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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
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
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
Trump administration sued by 21 states' attorneys general for trying to eliminate Institute of Museum and Library Services
The agency has placed 85% of its employees on administrative leave
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"
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