Barbara Ess, photographer and musician, has died, aged 73
The No Wave pioneer was also know for her lo-fi pinhole images
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Lorraine O’Grady’s first museum retrospective to Carol Bove’s Met façade commission
Bloomberg Philanthropies grants for street murals open for applications
Up to $25,000 in award money will fund projects in as many as 20 US cities
Economic reports reveal drastic loss of arts jobs in the US
In New York, two-thirds of posts in the creative sector are gone, while nearly a quarter of the workforce in Los Angeles has been cut
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Guadalupe Maravilla at PPOW to David Goldblatt at Pace
How To With John Wilson raises the video tutorial to poetic heights
The HBO “docu-comedy” series brings an absurdist view to everyday city life
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, painter, and founder of San Francisco’s City Lights bookstore, has died, aged 101
Throughout his life, he continued to paint and write books, showing his literature-infused art in New York just last year
Arturo Di Modica, sculptor behind New York’s Charging Bull, has died aged 80
In response to the stock market crash, Di Modica illegally installed Charging Bull in front of the New York Stock Exchange in 1989
Chicago’s list of 41 public statues for review includes depictions of Native Americans and several monuments of Abraham Lincoln
The city-formed advisory committee is now asking for public feedback on the works, as well as considering proposals for new monuments
Knight Foundation’s $50,000 fellowship goes to five artists who find ‘creative or poetic’ ways to work with technology
Sondra Perry, Rashaad Newsome and Black Quantum Futurism are among the inaugural recipients of the annual
Teresa Burga, trailblazing Peruvian conceptualist artist, has died, aged 86
Although overlooked by art institutions until only recently, she continued to create work about artificial systems and bureaucracies during a 30-year career in Lima's customs office
Local man charged in attempted robbery from Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery
George Haag, who has pleaded not guilty, says he thought the portrait of Andy Warhol “would look better somewhere else” and “just wanted to make people laugh”
Lacma ends director’s free housing perk
The museum is selling a smaller property it bought last year as a residence for Michael Govan, as pandemic continues to squeeze finances
Artist Charles McGee, a central figure in Detroit’s art scene, has died, aged 96
Through his community programmes and art spaces, the artist and organiser “profoundly impacted the daily lives” of people in the city
Our picks of the must-see shows to see in New York in February
From Laura Aguilar’s first retrospective at the Leslie-Lohman Museum to sculptural salt licks evoking impermanence by Malia Jensen at Cristin Tierney
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Gordon Parks at Jack Shainman to Shaun Leonardo at the Bronx Museum
Getty hands out more than $5m in grants for 2024 Pacific Standard Time festival
The next iteration of the region-wide exhibition series will focus on art and science
National Arts Club in New York opens new galleries renovated during the pandemic
Restoration work uncovered the original plaster from the building’s former occupant, New York governor and 1876 presidential candidate Samuel Tilden
Barry Le Va, pioneer of Process Art, has died, aged 79
The uncompromising artist turn down many exhibition offers but never veered from his vision for a work
San Francisco Art Institute chair steps down in wake of controversy over proposed Diego Rivera mural sale
Pam Rorke Levy, who has led the school’s board since 2018, will be replaced by photographer and alum Lonnie Graham
Seesaw installation at US-Mexico border wins Design of the Year award
The joyful project became a counterpoint to the division and violence sown by the Trump administration
US Capitol riot: Pennsylvania artist charged with violent entry and disorderly conduct
Federal authorities have ordered Andrew Wrigley to turn over his passport and avoid travel to Washington, DC after posting selfies from the insurrection
Governors propose ambitious plans to bring the arts back to California and New York
Gavin Newsom and Andrew Cuomo have announced plans to support art institutions and artists hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic
The fate of the San Francisco Art Institute’s historic Diego Rivera mural hangs in limbo
The proposed sale of the work has raised outcry from artists and city leaders, who have taken action to protect it
Locked down with kids? Check out these arty resources to keep them entertained and educated
Organisations and museums offer plenty of online art projects for parents
Art historian Barbara Rose—Minimalism cheerleader and champion of women artists—has died, aged 84
Her memoir, entitled The Girl Who Loved Artists, is yet to be published
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Eugene Von Bruenchenhein’s rapturous paintings to Brassaï’s Parisian underground
Sneak peek: Snarkitecture designs new gallery in Detroit for Library Street Collective
The art space in a historic building in the Belt neighbourhood will open with a show curated by the street artist Kaws
Museum of Fine Arts Boston and other US institutions announce a second wave of pandemic closures
Some say they hope to reopen in January, while many others have remained shut for nearly a full year
Freshman art history student uncovers identity of Mughal miniature
Connections have been made between the Colby College Museum of Art’s Man with a Flowered Coat and portraits of the 17th-century commander Sayyid Muzzafar in international collections