Florida
Florida art organisations face long recovery after hurricanes Helene and Milton
Museums, residencies and other art non-profits on the state’s Gulf Coast are grappling with a range of impacts from the hurricanes
Amid $33m renovation project, Bronx Museum’s executive director departs to lead MFA St Petersburg
Klaudio Rodriguez, who has led the Bronx Museum since 2020, will take on his new role in Florida in October
Collector Jorge Pérez blasts Ron DeSantis for vetoing $32m in Florida arts funding
"We were long a society of fun and sun, but we’re no longer that—we don’t want that," he said.
Florida hedge-fund manager building art park for prized Richard Serra sculpture
After abandoning a private museum project in Miami, Bruce Berkowitz will create a verdant art destination in the Florida panhandle
Florida governor Ron DeSantis vetoes $32m in state arts funding
Museums and other cultural institutions will lose out on millions in promised grants that were originally in the state budget before it was sent to DeSantis to sign
How the US’s Black cemeteries are being made visible once more
A cemetery hidden under a Florida air base is the latest African American burial site rediscovered following decades of erasure
Ron DeSantis’s ‘war on woke’ goes to college
The Florida governor’s recent education reforms are damaging arts and humanities programmes across the state—but educators and students are fighting back
Openness and charity break out among art and technology players at Miami Art Week
Tezos ecosystem and Arcual blockchain transaction platform disrupt the hedonistic exclusivity usually associated with the art world's winter party in Florida
After provenance concerns were raised over Greek antiquities in Florida museum's exhibition, its curator was fired
The dismissal of Michael Bennett, a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, came after colleagues at another institution raised flags about provenance gaps
Renzo Piano to design performing-arts centre in South Florida
The Pritzker Prize-winning architect's firm, which accepts only two projects per year, will take on the new Center for Arts and Innovation in Boca Raton
Florida educator ousted for showing students Michelangelo's David visits sculpture in Florence
Former Tallahassee Classical School principal Hope Carrasquilla travelled to Italy and met with the Galleria del'Accademia's director
Florida bill would allow civilians to sue over damage to or removal of Confederate monuments
The proposed legislation is seen as an effort to defend Confederate monuments and markers in the public sphere by streamlining civil lawsuits
Florida woman mows down Damien Hirst sculpture with her Rolls-Royce
The work, from the series Hirst premiered at the 2017 Venice Biennale exhibition, is reportedly worth $3m
Amid scandal, Florida Department of Education says Michelangelo's David has 'artistic and historical value'
Though the Sunshine State's agencies have adopted extreme views on other topics, its Department of Education rebuffed claims that "David" is pornographic
Florence's mayor invites Florida students and their former principal to experience the 'purity' of Michelangelo's David
The mayor of Florence and the director of the Galleria dell’Accademia have invited the ousted principal and her students on an honorary visit
Florida school principal fired for showing students Michelangelo's 'pornographic' David sculpture
Tallahassee Classical School's principal, Hope Carrasquilla, was fired following parental complaints her Renaissance curriculum was too risqué
Not quite land, not quite sea, but all fearsome beauty: how Florida's Everglades has inspired artists
Celebrating its 75th anniversary, Everglades National Park is something of a guest of honour at this year’s Art Basel in Miami Beach. But the region’s conservation was hard-fought—and is still far from guaranteed
In aftermath of Hurricane Ian's destruction, West Florida art institutions begin to pick up the pieces
While some museums and art spaces escaped largely unscathed—thanks to a mix of thorough preparation and meteorological luck—others in the most devastated areas remain unreachable
Florida museums close as Hurricane Ian bears down on state’s west coast
Museums between Tampa Bay and Naples face the greatest risk, with a storm surge expected to exceed 10ft in some parts of the region when the hurricane makes landfall
Art goes offshore for Stiltsville show
Half Gallery show heads out to Biscayne Bay's celebrated nautical settlement
The pull of Palm Beach proves irresistible for blue-chip galleries—but for how long?
Lehmann Maupin and Paula Cooper are the latest to join dealers like Acquavella and Pace in setting up seasonal spaces in the Sunshine State
Designs for the National Pulse Memorial & Museum are unveiled amid debate
While early reactions have been mostly positive, a group of activists and victims’ families would rather see a support centre on the site
Survivors and victims’ families oppose plans for a $40m museum at site of Pulse shooting
The group says fundraising efforts to turn the Orlando nightclub into a tourist destination would be better spent on survivors’ care
Norton Museum of Art opens grand expansion
$100m project highlights museum's growing commitment to contemporary art
Images of melting glaciers head to backyard of Trump’s Florida home
Exhibition highlighting effects of climate change to open near Mar-a-Lago
Spanish royal seal of approval for Dalí’s Florida home
Meanwhile in Europe, the artist’s foundation battles “pseudo museums” to protect his brand
Private collectors step in to fill institutional void in Palm Beach
Marvin and Elayne Mordes continue South Florida trend
Weapons of mass dissemination: The propaganda of war on show at the Wolfsonian
Florida International University presents a brilliantly curated tour of the First and Second World Wars
Fifth annual artpalmbeach shows Florida as glass capital of the US
Collectors are buying for sun-drenched second homes
David Lester’s Palm Beach International Art & Antique Fair is already proving to be a booming show
Twenty-two new dealers participating from Pelham Galleries to Helly Nahmad