Torey Akers

Mexican authorities decry ‘distorted information’ in MrBeast video filmed at ancient Mayan sites

Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History released a statement praising MrBeast's mission while correcting some moments of "theatricality" in his video

Justin Sun and David Geffen's legal feud over $78m Giacometti sculpture expands

In a countersuit stand-off, the two parties are broadening the scope of their allegations beyond the disputed sculpture

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SFMoMA lays off 29 employees amid $5m structural deficit

The Bay Area institution announced another round of surprise layoffs in a public letter from the director

The secrets are out at Nada New York

The fair features many works that either conceal or reveal in sneaky, sensual ways

Future Fair updates portraiture for 2025

The fair's fifth iteration explores figuration and radical femininity

In pictures: Rujeko Hockley’s Frieze favourites

The associate curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art takes us on a tour of her top picks

Critters skitter all over Spring Break Art Fair

Animals abound in immersive exhibitions ruminating on the idea of utopia

Friezepreview

Ten top shows to see in New York during Frieze week

Our pick of exhibitions includes Rashid Johnson's biggest ever show, Amy Sherald at the Whitney and hypermasculinity in Nigerian culture

US participation in 2026 Venice Biennale in limbo amid Trump's arts defunding

The administration's delays and disavowal of diversity initiatives have put the US Pavilion at the world's biggest biennial behind schedule

Vincent Valdez and KB Brookins picked for ACLU Texas's artist-in-residence programme

The renowned Houston painter joins forces with author KC Brookins in the 2025-6 cohort

Lacma acquires self-portrait by long-overlooked female Old Master

Virginia Vezzi's "Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria" is one of the 112 pieces acquired during the museum's annual Collectors Committee Weekend

MFA Boston to return Benin Bronzes to wealthy donor, close gallery

The unusual move follows years of negotiations between the museum, the collector and the Kingdom of Benin

Banksy balloon heart mural back on view in New York ahead of charity auction

The giant slab of wall adorned with Banksy's "Battle To Survive a Broken Heart" will go to auction to benefit the American Heart Association

'These strings are connective tissues between points and cultures': Jennie C. Jones on her sonic sculptures on the Metropolitan Museum's roof

The artist's installation on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Roof Garden explores the outer limits of sound and form

David Geffen files countersuit against Justin Sun as collectors' fight over $78m Giacometti escalates

Geffen's countersuit comes two months after Sun, the crypto investor and buyer of Cattelan's Comedian, sued claiming ownership of the sculpture Le Nez

Climate activist found guilty of ‘defacing’ Degas sculpture at US National Gallery of Art

A Trump executive order aimed at cracking down on vandalism in Washington, DC has turned up the heat on climate protests

US authorities return two Khmer artefacts to Cambodia

The two statues were seized during investigations into international smuggling networks including that of notorious trafficker Subhash Kapoor

Portrait Trump blasted as ‘truly the worst’ removed from Colorado Capitol building

The painting, which was commissioned in 2019, caught the ire of the president, who claimed it was "purposefully distorted"

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ICA Boston launches $100,000 award for women artists, with Sarah Sze winning inaugural edition

The new Meraki Artist Prize is funded by Fotene Demoulas, whose family owns the Market Basket supermarket chain

Trump layoffs leave more than 26,000 government-owned artworks in limbo

Nearly half the art and historic preservation workers at the General Services Administration have been put on leave and are expected to be terminated

Washington, DC demolishes Black Lives Matter mural and plaza

The street mural, just steps from the White House, is being removed after a Republican legislator threatened to withhold federal funding for DC unless the area was renamed "Liberty Plaza"

Trump administration seeks to close 34 National Park Service offices, including at only Unesco World Heritage site in Texas

The San Antonio Missions National Historic Park's headquarters are central to the management of five 18th-century missions in and around the city

Art Institute of Chicago to return 12th-century Buddha sculpture to Nepal

The ancient statue, a museum fixture since the 1990s, will return to its rightful home following a voluntary restitution

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'America gives me no shortage of subject matter': Vincent Valdez on making art that connects communities

The artist's first major museum survey, "Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream..." at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, tracks 20 years of his identity-driven photorealism

'It's like playing jazz': Carl Cheng reflects on his ecological investigations at the ICA in Philadelphia

The Post-Minimalist art outlaw is the subject of his first major museum survey

Expert Eye: Amanda Sroka’s Frieze Los Angeles favourites

Gathering objects of desire with the senior curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

‘I wanted my gay cowboy 80s movie’: Ana Segovia realises the movie he always wanted to watch for MoCA

The Mexico City-based artist created his own fake classic film as inspiration for a show of new paintings at the Museum of Contemporary Art

12 must-see exhibitions in and around Los Angeles during Frieze

From ancient Peruvian pottery and mid-century Modern ceramics, to reimagined Old Masters, an invented queer cowboy movie and more

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Art Institute of Chicago gifted more than 2,200 French Old Masters

The donation, by Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz, will give visitors unprecedented access to the US's largest collection of French Old Masters