Torey Akers

US judge allows artist Deborah Roberts's copyright infringement lawsuit against New York gallery to proceed

The lawsuit brought by Roberts in 2022 has received a mixed ruling from Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall, but she denied dealer Richard Beavers's motion to dismiss it

Crime news

Co-creator of UndeadApes NFTs found guilty of fraud and money laundering in 'rug pull' scheme

Berman Jerry Nowlin Jr, known in the NFT community as "Repulse" and “Zayous”, faces up to five years in federal prison

Montclair Art Museum reimagines its Native collection

“Interwoven Power” uses a fresh curatorial lens to change the way viewers engage with Indigenous art

Artists Amoako Boafo, Hans Haacke and Deborah Butterfield among thousands to sign statement against AI content scraping

Artists and organisations across the creative industries have come out in opposition to the practice of AI firms training their technology with copyrighted, unlicensed material

Musicnews

Charli xcx will play DJ set at New York's Storm King Art Center

The Von Dutch singer will visit the sculpture park's rolling hills to preview her new remix project

Plans for Centre Pompidou outpost in New Jersey are revived, in a new space

The hotly debated Jersey City satellite of the venerated Parisian institution appears to be back on the books after it was "paused indefinitely" in June

Smithsonian Institution launches $2.5bn fundraising campaign

The campaign, timed to coincide with the semiquincentennial of the United States in 2026, is the most ambitious fundraising undertaking for a cultural organisation on record

Disgraced adviser Lisa Schiff's art holdings planned for auction at Phillips starting in November

Bankruptcy trustees have proposed selling hundreds of works through the auction house, with hopes to recover up to $2m

Connecticut arts incubator Nxthvn marks its fifth anniversary by looking to the future

The residency, gallery and community hub is revitalising New Haven with an eye towards art-world equity

Lacma pushes back opening of new building until 2026

Museum leaders are hoping to organise public programming in the empty building next year

Crime news

Former Trump adviser—and Russian state TV commentator—charged with money laundering through art and antiques

Dimitri Simes and his wife Anastasia have been charged with three counts of violating US sanctions, including money laundering through the acquisition of art

MFA Boston returns necklace that was likely looted from a tomb to Turkey

Investigations by both the museum's internal team and experts from Turkey's Ministry of Culture suggested the gold and carnelian artefact was exported illegally

Myths and monsters abound at the New York's Spring Break fair

As ever, the emerging artist showcase delivers on all things weird, wild and wonderful

Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco to change locations only two years after opening

The city's "start-up museum" will leave its original site in the Dogpatch neighbourhood and reopen in a new downtown development in October

Butter, an art fair presenting the work of Black artists, returns to Indianapolis

The multi-day expo combines the traditional markers of an art fair with a distinct economic structure and community-oriented events

New York's Department of Cultural Affairs awards institutions more than $200m for capital projects

A $4.3m renovation grant will help restore the historical Art Students League to its former glory

‘Art saved my life in many, many ways’: vanessa german on channelling magic in her new Chicago exhibition

The artist’s show at the University of Chicago was informed by her experience teaching a class on historically marginalised forms of learning

US artists score victory in landmark AI copyright case

A federal judge in California has blocked an attempt by several AI companies to have portions of a copyright case dismissed

Man who claims he was injured in 'sprinkle pit' sues Museum of Ice Cream

A father who sustained a fracture during a visit to the immersive attraction in Manhattan in 2023 is suing the company for unspecified damages

Whitney Museum selects two staff curators to lead 2026 biennial

The 82nd edition of the most closely-watched recurring exhibition in the United States will open in spring 2026

The Met has largely bounced back since the pandemic

While the New York institution has not reached pre-Covid numbers with international visitors, the figures paint a promising picture

Arts centre ‘on a margin’ is adapting and thriving

The Alabama Contemporary Art Center is putting on an ambitious series of touring shows while its home base is closed for renovation

New York's Upstate Art Weekend returns for summer 2024

The ever expanding event has touched down for a four-day art extravaganza

Art History grads face highest rates of unemployment in the US

An interactive report by the New York Fed reveals that those with university degrees in the arts are most likely to find themselves without jobs in the current labour market

Shahzia Sikander statue promoting women's justice at University of Houston beheaded

In the shadow of anti-abortion protests lambasting the artist's sculpture as "Satanic", Sikander's bronze 2023 work 'Witness' was beheaded early Monday morning

Lacma accused of showing counterfeit Korean works

A panel of Korean art experts have deemed four pieces displayed in a recent exhibition to be fakes

Audrey Flack, a pioneer of Photorealism, has died, aged 93

A survey of the artist's work from the last four years of her life, will be on view at the Parrish Art Museum this autumn

Earliest known photograph of a US First Lady acquired by National Portrait Gallery in Washington

The museum recently purchased the 1840s daguerreotype of Dolley Madison at auction

St Louis gallery takes down artists' pro-Palestine exhibition after deeming it anti-semitic

The abrupt closure of the Craft Alliance exhibition came as a shock to the two featured artists

Laser scanning reveals lost Maya structures in forests of Campeche

Archaeologists have used light-detection and ranging (Lidar) technology to uncover new findings about ancient Maya Lowland settlements