Biden wants to boost culture funding to historic levels as part of $6 trillion budget proposal
If Congress approves, the National Endowment for the Arts in particular would see its 2022 budget go up to $201m—the highest amount of government funding since its inception
Thomas Heatherwick’s Vessel to reopen in Hudson Yards—without higher barriers
Visitors will have to come in groups, and buy tickets that will help pay for more security, after three suicides at the site
A year after George Floyd’s death, art memorials are at a crossroads
Efforts to preserve murals and street art are growing, as are threats to sites around the country, including the intersection where Floyd was killed
Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
The museum looks to a “new era” after a difficult history, including long delays in the opening its new home and the termination of two of its directors by the Culture Ministry
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
Wangechi Mutu at Gladstone, Adriana Varejão at Gagosian and the unveiling of Day’s End by David Hammons
Take the stage, New York: Rashid Johnson will build a platform for the public as Creative Time’s summer project
The city’s residents will be able to use the space for performances or public action, as well as take part in a programme of artist-led events
David Hammons's monumental public sculpture Day's End is done
The steel frame structure, which recreates the outline of a former warehouse on the Hudson River, is now a permanent fixture on the shoreline
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Yayoi Kusama in the Bronx to Alex Da Corte's Big Bird on the Met Roof
Contemporary Greek artist Kornelios Grammenos has died, aged 62
The sculptor and painter was known for his disarming Alien and Knight sculptures, installed in Greece and abroad
While US museum attendance nosedived in 2020 amid pandemic, disparities in reopenings yielded a few surprises
Huntington Library in California and Crystal Bridges in Arkansas ascended to the top of our visitor figures list
Miami’s art world allergic to plan for cat and dog sculpture park
A nearly $1m project to be permanently installed next to the Pérez Art Museum Miami has raised opposition from the local art scene
Virtual museum to be built to house Beeple’s record-breaking digital work
Metapurse, the company owned by the buyer of the $69.3m NFT, plans to create an online “monument this piece deserves"
Revealed: Metakovan, pseudonymous founder of ‘crypto-exclusive fund’ Metapurse, is the buyer of Beeple’s $69.3m NFT
Everydays: The First 5,000 Days sold at Christie’s yesterday—and the buyer says it is worth $1bn
Ancient Egyptian pet cemetery contained much loved cats and dogs pampered in their old age
Research by archaeologists at the Roman port city Berenice shows that humans cared for their animals as much as current day people do
In Pictures: an early look inside the Frick Madison
Before the public opening on 18 March, see the startling installation of the museum's Old Masters collection in the Brutalist Breuer building
Dr Fauci’s 3-D printed coronavirus model given to Smithsonian
The educational aide will be part of a forthcoming exhibition at the National Museum of American History
Cézanne’s drawings, watercolours and sketchbooks to get star treatment at MoMA
A major exhibition focuses on works on paper by one of the core artists in the museum’s Modern art collection
WTF are NFTs? Why crypto is dominating the art market
Plus, artist Doug Aitken on composer Terry Riley
'Black grief and white grievance' at New York’s New Museum
Plus, artists with disabilities in the Covid era and Goya's Disasters of War
Charles Venable, president of Indianapolis museum, resigns after controversial job post
The board has issued an apology and pledged to improve its representation of the local community
Local man charged in attempted robbery from Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery
George Haag, who has pleaded not guilty, says he thought the portrait of Andy Warhol “would look better somewhere else” and “just wanted to make people laugh”
With Mardi Gras parades cancelled, New Orleans artists create House Floats
Local artists and designers have used their float decorating skills to turn neighbourhood houses into lavishly festooned marvels
Photo collector and ophthalmologist William Tsiaras gives 500 works to Colby College Museum of Art in Maine
The Greek-American started acquiring photography for museums through his personal friendships with artists such as Lucas Samaras, Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan
With powerful poem, Amanda Gorman sets the tone for Biden’s presidency
The 22-year-old Los Angeles poet was the youngest ever to deliver a recitation on Inauguration Day. Listen to and read her words here
In pictures: Donald Trump’s presidency as the art world saw it
As Trump leaves office, we look back at the legacy of his four years leading the US and how artists captured it
Biden inauguration is largely virtual—but some live art is planned
A public art installation of 200,000 flags opens on the National Mall, as coronavirus and heightened security forces most events online
The white supremacist art at the heart of the US Capitol
Plus, a $2.2m Batman comic and the artists inspired by political theorist Hannah Arendt
Holy hammer! Near mint copy of Batman #1 sells for record $2.2m at Heritage Auctions
The rare 1940 issue, which marks the first appearance of the Joker and Catwoman, is the second most expensive comic book ever sold
Art lawyer Frank Lord opens private practice in New York
As well as working on high profile restitution cases, the former Herrick Feinstein partner has a PhD in art history
Heatherwick’s Vessel closed to the public after third suicide in less than a year
The community board has asked the developer to raise the height of platform barriers to prevent further deaths