‘Fake heiress’ launches show while under house arrest in New York
World Trade Center’s new $500m arts venue, the Perelman Performing Arts Center, opens in September with performances by Laurie Anderson and others
Julia Halperin examines the often mysterious recruitment procedure for new museum directors in the US, which has come under increased scrutiny
The 17th-century Bologna-based painter is the subject of a concentrated presentation at Robert Simon Gallery in New York
From large-scale surveys of Judy Chicago and Ed Ruscha, to showcases of Barkley L. Hendricks’s portraits, Ruth Asawa’s works on paper, Shary Boyle’s surreal ceramics, Korean experimental art and more
An inscription of the beleaguered family’s name is set to be removed from a stone lintel
The walk of shame exhibition featuring vetoed works will now be an annual event
Our leaky, creaky, capricious corporeal vessels are the subject of shows at Somerset House, Goldsmith’s CCA and the Design Museum
Both posts are part of an initative to redefine the institution’s “existing collection of art and offer new perspectives on global art histories”
The “arm’s length” principle, which frowns on political meddling in museums, is being eroded by policy hawks, writes artist and activist Bob and Roberta Smith