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Portrait Trump blasted as ‘truly the worst’ removed from Colorado Capitol building
The portrait, which was commissioned in 2019, caught the ire of the president, who claimed the painting was "purposefully distorted"
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
'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
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
NEA shuts down arts grant for ‘underserved communities’ amid flurry of Trump executive orders
The Trump administration's shifting priorities rejects diversity, equity and inclusion in arts organisations
Tribeca galleries damaged in two-alarm fire
The Journal Gallery and Asya Geisberg Gallery, both located at 45 White Street in Manhattan, were both impacted by an outbreak of flames
Ancient Incan tunnel system discovered in the Andes
A Chinkana, or labyrinth, with three branches has been found beneath the ancient city of Cusco
Dallas Museum of Art will undergo $6m repairs to fix damage from 2022 rainstorm
The museum's Impressionist collection galleries and interactive education facility have been closed since for more than two years
Hawaiian tsunami museum fights to stay open amid economic woes
The Hawai'i shoreline fixture is struggling to keep its doors open amid post-pandemic costs
Pippa Garner, art and gender provocateur, has died, aged 82
Garner's witty deviations in form, text and body addressed the consumerism and sameness plaguing US culture
Indigenous Alaskan artist Nicholas Galanin receives $200,000 prize from Crystal Bridges Museum
The biennial award is named for the late collector and food company president Don Tyson
Workers at the Noguchi Museum push to form a union
After months of protests in solidarity with Palestine and against a new dress code banning workers from wearing keffiyehs, the Queens institution's staff are organising for "better conditions"
Houston's Rothko Chapel reopens after hurricane damage is repaired
The Texas pilgrimage site for devotees of Abstract Expressionism returns just in time for the holidays
1,375-year-old pyramid structure found in Hidalgo, Mexico
Highway road work has uncovered an ancient civilisation’s ceremonial centrepiece
Miami motel fair’s fun and affordable fare
Feria Clandestina, Miami’s community incubator art fair, boasts contemporary works on offer for under a Basel budget
Raheleh Filsoofi's toothy performance at Untitled Art fair
The artist reimagines her body as a tool for crafting new narratives in her meditative performance
In Miami, Nada’s intimate moments promote a closer look
The 22nd edition of satellite fair New Art Dealers Alliance features many works that encourage quietude and connection
‘Everybody’s capable of time travel’: Virgil Ortiz on marrying craft traditions with science-fiction
The Cochiti Pueblo artist, who has an exhibition at the Lowe Art Museum in Miami, discusses educating people about the little-known 1680 Pueblo Revolt—and his love of Star Wars
In pictures: the best of Design Miami
Our picks from the decorative art and furniture design fair
US authorities return four artefacts from Ban Chiang archaeological site to Thailand
The items, which include a vessel and bracelet, had been gifted to a US soldier more than 50 years ago
Manhattan District Attorney's Office returns antiquities worth a total of $500,000 to Mexico
The trove of 30 Mesoamerican objects includes a ceremonial trophy for the first ball game
Bill that would allow Trump to designate art non-profits as 'terrorist organisations' advances to US Senate
The controversial bill has raised worries among Democrats who fear that Trump will exploit it for personal retribution