Continuing last year’s popular series, throughout Art Basel Miami Beach we are speaking to members of the local art scene about their favourite cultural destinations around Miami
Four decades after refusing to sanitise her depiction of the city’s history, the artist will see her giant mural, and all its 51 vignettes of scenes and people, installed in the LA Natural History Museum’s new entrance pavilion
Created less than a year before the artist’s death, ‘A Book Full of Fun’ was painstakingly moved to the Stanley Museum of Art while the school undergoes renovation
The work's brightly coloured positivity stands in sharp contrast to the notorious reputation of the prison where it is installed
Supermarket chain Lidl commissioned a new version of the 15th-century masterpiece
Bay Area philanthropists and arts leaders seek to continue the tradition of an art school at the old SFAI campus—great news for the Diego Rivera mural there
The decision comes after the artist, Sam Kerson, appealed a district court’s 2021 ruling
The real estate assets of the oldest art school west of the Mississippi are now on the market in order to resolve its debts
A district court sided with the school in late 2021, but artist Sam Kerson hopes an appeals court decision will help keep his Underground Railroad murals on view
Previously destined to be painted over, then simply covered up, the WPA frescoes have been at the centre of debates about US history, education and representation for four years
The glass mosaic depicts figures from Classical mythology and was installed when the hotel opened in 1955—but remained hidden behind a wall for decades
Plus, Betye Saar remakes a mural in Los Angeles
Rex Whistler’s 1927 artwork includes scenes of a Black child being enslaved and caricatures of Chinese figures
Mural of child playing in ash removed from view after three years, just days after the actor Michael Sheen described the display as “uninspiring”
The mural was one of ten works peppered across English seaside towns and could have been street artist's way of raising the area’s profile
Public artwork honouring the Black Manchester United forward was defaced within hours of England's Euros loss on Sunday
The monumental work, on loan from a local college and always meant to be mobile, was painstakingly transported across town
In her book, Lydia Hamlett unpacks the literary, cultural and political significance of “the animated wall”
The tile, whose imagery has been associated with white supremacy, was created in a workshop sponsored by the Detroit Institute of Art
Ancient rock art near Texas-Mexico border could be lost forever
Longest public art piece in Europe reflects community life, charting 170 local stories
A 1993 painting of the state’s historic role on the Underground Railroad depicts Black slaves as caricatures, while white abolitionists are idealised
Family of artist Carl Nesjar—who collaborated on the works with Picasso—say they have a copyright claim and should help decide where the pieces are relocated
Advertising firms in Minneapolis—where Floyd was killed by police—refused to show the work saying it was too violent, but advocacy group says it will try again
The first biography of ‘Max’ Gill reveals the versatile talent of an artist who was a master of lettering and murals and a standout mapmaker-artist
The works foreground the contributions of immigrant and Indigenous communities, but members of the Dakota tribe claim the contributions are a "Band-Aid"
Monuments are not the only problematic depictions of the past
Carl Nesjar’s daughter talks about the Norwegian sculptor’s long collaboration with the Modern master and shares exclusive images of the pair
Conservators will repair paint losses and weatherproof a work that the artist executed “in a sort of frenzy” in 1986
“Workers at the Y-Block site have started drilling, but it’s worrying as once they start moving the mural, it will crack,” says co-creator’s daughter