The great 3D quantum leap
As the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis prepares for its 2017 survey of Merce Cunningham, it has commissioned an ambitious work from Charles Atlas, the late choreographer’s former collaborator
Germany to open culture house on Fifth Avenue
Former ambassador's home will host cultural and diplomatic events, exhibitions, symposia and artists’ residencies
Kerry James Marshall makes his picks from the Met’s collection
The artist said he felt like a kid in a candy store when selecting works from the encyclopaedic museum, including one of his favourite paintings, Ingres’ Odalisque in Grisaille
Get plastered at the Institute of Classical Art
Collection of forgotten casts from the Metropolitan Museum get new home in Manhattan
Police in Greece arrest 26 in bust of alleged antiquities smuggling ring
Investigators recovered more than 2,000 objects, mostly coins, that they say were offered for sale through auction houses
Roman coins found in Okinawa castle point to early links between Japan and the West
The artefacts may have come to the island, which was as an important trade route, from Muslim or Chinese merchants
Tate to honour Bruce Nauman with major retrospective (after MoMA's)
US artist's survey in London in 2019 to follow exhibition at Basel's Schaulager and in New York
Met lays off 34 employees
Staff cuts are part of a larger restructuring to reduce deficit by $30m
Archaeologists and cultural professionals join petition against North Dakota pipeline
More than 1,000 sign letter denouncing construction of oil route that crosses Native American ancestral lands
Thomas Heatherwick steps up to the challenge of creating a centrepiece for Hudson Yards redevelopment
The British designer unveiled his hive-like staircase structure to be installed in a new public square on the West Side of Manhattan
Three to see: New York
From a New York Ab-Ex anniversary to Bruce Nauman striking a sculptural pose
Nobuyoshi Araki nude photos censored in Mexico City
After a local bar was forced to remove images of nude women from its walls, the gallery Kurimanzutto plans to restage the show
Bill Viola reconnects with Florence’s Old Masters for Palazzo Strozzi show
Uccello and Masolino’s frescoes on US artist’s “wish list” for retrospective next year
Artist Betsy Davis ends her life under California’s doctor-assisted dying law
Before she died, the 41-year-old multimedia and performance artist diagnosed with ALS invited friends and family to a weekend goodbye party
Ancient Roman mosaics uncovered in Cyprus
Two rare finds were made in a matter of weeks, depicting chariot races and the labours of Hercules
Turkish painter and journalist Zehra Doğan arrested
Her art and writing has reportedly been used against her as evidence of ties to “illegal” Kurdish organisation
Helen Mirren testifies in support of Holocaust art restitution bill
The actress appeared with other advocates in Washington, DC to speak at a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing
Kienholz’s Five Car Stud goes back on view in Milan
The brutal installation about racist violence continues to have an impact 45 years later
Meet the birdman of Brooklyn
Duke Riley has trained 2,000 pigeons to perform for Creative Time—and they took flight this weekend
Maurizio Cattelan and a donkey who's starred at the Met—it must be Frieze New York
Installation first shown in 1994 at Daniel Newburg Gallery—just for one day
Kerry James Marshall: driven to make a difference
As his touring US solo exhibition opens in Chicago, where he lives, the painter reflects on the oddness of survey shows, the power of the market and achieving all his dreams
Kerry James Marshall’s epic black superhero
The Chicago artist would like to turn his comic into an animated film on the scale of Star Wars
Steinway pairs visual artists and composers in new piano commissions
Mark Bradford and Robert Glasper are the first to create a collaborative work
Isil driven out of Palmyra
Early reports indicate that ancient sites that survived the terrorist group’s destruction are in “good condition”
Walk among Olympic gods—in New York
The Onassis Cultural Center is hosting a major loan exhibition of objects from the archaeological site of Dion
Lucky number 13: Edinburgh Art Festival announces packed programme
The city will be taken over this summer by exhibitions and artist projects, including new work by Damián Ortega and Christian Boltanski
Fourth object from Asia Week sales seized by federal agents
Sculptures from India, Afghanistan and Pakistan have been confiscated in a string of raids on auction houses and a gallery