New York City
New venue for video, sound and other durational art forms coming to Manhattan
Helmed by the philanthropist Robert Rosenkranz and the founding director of Mass Moca, Joe Thompson, Canyon will open on the Lower East Side in 2026
‘Cultural innovation comes from the margins’—tales of artists pushing boundaries in 1960s New York
The critic J. Hoberman’s take on Manhattan counterculture charts the rise of artists such as Andy Warhol and Yoko Ono
New videos of African cultural sites add contemporary context to Rockefeller Wing’s historical artefacts at the Met
The Ethiopian American film-maker Sosena Solomon spent two years making short documentaries about specific heritage sites for the newly reopened wing
One of New York City’s oldest houses to open as its neighbourhood’s first museum
The Hendrick I. Lott House in southeast Brooklyn—former home to a family of enslavers who later made it a stop on the Underground Railroad—will undergo a major preservation and renovation project next year
Best-selling memoir about being a guard at the Metropolitan Museum takes the stage
Patrick Bringley’s Off-Broadway one-man show distils ‘All the Beauty in the World’ into an 80-minute meditation on art, life and human connection
In pictures: Frieze week public art puts Manhattan in the pink
From Lily Kwong's installation in Madison Square Park to John Chamberlain's follies at the Rockefeller Center, works are catching the eye across the borough
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
The future is sexy—at least in Syd Mead’s visionary science-fiction art
The late artist’s first retrospective, at a pop-up space in Manhattan, offers an idealised, futuristic take on the 21st century
Mystery in Manhattan: why New York galleries are turning to intrigue this spring
Several dealers are taking a “less is more” attitude by, for example, giving little away in press releases—and it’s making a notable difference
The Frick Collection opens its first-ever education centre
The Ian Wardropper Education Room, named after the museum’s outgoing director, welcomes everyone in the community
Renewed Frick Collection balances tradition and transformation
The 90-year-old Manhattan institution—historic home of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick—opens a new chapter, expanding gallery space and inviting the public into the Frick family’s former living quarters for the first time
Brooklyn Museum workers protest mass layoffs and alleged union-contract breaches
At least 100 people, including local politicians, gathered on Tuesday night to put pressure on museum leadership
Mel Bochner, conceptual artist known for text paintings and wry humour, has died, aged 84
Bochner was a pioneer of conceptual art, creating works rooted in information systems and decontextualised language
New arts centre opens in Brooklyn, housing three non-profits and a public library
The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts has a large, fresh space at the L10 Arts and Cultural Center
New York takes first step towards landmarking Breuer building's interior
Sotheby’s, which bought the former home of the Whitney Museum last year, promises to respect the building’s “architectural significance” in its upcoming renovations
A bibliophile invites New Yorkers to engage with books that do not exist
A unique and artful exhibition of imaginary books is now on view at the Grolier Club
What dealers and art enthusiasts got out of the inaugural Chelsea Art Fair
The five-gallery fair was staged inside one of Manhattan's most famous hotels
Inside Manhattan’s most exclusive street art gallery
Since 2017, Wall Street trader Peter Tuchman has organised exhibitions of finance-themed works by street artists in a somewhat unlikely location
New public art partnership will link New York and Toronto
The forthcoming Lassonde Art Trail is teaming up with both the Public Art Fund and York University’s L.L. Odette Sculptor in Residence programme
New-York Historical Society changes its name and reveals plans for new $175m wing
The museum's new wing dedicated to American democracy will open in 2026, just in time for the US’s semiquincentennial
$3.9m restoration project breaks ground in Brooklyn to preserve remnants of a 19th-century free Black community
Weeksville Heritage Center’s historic Hunterfly Road Houses will undergo a significant restoration
New York City mayor’s aides allegedly pressured Brooklyn Museum to host Chinese history exhibition
A recent investigation found that Eric Adams’s office was involved in the scheme to mount a show about Sun Yat-sen with just one month’s notice
Manhattan sculpture garden founded by gallerist served eviction notice after years-long legal battle
This could be the beginning of the end for the beloved Elizabeth Street Garden
New York arts non-profit launches three-year programme celebrating the city’s Latinx community
The Clemente’s ambitious ‘Historias’ project officially begins this weekend with a block party on the Lower East Side
Academy of Arts and Letters launches contemporary gallery at Manhattan headquarters
The space will open with an exhibition devoted to the late Conceptual artist Christine Kozlov
New York City celebrates David Wojnarowicz’s 70th birthday
Events across Manhattan will pay tribute to the late artist through readings, film screenings, music and a candlelit procession
New York's Department of Cultural Affairs awards institutions more than $200m for capital projects
A $4.3m renovation grant will help restore the historical Art Students League to its former glory
Man who claims he was injured in 'sprinkle pit' sues Museum of Ice Cream
A father who sustained a fracture during a visit to the immersive attraction in Manhattan in 2023 is suing the company for unspecified damages
New York City’s ‘first Ukrainian art gallery’ highlights artists living in the war zone
“Some of the works that we’re selling here, I’m very confident that in three years they will double in price,” says Mriya gallery founder Artem Yalanskiy
Another Schiele work returned to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum
The 1918 drawing had been in the possession of another Austrian Jewish family, which recently became suspicious of the work's provenance and contacted Grünbaum’s heirs directly in order to “do the right thing”