American Museum of Natural History president Ellen V. Futter steps down after almost 30 years in the post
Futter, who became the first woman to lead a major New York museum when she took the role in 1993, oversaw a period of enormous growth at the institution
As it marks a decade in its new building, New York's Parrish Art Museum hires Mónica Ramírez-Montagut as its next director
Ramírez-Montagut was most recently the director of Michigan State University’s Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
Frieze Los Angeles takes off from Beverly Hills locale, will land at Santa Monica Airport for 2023 edition
The fair’s third location since its founding in 2019 will include more space for food vendors and other external activities
Mexican government opens public consultation on controversial Maya Train
The announcement follows protests claiming the Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has rushed the development of the touristic train connecting archaeological sites in the Yucatán
American painter Knox Martin has died aged 99
The artist was a New York School painter and longtime fixture of the New York art world who Robert Rauschenberg considered a “mentor”
‘I look at myself as an alchemist’: photographer Jamel Shabazz captures joy and sadness on the streets
The Brooklyn photographer reflects on decades of capturing joy and sadness—often in the same image
Six must-see shows during Frieze New York
From Genesis P-Orridge at Pioneer Works to Louise Bourgeois at the Met, our pick of the best exhibitions in the city this week
David Zwirner doubles down on competition with auction houses, launching online consignments portal
The new initiative marks an expansion of the gallery’s secondary market business
Centre of Marfa, Texas, including 11 buildings repurposed by Donald Judd, added to US National Register of Historic Places
The designation will aid the Chinati and Judd foundations in preserving their buildings in the West Texas town
Smithsonian adopts new ‘ethical returns policy’ to handle artefacts with problematic histories
The new policy, adopted by all Smithsonian museums on 29 April, will allow each institution to tailor it to their particular collections and provenance considerations
Princeton Museum acquires rare work by Pre-Raphaelite painter Rebecca Solomon
The museum acquired “A Young Teacher” at a recent Sotheby’s auction, where it sold for more than ten times its high estimate
Unesco indefinitely postpones planned world heritage meeting in Russia
The 45th annual meeting of the organisation’s World Heritage Committee was due to take place in June in the Russian city of Kazan
Hermann Nitsch, known for bloody and ritualistic performances that often confronted moral taboos, has died, aged 83
The revered avant-garde artist was prone to shocking audiences with the use of blood, carcases and viscera in his performances
Genesis P-Orridge’s lifetime of boundary-breaking work comes into full view
The first posthumous institutional show of P-Orridge’s work chronicles a wide-ranging and pioneering practice that often played out at the level of identity and appearance
Creative workers accounted for nearly one quarter of California’s economy in 2020, report finds
The latest edition of the annual Otis College Report on the Creative Economy makes the point that even as California’s arts sector bounces back, long-term support is needed to ensure it truly thrives
Miami organisation Oolite Arts plans $30m new eco-conscious complex
The nonprofit, which hosts exhibitions, workshops, artist residencies and more, is putting environmental resilience at the core of its new home
Miami Herald launches NFT collection, with sales supporting local artists and journalists
The collection, a partnership with sister publication El Nuevo Herald and local nonprofit Oolite Arts, will spotlight works by South Florida artists
Delfina Entrecanales, arts patron who founded the Delfina Foundation, has died, aged 94
A uniquely generous supporter of the arts who had been likened to a contemporary Medici, Entrecanales gave hundreds of artists the time and space to create but never demanded works in return
Getty Research Institute acquires booksellers' collection of thousands of catalogues and materials on Black artists
The collection was amassed by Whitney and Lee Kaplan, who own and operate Arcana: Books on the Arts, beginning in the 1980s
NEA study shows arts sector remained major contributor to US economy even as pandemic took its toll
The study found that while the US arts economy shrunk twice as fast as the overall economy, the arts’ contribution to GDP held steady
Digital art company claims it is owed millions from NFT sales in lawsuit against artist
DigiArt is suing artist Danny Casale, also known as Coolman Coffeedan, for allegedly producing more than 10,000 NFTs in breach of their contract
New $6bn Sackler settlement would let museums remove family’s name from galleries and buildings without consequence
The settlement, if approved, would also place limits on any statements made by museums as they remove the Sackler name
Pre-Columbian stone artefacts smuggled into Puerto Rico are repatriated to the Dominican Republic
The 12 archaeological objects were seized from a passenger arriving in Puerto Rico by ferry in 2013; they had previously sold in an online auction
Dan Graham, artist who defied categorisation and was best known for his architectural pavilions, has died, aged 79
The American artist’s work spanned many formats and materials, and was informed by his early desire to become a writer
Noah Davis’s paintings come back home to his Los Angeles museum
After stops in New York and London, the late artist’s works will be on view at the Underground Museum, which he and his wife founded
Sotheby’s and artist Kevin McCoy sued over sale of early NFT
The dispute revolves around the movement of a 2014 work, ‘Quantum’, from one blockchain to another and how that affects its ownership and fungibility
US customs agents return ancient cuneiform writing implements to Iraq
The millennia-old prism and tablet were found to lack proper paperwork—one after its owner’s death, the other following an online auction
Peter Max’s guardian sues his daughter for defamation in latest twist in battle over elderly artist’s care and legacy
Libra Max previously sued to end Barbara Lissner’s guardianship of her father; now Lissner has sued back, alleging that Libra Max’s legal and public relations campaign defamed her
Wayne Thiebaud, painter of lush desserts and disorienting cityscapes, has died, aged 101
Though he was often lumped in with the Pop artists who also rose to prominence in the 1960s, Thiebaud’s sensibility was distinctive, his appeal uniquely enduring
Billionaire collector Michael Steinhardt surrenders 180 stolen artefacts worth $70m
The items have been under investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney since 2017