New York City

Bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease found in Guggenheim Museum cooling tower amid neighbourhood outbreak

The building remains safe for both visitors and employees, as city inspectors continue to test for Legionella across Manhattan’s Upper East Side

New Museum names Massimiliano Gioni as new director

The longtime artistic director takes the helm at the recently expanded New York institution

When two become one: the complex dance of museum mergers

The Neue Galerie’s merger with the Met—the world’s fourth-largest museum—serves as a recent example of a smaller US institution uniting with a larger neighbour

New York City’s 2027 budget includes record $323m for culture

Announced on the heels of the rent freeze, the money includes a new fund to help struggling arts organisations

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Comment | Why should artists stay in cities like London and New York when financial pressures are making it harder than ever?

Josh Kline’s viral essay highlights how creative people lose gumption in the face of financial burden, but we should all strive for community instead of competing for the wealthy’s attention

New York’s Swiss Institute buys permanent home on the Bowery

The nonprofit, which has moved around the Upper West Side, Tribeca and points in between since its founding 40 years ago, will open at 250 Bowery next spring

New York City’s oldest library refreshes its historic home

The 272-year-old New York Society Library’s patrons have included the likes of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton

Fate of historic murals uncertain following Manhattan homeless shelter’s closure

The Bellevue Men’s Shelter was closed earlier this year after falling into disrepair, but efforts to document and preserve at least six Works Progress Administration-era murals in the building have stalled

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New documentary goes behind the scenes of Rashaad Newsome’s biggest project

In 2022, the artist created a massive celebration of Black and queer culture at New York’s historic Park Avenue Armory

Mexican authorities urge Sotheby’s to stop sale of two pre-Columbian artefacts

The objects, a stone mask and an intricate ceramic figure, are scheduled to be auctioned Thursday morning in New York

New York’s oldest museum votes for democracy with new wing

The New York Historical’s $175m project will house gallery spaces, library stacks, a conservation studio and the forthcoming American LGBTQ+ Museum

Artist Scott Burton honoured in new sculpture at New York’s Aids memorial

Oscar Tuazon’s new commission for the New York City Aids Memorial revisits Burton’s final public work

Roberto Lugo brings monumental tribute to Puerto Rican culture to Manhattan park

The artist’s new large-scale sculptures in Madison Square Park pay homage to the island’s diaspora and its most beloved figures

Final proposals for Billie Holiday monument in New York City revealed

One of the six shortlisted designs, by artists including Tavares Strachan and Thomas J Price, will be chosen this summer and erected at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in Queens

Tribeca Gallery Night brings together more than 80 spaces

The influx to the Lower Manhattan neighbourhood includes three recent arrivals

Artists turn to textiles as they excavate history at Nada New York

Various stands at the fair explore textiles' capacity to bring history to the senses

Independent art fair makes the most of more spacious digs

The fair has nearly doubled its footprint at its new location on the East River, offering exhibitors and collectors more room while allowing for larger site-specific artistic interventions

In Pictures: New Museum curator Gary Carrion-Murayari’s Frieze favourites

The New Museum’s senior curator takes us around the fair, highlighting works by Arthur Simms, Pedro Neves and others

New York institutions offer nuanced and inclusive views of US’s 250th birthday

Museums across the city have organised shows dedicated to the history of the American Revolution, featuring at least three historical copies of the Declaration of Independence—but some are focusing on the present day, too

Sophie Rivera's first survey focuses on experimentation

The show at El Museo del Barrio seeks to introduce audiences to a more playful and exploratory side of her work

'I get strong gut reactions': Jonathan Travis on what he collects and why

The art collector and realtor, who has helped dozens of galleries relocate to Tribeca and co-founded the Wolf Hill artist residency, craves a Caravaggio but could do without art-fair small talk

New York’s Neue Galerie will merge with the Metropolitan Museum

The merger, to be completed in 2028, will bring the Ronald Lauder-founded Neue Galerie’s exceptional holdings of German and Austrian Modern art into the Met’s encyclopaedic collection

A reading room for the Epstein files opens in New York

A display of more than 3,000 volumes of printed-out files seeks to inform the public about the sex offender's multifarious entanglements

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‘The content, material and form support each other’: Sandy Rodriguez on her Hispanic Society Museum show

The Los Angeles-based Chicana artist employs centuries-old Indigenous processes for making maps and other materials

Nine shows to see during Frieze New York

Check out our top picks from the many exhibitions taking place across the city

New York’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair focuses on Afro-Brazilian art

A special section at the fair seeks to deepen visitors’ understanding of “the largest Black country outside the African continent”, says curator Igor Simões

Underground Railroad stop in New York threatened by real-estate development

Construction next door to the Merchant’s House Museum in Manhattan could damage its historic secret hiding place

New York art world spared worst of logistics woes

While the war in Iran has complicated art-market activities in the Middle East, the impact on this month’s fairs appears minimal

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‘Common ground for me is everywhere I step’: Mohammad Omer Khalil on his five-institution show

The 90-year-old artist, who has lived and worked in New York since the 1960s, has been largely overlooked in the US