Cole Levin
The Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro will get around 270 works for its collection and funds to renovate its building
Bellevue Arts Museum closes
The Washington state institution’s optimistic director hopes a larger museum will step in as a partner
Artists and collectors rush to support Kamala Harris campaign
Since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, much of the US art world has embraced Harris. Meanwhile, conservative patrons remain split on the Republican candidate, former president Donald Trump
Silent echoes: flame and frost meet in Bill Fontana’s latest sound installation
Artist brings together recordings made in an Austrian ice cave and on the surface of a giant historic bell at Notre-Dame de Paris
Rising construction costs are leading to smaller, more adaptive museum spaces
According to AEA Consulting’s Cultural Infrastructure Index, arts institutions have been resizing to meet audience needs
Arlene Shechet’s sculptures are animated through dance at Storm King sculpture park
Ritualistic performance piece by Annie-B Parson amid monumental, brightly coloured steel sculptures marks Upstate Art Weekend in New York’s Hudson Valley
June Clark: the Toronto-based US artist exploring the American flag and its many meanings
The New York-born artist, who has lived in Canada for more than half a century, explains how she bypassed sexism in the 1970s to teach herself photography, and why she will always be connected to the US
New York's Hispanic Society launches Goya Research Center
Headed by the Goya scholar Guillaume Kientz, the new project anticipates the 200th anniversary of the artist’s death in 2028
Walker Art Center invites visitors to reimagine its galleries
The Minneapolis institution has crowdsourced its rehang—which means a lot more than just new configurations of works
How radical transparency saved a US museum
Kate Casprowiak Scher, the Bellevue Arts Museum’s new permanent director, explains that candour about the institution’s finances helped bring the kunsthalle in suburban Seattle back from the brink
Bellevue Arts Museum nears its emergency fundraising goal—but the fight is not over
The museum has already raised more than $200,000 (with the help of a generous reader of 'The Art Newspaper'), and its director is looking to local tech companies as future partners
‘Shame on those that silence artists’: Shahzia Sikander speaks out after her opening in Texas is cancelled
The University of Houston seems to have caved to the threats of a local anti-abortion group
How Princeton rediscovered a Rubens in its collection
Layers of earlier well-meaning but overzealous restoration work had obscured the Old Master’s hand—until now
On a roll: taking analogue photography to the streets
'Analogue has made a comeback': mobile photo lab Free Film distributes rolls of 35mm film and serves as a darkroom for resident photographers
Jenny Holzer to project quotes about democracy in DC to celebrate Art in Embassies anniversary
The work will appear on the facades of two museums on the Mall, a “very resonant location for democracy in America”
Capturing the ‘spectacularly unspectacular’ reality of abortions and reproductive health facilities
Carmen Winant’s new installation at the Minneapolis Institute of Art conveys how unremarkable spaces and procedures that have become intensely politicised are
Octavia Butler’s classic science-fiction novel Parable of the Sower sprouts artistic seedlings
The book, which was published 30 years ago, is inspiring performances and installations across the US
Art advisor Lisa Schiff is cooperating with authorities investigating her business, her lawyer says
The high-profile art advisor is liquidating her firm and can no longer afford the “lavish lifestyle” she was accused of in two lawsuits filed against her by a former client
A cardboard Manhattan and a cosy log cabin: artists stand tall at Nada New York fair
Artists including Kambel Smith and Anya Paintsil were on hand to talk to visitors on the VIP day
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art is looking for a new director—again
Ngaire Blankenberg quietly left the institution at the end of March
Conservation of Chris Burden’s Urban Light and large Warhol Oxidation canvas among projects supported by latest Bank of America grants
In all 23 projects, from Virginia to Hong Kong, are receiving support through the bank's latest round of conservation grants
The seven best Latin American works at Art Basel Miami Beach
Laura Hakel, the curator of the Fundación Ama Amoedo in Uruguay, chooses her favourite contemporary pieces
Next year—for the first time—a Miami gallery is going to Art Basel in Switzerland
David Castillo Gallery will become the only local dealer to make the jump to the mothership in its more than 50-year history
'Art Basel has to keep changing': after 20 years, what is next for the fair juggernaut?
Noah Horowitz and Vincenzo de Bellis discuss their visions for the global fair brand and its flagship US fair in Miami
‘I like to be confrontational’: artist Roberto Lugo on how propaganda inspires his work
The sculptor and ceramicist has made works in response to the decorative arts collection at Florida International University’s Wolfsonian Museum, and created a mural with local communities
Second act for lost Jannis Kounellis performance ahead of major show
The work last seen 50 years ago was thought to have been lost. It will now open an exhibition of the Greek artist's work at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
Playing with history: how heritage and archaeology are transforming video games
Gaming offers educational and licensing opportunities for historic sites and cultural institutions
Dimitrios Pandermalis, director and curator of the Acropolis Museum in Athens, has died, aged 82
Pandermalis, a revered archaeologist and professor, had also been outspoken in calling for the reunification of all the Parthenon marbles in Athens
Islands that were home to artist Andrew Wyeth become classrooms
Two tiny islands off the coast of Maine have been sold to nearby Colby College, which is using them for climate change research and artistic fellowships