New York City
Artists visualise environmental fragility and resilience on New York’s Governors Island
A new public work by Alan Michelson and an exhibition by Leslie Wayne explore climate change and fragile ecosystems
Artists’ monumental hot dog sculpture, now with patriotic toppings, returns to Times Square
Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw’s 65ft-long “Hot Dog in the City” is back on display in New York on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding
Legionella detected in cooling towers at the Metropolitan Museum, Cooper Hewitt and Jewish Museum
As the outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease continues on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a new city report shows more art institutions affected
Gus the T-Rex sells for a record $50.1m at Sotheby’s
One of the most complete fossilised skeletons of its kind beat the previous record, held by Ken Griffin’s Apex, by more than $5m
Comment | A view from the top of Manhattan’s famed Municipal Building
A circular observation deck in the colonnade below the golden Civic Fame statue opened to the public last month, after a $6m restoration
Arch Connelly, beloved mainstay of the 1980s East Village art scene, steps into the spotlight
The late artist’s first-ever institutional survey at the Aspen Art Museum honours him through its theatrical staging, featuring works on loan from friends like Agosto Machado and Jimmy Wright
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
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
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
Guatemala stakes claim to stone lintel by ‘the Michelangelo of the pre-Columbian era’ that was repatriated to Mexico
The artefact is a rare surviving work created by the artist Mayuy more than 1,000 years ago
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





























