The art world is up in arms, from collectors to curators – donors to docents — about a host of major museums selling works by some of America’s best-loved artists.

Here are five of the most controversial public works that appear in “Art in the Open.” Ai Weiwei, Arch (2017). Photo by Jason Wyche, courtesy of Public Art Fund.

For millennia, artists have poured their souls into their work, fashioning incredible (or sometimes atrocious) pieces that leave the audience stunned and breathless. However, art has more function ...

Three works by the sculptor and artist Eric Gill, who sexually abused his daughters, have been withdrawn from a UK exhibition opening on 5 July. Two of the works—a wood engraving and a drawing—depict ...