Torey Akers

New filing in Frankenthaler Foundation lawsuit alleges 'pay-to-play' scheme

Frankenthaler's nephew has accused the foundation, which terminated his board position last spring, of "extensive self-dealing"

Cambodian government takes over management of three Angkor archaeological sites from World Monuments Fund

The announcement coincides with the 35th anniversary of WMF's efforts at the archaeological park and a new phase of conservation at Phnom Bakheng

Princeton University Art Museum identifies 16 artefacts linked to alumnus and alleged smuggler

Edoardo Almagià, who graduated from Princeton University in 1973, has been connected to a range of antiquities currently in the museum's collection

University of New Hampshire permanently closes its art museum amid budget cuts

In an effort to shave $14m off its projected 2024 budget, UNH will close its campus art museum

Orlando Museum of Art drops lawsuit against owners of allegedly fake Basquiats

The museum, which is operating at a significant deficit amid mounting crisis management fees, will focus its legal efforts on its former director

US university museum returns Nazi-looted painting to rightful heirs

The Ackland Art Museum restituted a painting taken from a prominent Jewish collector via Nazi coercion

Web3news

US Air Force officer arrested for alleged NFT fraud

An active-duty senior airman was detained for his role in a scheme overhyping the value of NFTs

World Monuments Fund announces over $15m for climate change initiative

New initiatives emphasize WMF's commitment to the preservation and revitalisation of historic sites under threat of destruction from climate change

Filmnews

Ben Whishaw to play photographer Peter Hujar in upcoming film

The as-yet untitled film will be directed by Ira Sachs, who just directed Whishaw in the critically acclaimed film "Passages"

Baltimore Museum of Art acquires its first piece of performance art

The performance by Jefferson Pinder is one of more than 100 new acquisitions recently announced by the institution

Funerary urn dedicated to the Maya god of corn discovered in Mexico

The artefact is the latest archaeological marvel unearthed during the construction of the controversial Maya Train project

The big museum openings and expansions of 2024

The Grand Egyptian Museum should open at last, while Masp in São Paulo gets a tower-block extension

Space race fakery, a CIA manual and a 10ft man: group show in Florida reveals the art of deception

Boca Raton Museum of Art exhibition explores the evolution of illusion through a contemporary lens

Jamea Richmond-Edwards: ‘We’re simultaneously living in the past, present and future’

The artist on the escapism, Afrofuturism and renewed sense of agency playing out in her show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami

Twelve must-see exhibitions in South Florida during Miami Art Week

From major solo shows of Sasha Gordon, Nam June Paik and Juan Francisco Elso to exhibitions around themes of food, magic and mystical animals

Metropolitan Museum lines up three major contemporary art commissions for 2024

Petrit Halilaj, Lee Bul and Tong Yang-Tze have been chosen to complete new projects at one of the most visited museums in the US

German authorities repatriate 75 ancient artefacts to Mexico

All but one of the items were voluntarily handed over by the Museum Schloss Salder in Salzgitter

The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum acquired more than 80 works over the past year

Ranging from painting to installation and beyond, the latest additions to the museum's holdings include contemporary voices as well as legends like Nam June Paik and Robert Irwin

Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter's portrait goes on view at National Portrait Gallery

The pastel double-portrait of President Jimmy Carter's recently deceased wife was drawn by Robert Clark Templeton

Guggenheim picks a leader from NYU Abu Dhabi as its next director—the first woman to head the institution

Mariët Westermann, the first woman to take a leadership role of this magnitude with the museum, will oversee the expansion of the Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi

Climate activists disrupt Christie's auction in New York

Two activists affiliiated with the group Extinction Rebellion took to the rostrum during a sale of works on paper

As it marks its 20th anniversary, Madison Square Park's art programme will extend across Manhattan

The public art organisation will bring major sculptural installations to its namesake green space, and bring projects to other parks uptown

Rashid Johnson and Dyani White Hawk make new works for Whitney Museum restaurants

The museum's revamped dining areas include lush installations by Johnson and White Hawk that blend interior and exterior spaces

Frick Collection's fundraising for renovation and capital campaign reaches $242m

With 83% of its renovation fund raised, the museum is on target to reopen in its historic home in late 2024

Judy Chicago: the veteran artist backing great forgotten women and creating beauty from pain

As a vast retrospective opens in New York, the US artist discusses a 15th-century female author who has inspired her, the “purpose of life” and why she believes her work is only now being properly understood

Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT creators awarded nearly $1.6m in trademark infringement lawsuit

A district court judge has ruled in favour of Yuga Labs, whose lawsuit against artists Ryder Ripps and James Cahen accused them of "cybersquatting"

Extreme drought in the Amazon reveals ancient rock carvings

The carvings, which resemble expressive human faces, may be up to 2,000 years old

Andy Warhol Museum to build $45m events venue

The proposed expansion is part of the institution's $60m initiative to turn the North Shore of Pittsburgh into an arts district

Man pleads guilty to stealing original Wizard of Oz ruby slippers from Judy Garland museum

The film-famous footwear disappeared from a museum in the actress's Minnesota childhood home in 2005

Tania Bruguera exhibition in Chile opens in modified form after uproar over artist's political stance

The Salvador Allende Solidarity Museum delayed the opening of the Cuban-born artist's solo exhibition amid pushback from Allende family members and supporters