New York
A 20,000-foot mural in Queens honours doctor who died on the frontline of Covid-19
The monumental street painting by Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada is meant to raise awareness of the pandemic’s disproportionate toll on communities of colour
'Victimised and rejected': new work explores the history of artists working in New York and the need for public art
Julia Weist's project embedded in the New York public records reveals the uneven relationship between the city and its creatives
See messages of hope from Jenny Holzer, Pedro Reyes and Carrie Mae Weems being sent across New York, Chicago and Boston today
The project, organised by Times Square Arts, Poster House, and For Freedoms, will spread to over 2000 billboards in three cities
Former Paddle8 chief executive sued for $1m
Following the online auction house's bankruptcy filing, creditors claim Valentine Uhovski mismanaged funds from online sales and charity auctions
The end of the blockbuster? Museums in a post-pandemic world
Plus, Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger explores Jackson Pollock’s Autumn Rhythm (Number 30). Produced in association with Christie's
‘I’ve always been wary of big business’: Paula Cooper on weathering adversity and building better social systems
The veteran New York dealer shares her concerns about the current coronavirus crisis—and what the art world needs to stay focused on
Artists design messages of hope displayed across 1,800 digital billboards in New York
Starting today, nearly 1,800 digital billboards across New York City will display images from artists with coronavirus-related messages
Brooklyn Academy of Music expects $7.4m shortfall due to coronavirus shutdown
Announcing it will cancel programming through June, the oldest interdisciplinary arts centre in the US must layoff and furlough staff
Christie's settles $16.7m in tax claims with New York District Attorney
Manhattan prosecutors say the auction house failed to collect sales tax on $189m in private sales over five years
Museums are chronicling the coronavirus pandemic for future generations
The New-York Historical Society and others are soliciting donations of objects and ephemera to document the "unprecedented times in which we are now living"
New York artist launches platform to link people in need of help with others amid coronavirus lockdown
Social practice artist Jody Wood started her S.O.S. online aid network as part of her belief that "everyone is responsible for caring for one another"
Magazzino Italian Art Foundation commissions eight Italian artists to produce new work in response to coronavirus
The New York-based foundation says there is an "absolute need to support artists" as the Covid-19 pandemic shutters exhibitions around the world
Sotheby's postpones New York May 'gigaweek' sales due to coronavirus
Move is in line with Christie's and Phillips which postponed their sales to late June, but Sotheby's is yet to announce when its auctions will actually happen
New York galleries seek rent relief from state government in the wake of coronavirus shutdowns
Some dealers are "prepared for a rent strike" if Governor Cuomo does not address a new bill offering rent suspensions to small businesses before 1 April
Photographers are capturing the stark mood of major cities amid the coronavirus pandemic
As many self-employed photographers face work losses due to Covid-19, others document the "seriousness of what is happening on a personal and community level"
New York galleries turn on the cameras as they turn off the lights during coronavirus lockdown
As programming and expansion plans are halted, innovation kicks in with virtual performances and tours
'I'm gearing up for a conversation with my landlord': Small US galleries prepare for the first wave of coronavirus losses
Considering staff furloughs and calling for state and city governments to expand small business grants, dealers are bracing themselves for significant financial downturn amid Covid-19
Christie's and Phillips move May 'giga-week' New York sales to end of June due to coronavirus
Expanded 20th-century art week in US will swallow up London auctions; Sotheby's has yet to make a decision about its New York spring sales
Met anticipates a $100m shortfall and remaining closed until July—and smaller museums in the US could be hurt even more by pandemic
“Everyone is really whipsawed,” says the New York institution’s president Daniel Weiss, who expects staff reductions
New York galleries start to close due to coronavirus concerns
Pace, Hauser & Wirth and some others have confirmed that they will temporarily shut down
Citing coronavirus, New York auction houses reschedule Asia Week sales from March to June
But specialist galleries, who might expect up to 50% of their revenue to come from the annual event, still plan to host exhibitions this month
Armory Show will move to New York's Javits Center in 2021 and switch from spring to autumn
The shift of venue and date follows ongoing issues with the city's west side piers and marks a significant change to the art world calendar
A behind-the-scenes look at Storm King in the off-season
While some sculptures go into hibernation, curators let winter work its magic on others
Surrealism: what was Britain's role?
Plus, Independent Art Fair's director on New York's changing gallery landscape. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793
'Strikingly experimental': major Donald Judd survey to open this week in New York
The exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, featuring 70 works made between 1960 and 1992, will trace the artist's development by focusing on key turning points in his career
Neri Oxman harnesses the powers of 17,000 silkworms for New York show
The designer has employed natural processes and used materials from plants and shellfish for her exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art
Donald B. Marron's $450m collection to be sold by Acquavella, Gagosian and Pace galleries in New York
The unprecedented three-way exhibition of more than 300 works will open in May, coinciding with the city's auction week