In this first episode of the autumn season, we are focusing on the news you might have missed in a busy couple of months in the art world in July and August.
The Art Newspaper’s global editor-in-chief Benjamin Sutton joins host Ben Luke to talk about the latest news from the Americas, including US museums, and pays tribute to some of the major artists who died in the past couple of months.
The Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building, Washington, DC. On 31 August, the Smithsonian's board of regents voted to convert the Arts and Industries Building into the National Museum of the American Latino, side-stepping the need for congressional authorisation
Photo: Dzhoy Zuckerman, via Wikimedia Commons
The Art Newspaper’s art market editor, Kabir Jhala, updates us on news from the market over recent weeks.
And Catherine Hickley, The Art Newspaper’s museums and heritage editor, tells Ben Luke about news outside the US in her field.
Plus, we ask them all to name two exhibitions and events in the coming months that they’re looking forward to seeing.
Their tips for forthcoming events:
Franz Marc, Die kleinen gelben Pferde (The Little Yellow Horses, 1957), which is featured in the exhibition Franz Marc: The Quest for a Better World opening at K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen on 12 September Courtesy of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
- The 90s: Art and Fashion, Tate Britain, London, 8 October 2026 – 14 February 2027
- Frieze Abu Dhabi, 19–22 November 2026
- I, Gustave Courbet. Painter and Rebel, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany until 8 November
- Franz Marc: The Quest for a Better World, K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 12 September-24 January 2027
- Taryn Simon: Father Country I Do Love You, Guggenheim, New York, 18 September-14 March 2027
- Teresa Margolles: En el lugar de los hechos (At the Scene), MoMA PS1, New York, 24 September-February 2027
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