US politics
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
Federally funded museums in the US brace for government shutdown
The Smithsonian Institution and National Gallery of Art are making plans for continuing operations amid a government shutdown that appears increasingly likely
The Guerrilla Girls take on an Arkansas music festival
The activist art collective is bringing an installation of its work and a series of workshops to the Format festival in Bentonville
US public art project seeks to combat rising antisemitism
The latest billboard campaign by For Freedoms follows an alarming rise in attacks and threats against Jewish people and sites
Second judge rules that Vermont Law School did not violate artist's rights in covering up problematic murals
The decision comes after the artist, Sam Kerson, appealed a district court’s 2021 ruling
Arizona city accused of censorship for postponing museum exhibitions over Shepard Fairey police brutality print
Municipal officials in Mesa have come under fire for postponing the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum's autumn shows
Capturing the ‘spectacularly unspectacular’ reality of abortions and reproductive health facilities
Carmen Winant’s new installation at the Minneapolis Institute of Art conveys how unremarkable spaces and procedures that have become intensely politicised are
Planned Centre Pompidou outpost in New Jersey is ‘a circus of waste and excess’, according to Republican report
A Republican state senator is taking Jersey City’s mayor and New Jersey’s governor to task over the delayed museum project
Republican lawmakers move to block funding for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino
Under a new bill, the planned museum, which was created by an act of Congress in 2020, would be banned from receiving federal funding
Joe Biden to establish US national monument honouring Emmett Till, whose 1955 murder shocked the nation
The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument will include sites in Mississippi and Illinois
Last resort: antiquities Israel loaned to Trump are stranded at Mar-a-Lago
Originally loaned to the White House in 2019, the items followed Donald Trump to his Florida residence and have yet to be returned
The United States officially rejoins Unesco
Following a five-year absence, one of the founding members of the UN's cultural agency is readmitted as the organisation's 194th member state
New Orleans Museum of Art faces public outcry for hiring white curator of African art
The museum is facing heated critique on social media over the appointment of Amanda Maples, a white woman, to oversee its African art collection
Unesco members vote overwhelmingly—but not unanimously—to readmit the United States
The US will have to repay $619m in dues that accrued after it ceased paying in 2011 but before its formal departure in 2019
Museum in Philadelphia under fire for hosting far-right group's event
The Museum of the American Revolution is facing pushback for its decision to rent some of its spaces to Moms For Liberty, an ultra-conservative non-profit
Artists’ depictions of climate data can cut through politicisation of science, study finds
A study conducted recently in the US suggests artistic depictions of environmental data can help counter climate scepticism
Agnes Gund's fund to end mass incarceration reveals its final round of grants
The collector and philanthropist's Art for Justice initiative has awarded $125m over the six years it has been active
Florida bill would allow civilians to sue over damage to or removal of Confederate monuments
The proposed legislation is seen as an effort to defend Confederate monuments and markers in the public sphere by streamlining civil lawsuits
Artist Nancy Baker Cahill projects exploding uterus atop the US Supreme Court
The artist’s augmented-reality artwork addresses the evisceration of abortion rights in the US
An Idaho college removed my abortion-related art, strengthening my resolve to tell these stories
Last month, citing a state law prohibiting the use of public funds for abortion, a college removed my works and those of two other artists from a show about healthcare
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received art gifts from billionaire conservative donor
The gifts given to Thomas or on his behalf include a painting of him and his wife and $105,000 to fund a portrait at his alma mater
Amid scandal, Florida Department of Education says Michelangelo's David has 'artistic and historical value'
Though the Sunshine State's agencies have adopted extreme views on other topics, its Department of Education rebuffed claims that "David" is pornographic
American art schools brace for positive discrimination policy ban
With the highest court in the US expected to rule against policies intended to boost student body diversity, universities and colleges are exploring alternative approaches.
New York governor proposes 56% cut to state arts funding
Should Kathy Hochul’s state budget for financial year 2024 come to pass, funds for the New York Council for the Arts will be slashed by $61.7m
Florence's mayor invites Florida students and their former principal to experience the 'purity' of Michelangelo's David
The mayor of Florence and the director of the Galleria dell’Accademia have invited the ousted principal and her students on an honorary visit
Chicana muralist Judith Baca receives National Medal of Arts in White House ceremony
Baca is among the 12 individuals and organisations receiving the US federal government’s top honour for artists and art patrons this year
The arts made up more than $1 trillion of the US economy in 2021
The art and cultural sectors had a larger impact on the US GDP in 2021 than ever before, according to a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bureau of Economic Analysis
Citing Idaho’s anti-abortion law, college censors art exhibition on health care
Three works addressing abortion were removed from the exhibition at Lewis-Clark State College
Republicans press Hunter Biden’s dealer for information on his art sales
Members of the House of Representatives’ Oversight and Accountability Committee have also asked Georges Bergès for details of his communications with the White House
US considers rejoining Unesco despite more than $616m membership debt and Israel-Palestine controversies
America left the United Nations heritage organisation in 2019 after its members voted to accept Palestine as a member state