Why American art museums are reluctant to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War
It was a different story for the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth in 2009
Playing the mating game: Interview with Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini’s acclaimed short films about animal sexual behaviour are being shown at the Wolfsonian
'Jesuit priest' donates fraudulent works
Academic museums and universities are being targeted by a suspected art forger
‘I’ve never met anyone who collects cynically’: an interview with Steve Martin
The polymath performer Steve Martin has written An Object of Beauty, a novel set in the art world. So should every dealer he’s ever met be afraid?
Interview with Steve Martin: "I’ve never met anyone who collects cynically”
The polymath performer has written a novel set in the art world -should every dealer he’s ever met be afraid?
MoMA and Asian Art Archive explore the evolution of Chinese contemporary art
Many key documents now translated
Marina Abramovic's the Artist is Present at MoMA
This massive retrospective will include recreations of past pieces as well as a new, physically demanding work
“I’ve never installed my work in such an exotic environment”: Interview with Yayoi Kusama
The Japanese artist speaks about her Miami exhibition
MoMA celebrates film preservation
Artists such as Kara Walker to introduce newly restored works by Kubrick and others
Warhol’s famous athlete portraits stolen from collector Richard Weisman's home
A $1m reward is being offered
Interview with Robert Storr: Most theory has little bearing on art
The critic and curator spoke to The Art Newspaper about the role of art theory, and what advice he is giving to his students in today’s artistic climate.
T.V. Santhosh: remembering victims of violence and war
Visitors to the fair are encouraged to use the space to empathise with victims of violence
Terrorism exhibition cancelled at Chelsea Art Museum
Museum curator resigns over claims of censorship
Land Art: here today, gone tomorrow?
Major installations in the American West by artists such as Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer could soon disappear
MoMA buys Chinese contemporary photographs including works by Ai Weiwei and Sheng Qi
Twenty-eight pieces have been purchased from collector Larry Warsh
New media exhibition as the "the coming of age show" for the National Museum of China
The country’s first major survey of new media took place in June—with a little help from MoMA, Tate, and several others
Cool start for Bâlelatina, Basel’s “Hot Art” fair
The satellite fair nevertheless found its feet with its specialist area, Latin Art
MoMA stem cell exhibit dies five weeks into show
“Victimless Leather”, a small jacket made up of embryonic stem cells, was fed nutrients by tube
Rothko’s remains to be moved
The artist's children petition successfully for his disinterment
Art's Most Popular: Single work by Leonardo attracts over 10,000 Japanese viewers a day
For the fourth year the Tokyo National Museum has the highest exhibition attendance, but is only 17th in our list of the most visited museums last year
The Iraq war in watercolour: Interview with Steve Mumford
The artist has visited Iraq five times, and has no qualms about placing himself in the line of fire to document the conflict
Former Iranian ambassador gives $2.8m to assist Texas's Museum of Fine Arts in pursuit of Islamic art
The director says that the collection will be the first of its kind in the region, catering to an emergent Muslim community
Pakistan’s contemporary museum launches with anti-war art
President Musharraf has encouraged artists to promote a “peaceful and tolerant” image of their country through their work
Art makes a scene in virtual platform Second Life
The online virtual world is becoming one of the best places for artists, curators and dealers to meet
Selection of Chinese sculptor to create Martin Luther King memorial angers black artists
More than 4,000 people have signed a petition to appoint an African American architect and artist for the monument
Mark Dion: artist eco-warrior
The environmentally-minded artist has a number of projects in Miami this month
Anish Kapoor's collaboration with Salman Rushdie opens in Lisson
This is the first time Kapoor has incorporated text in his art
Hauser & Wirth to show art at Colnaghi
Their first exhibition there will show Picabia's nudes
New competition for Warsaw museum architect
Top practitioners had been excluded due to “Kafka-esque” rules