US politics
Artist withdraws from Miami-area exhibition over anti-BDS language in contract
“It was disheartening to experience this level of institutional complacency and complicity,” says the artist Les Gomez-Gonzalez
President Biden establishes national monument acknowledging history of forced assimilation at Native American boarding schools
The monument, at the site of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, will ensure nobody forgets one of the “most horrific chapters in American history”, Biden said
Dina Danish’s tapestries at Art Basel Miami Beach depict current events
The artist’s textile works depict important events from recent years, including the assassination attempt on the US President-elect
Comment | Why it's important to find hope for—and through—the arts after the US election
The divisions within American society cannot be ignored, but let’s focus on where the country is united, and how the cultural sector can foster that unity
Bill that would allow Trump to designate art non-profits as 'terrorist organisations' advances to US Senate
The controversial bill has raised worries among Democrats who fear that Trump will exploit it for personal retribution
New Los Angeles art space focuses on the experiences of women
The artist Kathryn Andrews began to develop the idea that has become the Judith Center during the 2016 US presidential election
‘A lot of damage can be done’: the art world reacts to Donald Trump’s victory in US election
While some are confident that certain democratic institutions and safeguards will hold, many expressed fear, shock and dismay
Former museum curator accuses city in Arizona of censorship in lawsuit
The former chief curator of the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum is suing the municipality for allegedly ordering the removal of a print from a Shepard Fairey exhibition
‘It’s good to be back at these famous steps’: Kamala Harris holds final rally before US election at Philadelphia Museum of Art
The event featured speeches and performances by Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin, Lady Gaga and others
Carrie Mae Weems lends images for Kamala Harris ad
A few photographs from the artist’s famed “Kitchen Table Series” appear in a new video promoting the vice president’s campaign
US election, the glory of Siena, Gabrielle Goliath — podcast
What is at stake for the US cultural sector as the nation chooses its next president? Plus, a tour of 14th-century Sienese masterpieces and a conversation with Goliath about her ongoing video series Mango Blossoms
Shepard Fairey murals of Kamala Harris go up in battleground states as early voting begins in US presidential election
One of the murals, in Durham, North Carolina, brought together Fairey, cultural organiser Wyatt Closs, gallery owner Linda Shropshire and the local community
An exhibition on reproductive health raises urgent questions—and the spectre of self-censorship
The touring exhibition “Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency” features works that unflinchingly address infringements on bodily autonomy; its run has been cut short after a university gallery withdrew from its leg of the tour
President Biden awards National Medal of Arts to artists including Mark Bradford, Carrie Mae Weems and Alex Katz
It's the highest honour awarded by the US federal government to artists in a wide range of disciplines and art patrons
Darren Walker elected board president of US National Gallery of Art
Walker has led the New York-based Ford Foundation for the past 11 years
‘We are down here fighting for our lives’: Texas exhibition highlights crackdowns on reproductive healthcare and abortion access
Focusing on works by artists with ties to the American South, “Is It Real?” raises awareness and funds for reproductive rights for communities on the front lines
US Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging Smithsonian's restitution of Benin Bronzes
A New York-based organisation had sought to block the artefacts’ return to Nigeria
Artist-designed billboards opposing Donald Trump and supporting Kamala Harris go up in battleground states
The campaign, organised by the non-profit People For the American Way, includes images by Carrie Mae Weems, Deborah Kass, Alyson Shotz, Christine Sun Kim, Hank Willis Thomas and others
More than 100 artist donated works to fundraise for Kamala Harris
Jeff Koons, Kara Walker, Jenny Holzer, Jasper Johns, Amy Sherald and many others are offering works through the Artists for Kamala fundraising sale and auction
New York City mayor’s aides allegedly pressured Brooklyn Museum to host Chinese history exhibition
A recent investigation found that Eric Adams’s office was involved in the scheme to mount a show about Sun Yat-sen with just one month’s notice
Former Trump adviser—and Russian state TV commentator—charged with money laundering through art and antiques
Dimitri Simes and his wife Anastasia have been charged with three counts of violating US sanctions, including money laundering through the acquisition of art
Truck-based exhibition on bodily autonomy kicks off US tour in New York
The project “Body Freedom for Every(body)” will spend the next three months touring the country in a truck emblazoned with Barbara Kruger’s famous message: “Your Body is a Battleground”
Where the US presidential candidates stand on the arts
Neither major party has a clear policy on art and culture, but the candidates' past actions offer hints at their priorities
An art-world wish list for the next US president
Leaders in the arts including Megan Beyer and Maxwell L. Anderson, as well as artists like Petah Coyne and Eric Fischl, articulate their hopes for the next administration's cultural policies
Artists and collectors rush to support Kamala Harris campaign
Since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, much of the US art world has embraced Harris. Meanwhile, conservative patrons remain split on the Republican candidate, former president Donald Trump
In Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, artist Autumn Breon's neon-pink vending machine proffers free self-care
Breon’s free installation is one of several activations coinciding with the convention in the city that are co-organised by For Freedoms, the artist-led civic engagement group
Michelle Obama turns to art to inspire voter turnout at forthcoming US election
The American artist Shepard Fairey, meanwhile, has released a print of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris
Florida man pleads guilty to bombing satirical statue of Lenin and Mao
A lawyer from Florida drove to San Antonio, Texas, in an apparent attempt to destroy a 21ft-tall sculpture critiquing the Chinese Communist Party
Shahzia Sikander says she will not fix statue that was beheaded in Houston
In a Washington Post op-ed, the artist wrote she wants to leave the sculpture damaged to show the “fissures in our country”
Texas city faces backlash for stripping local arts centre's funding over drag performances
The city council in Lubbock, Texas voted last week to cut $30,000 in grant money to a free monthly art walk