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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A generation of painters sidestepped identity—only to discover that it had structured their work all along

Featuring nearly 400 objects ranging from gowns to ancient Greek armour and vases, “Costume Art” argues the dressed body is the only form of artistic expression that connects each of the museum’s collecting areas

The sales at Bonhams, Christie’s, Phillips and Sotheby’s, spanning two weeks, will test the trade’s recent buoyancy

For the fifth High Line Plinth commission, the Vietnamese American artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen has created a 27ft-tall version of the 6th-century Buddhas that were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Opening this weekend, the Green-House incorporates a historic 1895 cast-iron and glass structure and serves as the “new front door” to the famed burial ground

The longtime director of the Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC, will return to the Big Apple after 12 years away

The Center at West Park has been marshalling support from famous actors led by Mark Ruffalo to stop the demolition of West Park Presbyterian Church

The German artist's "Angelus Novus", once owned by Walter Benjamin, remains at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem due to war-related flight suspensions

The New York institution opens its $82m expansion with a huge exhibition of works by more than 200 artists, from Salvador Dalí to Precious Okoyomon

The fair is foregrounding its reputation as a place to discover new galleries and artists, with nearly half of exhibitors showing at Independent for the first time

Founded by Alexander Wang and his mother Ying, the Wang Contemporary debuted at the landmarked 58 Bowery with a MSCHF installation timed to Lunar New Year

Newly released documents show the close relationship between the two men continued for years after Epstein’s first criminal conviction

The gallery, Times, will focus on the present—with a planned obsolescence after three years

The museum will offer free admission during its opening weekend festivities

The exhibition, co-curated by Whitney Museum of American Art staffers Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, will feature artists from 25 states and Puerto Rico, plus “places marked by the reach of US power”

From 1 January 2026 onward, MoMA PS1 will be the largest admission-free museum in New York City, thanks to a gift by philanthropist Sonya Yu

The new documentary "Artists in Residence" tells the remarkable story of the lives and work of Lois Dodd, Eleanor Magid and Louise Kruger

Anna Wintour's efforts to "get out of the basement" have paid off as the Costume Institute prepares to take centre stage

Estimates are up by more than 40% over last year’s November sales, driven in large part by Sotheby’s consignments