New York City
Ex-husband of murdered gallerist Brent Sikkema arrested in New York
Daniel Sikkema has been accused of planning and paying for his ex-husband’s murder in Rio de Janeiro
Lucas Samaras, tirelessly adventurous New York artist, has died, aged 87
The Greek American artist was always willing to try new forms and materials, working across sculpture, photography, performance, installation and more
Exhibition in Los Angeles unearths Gordon Matta-Clark’s ‘graffiti time capsule’
Around 200 largely unseen images that the artist created in the early 1970s are on show at Los Angeles's Control Gallery
Frick Collection director to retire after $195m renovation
Ian Wardropper has been leading the museum since 2011, guiding it through its renovation and temporary relocation to the former Whitney Museum building
Augmented reality project puts monumental public art at New Yorkers’ fingertips
Digital art platform Kinfolk has launched a four-artist exhibition that is available to view at designated sites through their application
As it marks its 20th anniversary, Madison Square Park's art programme will extend across Manhattan
The public art organisation will bring major sculptural installations to its namesake green space, and bring projects to other parks uptown
Frick Collection's fundraising for renovation and capital campaign reaches $242m
With 83% of its renovation fund raised, the museum is on target to reopen in its historic home in late 2024
Ida Applebroog, who made wide-ranging work with a feminist edge, has died, aged 93
The American artist was long associated with the feminist art movement but resented the label, preferring to form her own critical iconography
New York City Council bill calls for an accounting of all monuments to beneficiaries of slavery
The bill, currently under review by Mayor Eric Adams's administration, renews conversations about the role of public statues that lionise America's history of slavery
Baroque sensation Elisabetta Sirani finally has her first solo show outside Italy
The 17th-century Bologna-based painter is the subject of a concentrated presentation at Robert Simon Gallery in New York
Ten exhibitions to see in New York City this autumn
From large-scale surveys of Judy Chicago and Ed Ruscha, to showcases of Barkley L. Hendricks’s portraits, Ruth Asawa’s works on paper, Shary Boyle’s surreal ceramics, Korean experimental art and more
Brice Marden, painter revered for his distinctive approach to abstraction, has died, aged 84
Marden rose to prominence in the 1960s and 70s, synthesizing elements of Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Minimalism and more into his own unique idiom
Joop Sanders, early member of Abstract Expressionist movement, has died, aged 101
An influential figure in the New York scene of the early 1950s, Sanders spent the latter half of the decade in Europe and consequently was often left out of narratives of the AbEx movement
New York City approves revised design for long-awaited Shirley Chisholm monument
Artists Olalekan B. Jeyifous and Amanda Williams have been given the go-ahead to realise a commemorative statue of the political legend
Sculptural symbol of mourning by Jim Hodges unveiled at New York’s Aids Memorial Park
The work, “Craig’s closet”, honours the more than 100,000 New Yorkers who have died of Aids
New York mayor declares 31 May as Ellsworth Kelly Day in honour of artist's centennary
The artist's 100th birthday coincides with an array of exhibition programming, celebrations and municipal recognitions of Kelly's legacy
A hot pink tree sculpture sprouts amid New York's leafy High Line
Pamela Rosenkranz’s Old Tree is on show close to the Shed, Frieze New York's venue
From Harlem to Brooklyn: public art to see for free in New York this spring
The city's streets and parks are blossoming with sculptures
A pop-up museum in New York pushes back against 'excessive policing'
The Museum of Broken Windows takes on themes of state-sponsored racial injustice in light of New York mayor Eric Adams's planned municipal budget allocating $11bn to the NYPD
New works by Charles Ray and Christopher Wool will be public fixtures of Manhattan development
Ray’s large-scale statue of Adam and Eve will beckon visitors into the a plaza while Wool’s enormous mural looms from a glass-enclosed lobby
First-ever insider trading trial over NFTs set to begin in Manhattan court
A former OpenSea employee has been accused of insider trading; the outcome of the case may change the meaning of that phrase forever
Gallery Climate Coalition launches New York chapter with nine-member founding committee
Artists, dealers, advisors and institutional leaders are among the founders of the environmental non-profit’s new chapter
MoMA apologises to artist Heather Agyepong, who was ejected from exhibit intended as safe space for Black visitors
New York museum pledges to “protect the experience” of Black visitors after leading British Ghanaian artist is asked to leave Black Power Naps installation following another visitor’s complaint
Rafael Viñoly—museum 'starchitect' who believed in experience over aesthetics—has died, aged 78
Uruguayan-born architect had an acute understanding of the visual arts and produced prize-winning buildings
Anish Kapoor’s shiny 'bean' sculpture in New York finally completed
Commissioned nearly 15 years ago, the bulbous outdoor artwork was delayed by the 2008 financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic
Photography curator accused of attempted child molestation pleads not guilty
Efrem Zelony-Mindell was arrested in December by FBI agents in an undercover sting operation
New York’s Department of Cultural Affairs awards $58m in grants to more than 1,000 arts organisations
The 1,070 cultural grant recipients, the first since new municipal reforms to correct for funding biases were introduced, are the largest funding cohort in the department’s history
Monumental tree sculpture to be unveiled on New York’s High Line elevated park
High Line Art has commissioned artist Pamela Rosenkranz to make a 25ft-tall, red and pink tree in the park
Record-breaking Mondrian leads an evening of mixed results at Sotheby’s marquee Modern art sales in New York
The auction house held a competitive, white-glove single-owner sale and a lacklustre modern art sale on Monday night
New York's salary transparency law finally goes into effect, bringing some clarity to art industry's opacity around compensation
The municipal law, which was originally due to go into effect in the spring, requires businesses to list salary ranges on job postings, but many feel this should already be standard practice in the art world