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Artists’ commissions, tech gifts and guns: the legal issues facing US museums
Delegates at a Smithsonian-sponsored law conference in Dallas heard about the challenges testing institutions as they move into the “new future”
White House curator William Allman to retire after 40 years of service
In charge of preserving the art and furnishings of the presidential residence, he also worked with Laura Bush and Michelle Obama to redecorate historic rooms
What might have been: the Victoria and Albert Museum's never-built tower
London institution's first director, Henry Cole, designed the landmark in 1868
Russian billionaire’s V-A-C Foundation opens space in Venice
New gallery in historic palazzo will host exhibitions and residencies—and be free to visit
Steve McQueen gets up close and personal with Lady Liberty in MoMA and Milan
Every fold of fabric and rusty porthole is visible in a film of the American statue
Vatican gives Venice Biennale a miss this year
The Holy See participated in the 2013 and 2015 editions of the biennial
Banksy paints first Brexit mural in Dover
Street work showing man chipping away at star on EU flag has already been defaced
Deitch to return to West Coast with art hub
Dealer and former MOCA director says he wants to reconnect with audiences in Los Angeles
Cosa? UK artist John Smith uses translation app in Venice show
Video will feature alongside key works from 1970-80s in artist's first solo exhibition in Italy
Russian performance artist granted political asylum in France
Pyotr Pavlensky and his partner Oksana Shalygina fled after charges of sexual assault were brought against them in Russia
Madison Square Park to turn into a ‘utopia’ of public art and performance this summer
Artist Josiah McElheny is partnering with musicians, dancers and poets for the project Prismatic Park
MoMA collection takes a Paris vacation
Some works, like Andy Warhol’s 32-part Campbell's Soup Cans (1962), have never before been shown in France
Winner winner chicken dinner: Bridget Donahue awarded Frieze Frame Prize
The installation of drawings, collages and sculptures by Susan Cianciolo was inspired by a visit to a Milan eatery
Museums show limited interest in borrowing Parthenon Marbles
British Museum’s vision of the ancient sculptures travelling to China and Africa has so far come to nothing
A life’s work: Ellsworth Kelly’s last paintings
Matthew Marks shows the late artist's final works
Sudanese artist’s haunting images of prison come to MoMA
Purchase of Ibrahim El-Salahi’s work builds on recent efforts to diversify permanent collection
Almine Rech revisits pioneering 1933 show of African and Modern art
Dealer teams up with tribal art expert Bernard De Grunne and anthropologist Carlo Severi to stage a revival with contemporary art
Works not to miss at Frieze New York
From Cornelia Parker's ode to Jimi Hendrix to Donald Judd's minimalist furniture
The past is present at Frieze New York
Fair “opens the door” to more historical work but maintains its commitment to contemporary
Creative Time has a banner year
The organisation’s next public art project hoists artist-designed flags all over the city
Damien Hirst turns film-maker for Venice show
Artist's new documentary tells story of his underwater exhibition at Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana
Minneapolis Institute of Art unveils new-look period rooms
Curators uncover alternative histories of colonial America through new research
Non-dom art collectors in UK could be hit with new taxes
Even works held and sold abroad could be liable for UK tax
NEA and other culture agencies spared the axe
Bipartisan spending Congressional bill even gives a small boost to their budgets
Imitation Rain Room to feature in Shanghai's newest entertainment park
Family Happy Dream Park, which opens later this month, will also include areas inspired by Kusama's red-and-white Dots Obsession





























