NewsArt market
Can Biden's inauguration galvanise the US art world into finally taking action against climate change?
As new US president plans to tackle global warming on "an epic scale", green initiatives such as Galleries Commit are gaining steam
ReviewExhibitions
A stitch worth 1,000 words: how America’s First Ladies used their wardrobes to make a statement
The National Portrait Gallery has organised a historic show on the women in the White House
ReviewVideo art
As Trump baselessly cries voter fraud, one artist surveys the rise of conspiracy theories in US politics
Cassandra Zampini's short film Media Warfare compresses four years of fake news into a harrowing 25-minute survey of America's shattered psyche
News US politics
Kara Walker kicks Donald Trump to the curb and more of the best Instagram art responding to the US election
From Jules de Balincourt's painting of Kamala Harris to Rania Matar's photograph of Boston celebrations, we look at artists' reactions to Joe Biden's win
Newselection 2020
Art world rejoices in Biden’s win of US presidency
Artists, collectors, policy makers and gallery owners share their reactions after the tightly fought election
NewsDesign
Mississippi voters approve new state flag design, trading controversial Confederate symbol for magnolia flower
The replacement banner was approved by a 71% majority, and was created by a local graphic designer
Analysiselection 2020
What the presidential election means for the US art market—no matter who is in the Oval Office
A dwindling middle market faces a stingy Senate while rising inequality and public unrest could prompt even more private sales
ReviewExhibitions
The fraught history of voting transparency in the US, explored
A show at the Corning Museum reveals how corruption and intimidation have historically suppressed the votes of non-white, non-male demographics as US presidential election results remain in flux
Featureelection 2020
And now we wait? Seven works that perfectly depict the US election limbo
The Trump-Biden race is turning into a protracted nail-biter, so we’re finding some solace in art
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Post-election mental health and wellness events at US museums and galleries
A guide to in-person and online programmes that offer some mental and emotional relief this week
Newselection 2020
From art to doing 'their part': US museums provide a vital community service by acting as polling sites
Dozens of institutions across the nation have stepped up to "help increase public participation in the American system of self-government" on election day
Analysis US politics
The 2020 US election: what it means for the arts
With US polls closing on Tuesday night, The Art Newspaper looks at the cultural issues at stake in this election
NewsInternet art
How to build the next American president
Gretchen Andrew’s “power trip” sees her manipulating the internet to design her ideal leader of the free world
NewsCovid-19
Exclusive survey: how small US galleries are surviving the coronavirus crisis as Trump tables relief plans
With a second federal aid package stalled until after the election, our study reveals the financial straits some galleries are finding themselves in—and how they are responding
Newselection 2020
Living monuments of Trump’s failures arrive in Washington ahead of the election
The Trump Statue Initiative, a guerrilla troupe of performers, have satirized the darkest moments of the presidency
NewsRussia
US and Russia 'leave aside the politics' to restore Raphael frescoes
A grant of over $100,000 has been given from the US to St Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum for the maintenance of three 16th-century school of Raphael works
News US politics
Shepard Fairey—creator of famous Obama 'Hope' poster—makes new Time cover image ahead of US election
For first time in 100-year history, magazine replaces logo with the imperative to vote
Previewelection 2020
Bureaucratic but not boring: exhibition explores the visual history of US election ballots
With early voting already underway in the 2020 presidential election, a show at New York's Cooper Union reveals the "power of design in our civic process"
NewsExhibitions
Trump descends into hell—the state of America as seen by artist Jim Shaw
New London show at Simon Lee Gallery also takes a swipe at art world excess
News US politics
Ahead of US elections, artist group highlights 'devastating impact' of Trump's travel ban three years on
The controversial executive order issued by the US president three years ago continues to affect artists from countries throughout the world
NewsMonuments
Mellon Foundation announces $250m grant to 'reimagine and rebuild' US monuments and memorials
Amid increased unrest over memorials since the Black Lives Matter protests erupted, the grant will help fund new storytelling spaces across the country
Reviewelection 2020
Denver exhibition considers the art of the Trump years
The Museum of Contemporary Art show aims to “take stock of the work that has come out of this difficult period”, says curator
NewsIndigenous art
Exhibition honours, demands action for missing and murdered Indigenous women
Boontak! (Stop it!) opens as Congress passes two bills to enact better law enforcement practices to protect Indigenous women and girls from violence
Newselection 2020
Anti-Trump artist billboards greet presidential candidates in Cleveland
Ahead of Tuesday’s debate, political action committee Artists United for Change rolled out a new campaign to #VoteThemOut aimed at five battleground states
Comment US politics
For the arts, there’s only one choice in this election
The Biden-Harris campaign has pledged funding and support for arts and culture as a key policy issue
NewsAndres Serrano
Donald Trump, the brand: a history of the real estate tycoon turned US president in 1,000 objects
Andres Serrano tells us about his multifaceted portrait of the US president in book form, created from his archive of memorabilia
NewsMonuments
Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be memorialised with statue in Brooklyn
Governor Andrew Cuomo has suggested a site for the monument of the Supreme Court justice, overlooking the Statue of Liberty
NewsDonald Trump
US President Donald Trump’s angry tweets recorded in tiny pricks
How one woman’s frustrations inspired an army of needlework artists—and a series of exhibitions
Newselection 2020
Wake up call: artist Hank Willis Thomas wants to spur voter turnout with the Wide Awakes group
Based on the 1860 Wide Awake movement that mobilised against slavery and helped elect Lincoln, the new network of artists and creatives has launched Kickstarter's largest collaboration to date
NewsLabour
It is not just artists who are starving: how the US can rebuild its creative industry post-Covid
A proposal issued to both presidential campaigns by Americans for the Arts outlines a national strategy to put creative workers back to work
NewsMoney laundering
Will US Congress finally pass anti-money laundering legislation?
A recent Senate report found that secretive art market enables sanctions circumvention
NewsResidencies
New York-based residency for Russian artists goes ahead as 'East-West divide' intensifies
US-Russia tensions heightened in the run up to November's US presidential election
NewsBlack Lives Matter
Breonna Taylor—fatally shot by Kentucky police—immortalised by Amy Sherald for Vanity Fair front cover
Painter who famously depicted Michelle Obama honours 26-year-old for magazine's September issue
NewsLaw
California may grant repatriation rights to unrecognised Native American tribes
A new state bill expands federal rights for Indigenous groups to reclaim human remains, burial objects and other sacred artefacts from institutions
Newselection 2020
Carrie Mae Weems, Ed Ruscha, LaToya Ruby Frazier and other artists have had 'enough' of Trump
The campaign, launched by the advocacy group People for the American Way, aims to motivate people to vote in November
NewsRacism in the art world
How the art industry is grappling with its systemic race inequality
Galleries, fairs and auction houses are issuing solidarity statements and re-evaluating the diversity of their staffs. But "performative wokeness” will not fix the market’s whiteness
NewsProtest art
Artists call out the injustices immigrants suffer in the US ahead of Independence Day
A collaborative sky writing project featuring contributions from Patrisse Cullors, Dread Scott and Hank Willis Thomas will mark 80 sites used to limit immigrants
InterviewLGBTQ
Art can help the public engage in personal advocacy: Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign
The nation's largest LGBTQ civil rights organisation recently unveiled a mural by Hank Willis Thomas on its Washington, DC headquarters stating Black Trans Lives Matter
NewsMonuments
Tribal leaders and organisations call for the removal of Mount Rushmore monument
Leaders argue that Trump's plan for a rally there is an "unforgivable affront"
NewsIndigenous art
As Navajo Nation battles worst coronavirus outbreak in US, artists hope for an Indigenous renaissance
The cancellation of regional markets and fairs have taken a huge economic toll but have also ushered in a "new era of responsibility" to promote Native work
NewsProtests
National Trust for Historic Preservation supports removal of Confederate statues that glorify white power
Trust says such monuments “do not reflect, and are in fact abhorrent to, our values”
NewsPublic art
Hank Willis Thomas covers US Justice Department with thousands of words from inmates
Launched last night, the guerilla intervention is the latest public work in Washington, DC to address structural racism—but can art effect change?
NewsProtest
Art world workers join protests against injustice in New York—and aim to change racist systems in the culture sphere
Activists working at museums and galleries are bringing the fight for equality from the streets back into institutions
CommentProtest
Dread Scott: America God Damn
The multidisciplinary artist and social justice activist reflects on the recent protests in response to the killing of George Floyd and the history of racialised police violence in the US—and how change may finally be underway
NewsProtests
Monuments across the US are toppled, damaged as protests over George Floyd's death continue
Lawmakers mobilise the National Guard to quell destruction while demonstrators deface Confederate memorials and public works emblematic of white supremacy
News US politics
The NEA hopes to keep arts jobs alive in the US—with limited federal relief funds
Up to 30% of arts spaces may close permanently, and agency chief fears rural areas in the US will be the hardest hit
NewsEconomics
US coronavirus legislation could do more for the arts, Boston museums say
The coalition is asking for $6bn in federal aid, and to permanently expand the charitable giving deduction to encourage US taxpayers to donate to non-profits
News US politics
More than 2,000 artists and cultural figures sign letter endorsing Elizabeth Warren for US President
The Artists for Warren campaign launched on Super Tuesday, as many US voters head to the polls to choose the Democratic candidate
News US politics
Artist Whitney Bedford is drawing a portrait of Elizabeth Warren every day until she is elected president
The Los Angeles painter started the project shortly after the Democratic primaries began
News US politics
Hundreds of artists endorse Bernie Sanders for US President
In an open letter, figures including Nicole Eisenmann, Hito Steyerl, and Kara Walker have voiced their support for the left-wing candidate
NewsForensic Architecture
Forensic Architecture founder barred from entering US ahead of Miami retrospective
Eyal Weizman, the director of the London-based art and research group, says embassy officials told him an algorithm had identified him as a security threat just two days before his planned departure
NewsNative American
President Trump blows up Native American grave site for his border wall
“Sacrilegious” act on Unesco-recognised site in Arizona which contains remains of Indigenous peoples
News US politics
'An impeachment tomb stone': Jenny Holzer creates work to mark President Donald Trump's trial
The skateboards are produced in a limited marble edition of 25 and a wood edition of 500
AnalysisHeritage
If the US destroys Iranian cultural sites, President Trump will be criminally liable by international law
The US is signatory to The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, which forbids any act of hostility to cultural property
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2019
Immigrant artist residency launches—steps from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort
The Peru-born, North Carolina-based painter Renzo Ortega is the inaugural artist-in-residence at Palm Beach’s New Wave Art Wknd festival
AnalysisClimate Change
Three ways museums can face up to the climate crisis
No issue is more relevant—and relevance is the cultural sector’s current leitmotif
NewsExhibitions
Women artists take over museum schedules in 2020 to coincide with US presidential election
Coalition of curators organise events and exhibitions of art by women at 50 museums
InterviewShirin Neshat
‘This US government looks more like Iran's every day’: Shirin Neshat talks about the power of political satire ahead of LA show
The Iranian artist's major exhibition opens at the Broad museum features new work addressing discrimination in Trump's America
NewsRestitution
Trump opens door to restitution claims on art seized by Cuba
While the president is the first to allow Title III of Helms-Burton Act to be used, some whose collections were taken doubt it will have an impact
NewsUS-China trade war
Trump delays tariffs on Chinese goods until December—but not for art and antiquities
New 10% tax will come into force on 1 September and apply to all works originating from China, regardless of where they are imported from
Comment US politics
Abortion will happen—whatever the law says
The artist Paula Rego on why her abortion works are the best thing she's ever done
PreviewExhibitions
She persisted: DC’s National Portrait Gallery looks at the history of the women’s vote
One of the longest reform movements in American history, which continues to be an issue today, is explored in the show
News US politics
Trump spent $60,000 in foundation money to buy vanity portrait, Michael Cohen reveals in testimony
The US President’s former lawyer and “fixer” tells Congress the candidate used a straw bidder to ensure his likeness was the top lot of an Art Hamptons auction
NewsArt market
Trump’s tax Act offers potential tax havens for art
‘Opportunity Zones’ present a new kind of tax-deferred exchange on high-value assets
PreviewArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Dealers take a stand against transphobia at Miami's fairs
Exhibitors at Art Basel in Miami Beach and beyond respond to comments by President Trump with a wide range of queer art
CommentPolitics
The mid-term elections brought many gains for progressive causes—but there is still work to be done
The artist Martha Rosler, whose politically focussed work is on view at New York’s Jewish Museum, explains what we can take away from this week’s Democratic wins
NewsArt market
Art dealers across the US are mobilising in support of Democrats ahead of US mid-term elections
Galleries in New York and Los Angeles make the most of their cultural and financial capital
BlogIn the frame
Ahead of US mid-term elections, artist urges a vote for planet earth
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Top museum directors on the challenges of climate change and mass tourism
Vatican conference on preventive conservation warns of environmental impact of short-term politics
NewsSocial issues
US Planned Parenthood campaign includes artists Shirin Neshat and Carrie Mae Weems
The Unstoppable initiative includes an online exhibition of works by ten female artists and writers
NewsPolitics
Artist collective tackles 'disappearing kids' under US immigration policy
This latest impromptu project is a direct response to Trump's "willingness to inflict trauma on young children and families”, the group says
CommentPolitics
Vital artistic exchanges will be stifled by Trump's travel ban
The amicus brief signed by more than 100 museums should shame the justices of the US Supreme Court
CommentPolitics
Büchel’s feeble satire ignores the hateful reality of Trump’s wall
The petition to make the proposed border wall a National Landmark is one of the worst excesses of contemporary art and needs to be called out
NewsPolitics
Fury over artist’s plan to preserve prototypes of Trump’s border wall
Others, including the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, support Christoph Büchel’s proposal to turn the eight designs into national monuments
NewsPolitics
Trump wants to axe NEA and other culture agencies—again
The president’s 2019 budget includes a similar proposal to last year’s failed plan to defund America’s arts bodies
ReviewExhibitions
In the age of a ‘fake president’, Mark di Suvero’s sculptures reflect on the beauty of truth
The New York artist’s newest abstract works at Paula Cooper Gallery are not exactly topical, but his devotion to the ideals of science, democracy and community remind us of America’s better self
NewsPolitics
Photographer Larry Fink recalls “magnificent” marchers
Steven Kasher Gallery to host fundraiser pegged to anniversary of Women’s March
NewsPolitics
Trump: the first year
How have artists responded to the US president’s first 12 months in office?
CommentPolitics
How should museums respond to Donald Trump?
We asked directors of prominent US institutions what they can or should do
NewsIn the frame
Sold out: tours organised by Christoph Büchel of Trump’s border wall prototypes prove very popular
NewsMiddle East
Muslim leaders across the Middle East work with Israeli rabbis to keep the peace
Interfaith network says that its efforts are more difficult—and urgent—since President Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem’s status
NewsFairs
Art world fights back in US culture crisis
Art Basel panel calls for united response to political “apocalypse”
NewsLaw
US museums challenge Trump’s immigration ban in court
Around 100 institutions filed documents to outline the order’s threat to the museum community—and even the fight against terrorism
News
Images of melting glaciers head to backyard of Trump’s Florida home
Exhibition highlighting effects of climate change to open near Mar-a-Lago
NewsPolitics
Cornelia Parker wants children to tweet Trump about climate change
Artists, designers, technocrats and fellow starchitects gather to launch Norman Foster’s foundation in Madrid
News
What does Trump's plan to abolish estate tax mean for collectors?
The plan could be a mixed bag for both wealthy market players and cultural charities
BlogCultural exchange
We are all made of stars, part 3: from the Women’s March in Los Angeles back to Europe
News
Read the letter sent by 24 senators asking President Trump to keep funding the NEA and NEH
The bipartisan group outlines the importance of the culture agencies and how they improve American’s lives
News
Artists, curators and gallerists sign letter calling for repeal of Trump’s immigration order
“The ban affects all of us” say signatories from across the art world
NewsPolitics
MoMA responds to Trump’s immigration ban through its collection
The museum installs works by artists from Muslim nations in its permanent galleries
NewsExhibitions
Art world reels from Trump’s immigration ban
New policies on course to undermine exhibitions and exchange programmes
NewsPolitics
Signs of the times: museums and libraries preserve placards from the Women’s Marches
Archives in the US and the UK are collecting the wittiest and sharpest signs from the protests over the election of US president Trump
News
'My America': Whitney Museum of American art explores identity on inauguration day
Come along on a tour of the exhibition Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection
NewsPolitics
Trump’s inauguration: museums lay on alternative events
Many US museums are open free to the public on 20 January as divisive president-elect takes Oath of Office<br>
News
Trump’s promise of Reagan-style tax reforms causes alarm
1986 tax package put the squeeze on donations
NewsPolitics
President Trump: the knowns and unknowns
First reactions to property tycoon’s election to the White House and what it could mean for the arts
News
Artists express dismay at Donald Trump’s US election victory
Billionaire political outsider has few supporters in the art world
Commentelection 2020
Why vote? To protect those who cannot
The proverbial arc of history will not bend toward justice without our help
Sue Coe for The Art Newspaper