Jean Cooney is the new executive director of Creative Time, a New York nonprofit that stages ambitious public art in the city. She replaces Justine Ludwig, who served as Creative Time’s executive director since 2018. Cooney worked at Creative Time before Times Square Arts. She helped realize Nick Cave's HEARD•NY in Grand Central Terminal, Kara Walker's A Subtlety at the former Domino Sugar factory and Duke Riley's Fly By Night at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Dozens of Artnet and Artsy employees have been laid off as of today, April 16. Denver Art Museum appoints Royce K. Young Wolf as associate curator of Native Arts. Toronto Biennial of Art revealed the curatorial framework and artist list for its fourth edition. Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer and Howardena Pindell are among the 33 Art Basel Awards medalists this year.
The V&A East Museum in London opens to the public this weekend. Tania Bruguera's stained glass piece "Towards A Civic Museum" is a manifesto for freedom of expression and collective action. Molly Crabapple's new book makes the case that AI is conducting the ultimate art heist. Paulo Nazareth has a new show in Berlin that he will never visit.
A mural of the late Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska has been painted in North Center, Chicago. It is part of a nationwide effort spearheaded by Eoghan McCabe to paint murals of her across the U.S. It was vandalized in March. Chicago has a long history of public art.
MoMA PS1 is celebrating 50th anniversary with a block party and the inauguration of the sixth edition of Greater New York. The exhibition features 53 multidisciplinary artists representing the best of the current New York scene. Alanna Heiss founded PS1 in 1976 as an experimental platform where artists could create without restrictions. Since its founding it has had the support of core artists like Laurie Anderson, Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger and James Turrell.
The renovation of the Bronx Museum is set to be completed by the end of 2026. The museum hosted its annual 2026 Gala & Art Auction at Tribeca Rooftop on Wednesday, April 15. The gala honored contemporary artist Awol Erizku, Lois Plehn, Antwaun Sargent, Derrick Adams, Mickalene Thomas, Jon Gray, Hannah Traore, Larry Ossei-Mensah, Tyrell Hampton, Valeri Larko, Zoe Lukov, Michael McGinnis, Ann Craven, Julien Granel and Colm Dillane.
The new LACMA building will open this weekend. It cost $720 million. David Geffen donated $150 million for the new galleries. Elaine Wynn gave $50 million and $125 million came from LA County taxpayer funds. Erewhon branch will offer organic coffee, pastries, smoothies, and cold-pressed juices.
DeviantArt was founded in 2000 and is the leading platform for artists to grow and monetize their audience. Today, the site has 108 million users worldwide and more than 100 million new artworks uploaded in 2025 alone. It is free of third-party ads and has a revamped monetization model.
As a curator, I understand raving as a transformative method of worldbuilding. I curated Rave into the Future: Art in Motion at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, featuring 10 West Asian and North African diaspora artists who reimagine the dance floor as a site of collective resistance.
MoMA PS1's new exhibition, Greater New York, is a quinquennial for artists who live and work in New York's five boroughs. It's the first edition since the Covid-era 2021 edition and is being held during the 50th anniversary year of the museum. Some 53 artists are showing at the exhibition this time. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has promised to tell a new story of New York City.