Benjamin Sutton

Benjamin Sutton is the Editor, Americas of The Art Newspaper.

Miami Beach’s Bass Museum picks architect for new pavilion

The forthcoming expansion will add gallery space, a patio and an outdoor event area

Chicago’s Neighbors and Barely fairs show the strengths of smaller, alternative formats

The two Expo Chicago satellite fairs compliment the main event with accessible settings filled with ambitious presentations

Expo Chicago’s local focus pays off as Midwestern collectors, institutions buoy sales

The fair’s first edition under director Kate Sierzputowski aims to offer a more tightly curated experience

Our pick of the best museum and gallery shows to see in Chicago this spring

From Seoul-born artist Dabin Ahn’s first solo show with Document to dancehall and reggaetón at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago’s first Norman Rockwell acquisition is a home run

The museum has acquired the beloved US illustrator’s ‘The Dugout’, his 1948 painting of Chicago Cubs players

Paul Pfeiffer will be inaugural artist-in-residence at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center arena

The arena’s parent company also announced a suite of forthcoming artistic additions to its campus by Sarah Sze, Kambui Olujimi and others

New York’s Independent fair reveals 76 exhibitors for first edition at Pier 36

The fair is foregrounding its reputation as a place to discover new galleries and artists, with nearly half of exhibitors showing at Independent for the first time

In Pictures: sculpture gets a leg up at Frieze Los Angeles

Artists and dealers have really gone out on a limb this year—or several. Seemingly every other stand holds out a hand or sticks out a foot, and visitors appear to be getting a kick out of it.

‘I rely heavily on instinct’: entertainment mogul Hassan Smith on the art he collects and why

John Legend’s manager, a prolific collector of Black post-war and contemporary art, tells us about a recent acquisition and the artists he regrets missing out on

Patrick Martinez’s anti-Ice neons greet Frieze LA visitors

The Los Angeles-based artist’s bright and bold works make a statement at the fair’s main entrance

Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles acquires Kara Walker sculpture made from dissected Confederate monument

Walker’s “Unmanned Drone” is a centrepiece of “Monuments”, a landmark exhibition at Moca and The Brick

Plan for Centre Pompidou in New Jersey is ‘dead’, local official says

The new mayor of Jersey City, James Solomon, said a long-planned outpost of the French museum is no longer happening

Queens Museum picks Debra Wimpfheimer as next executive director

Wimpfheimer has worked at the institution since 2002, most recently as deputy director to Sally Tallant, who is London-bound

67 galleries will once again take over the Shed for Frieze New York

Around one-fifth of participating galleries are either first-time participants or returning to the fair after a hiatus

At Mexico City’s Material and Salón Acme fairs, artists find hope in nature

The two foremost satellite fairs of Mexico City Art Week are drawing record crowds and feature strong presentations by artists and galleries from across Mexico and throughout the Americas

Mexico City’s Zona Maco fair continues to draw upbeat crowds and eager buyers

Latin America’s foremost art fair, now in its 24th year, remains a magnet for collectors, curators and museum groups from across the Western Hemisphere and beyond

Exhibitions to see during Mexico City Art Week

From audio-tape portraits to the mother-daughter relationship, we share some must-see shows

US art spaces from New York to Los Angeles close in protest of violent Ice actions

Commercial and non-profit galleries are participating in the national day of action on 30 January, which comes after federal immigration enforcement agents killed US citizens in Minneapolis and Los Angeles

Expo Chicago lines up 130 galleries for ‘a more focused’ fair

Down from around 170 exhibitors in recent years, it is the first edition of the fair under director Kate Sierzputowski

Northern California museum and sculpture park puts its property up for sale

The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art has listed its Napa Valley property for sale for $10.9m

Museums and galleries in Minneapolis join citywide general strike in protest of Ice operations

In protest of federal immigration enforcement officers’ violent campaign in the city, hundreds of local business and organisations will shutter on 23 January

‘Freedom plane’ to take US founding documents on tour for country's 250th anniversary

US National Archives documents from the 18th and 19th centuries will tour museums from Kansas City to Seattle

The California College of the Arts will close in 2027

Last remaining nonprofit art-and-design school in Northern California to shutter after next academic year, when Nashville-based Vanderbilt University will take over campus

Manhattan’s New Museum sets early spring date for reopening after $82m expansion

The museum will offer free admission during its opening weekend festivities

Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery removes wall text mentioning Trump’s impeachments

The museum said the change of labels and portraits is in preparation for an overhaul of its popular permanent gallery “America’s Presidents”

Trump pulls US out of international cultural property preservation centre and coalition of arts agencies

In a memo announcing the withdrawals, the president said the organisations ran “contrary to the interests of the United States”

Trump administration puts renewed pressure on Smithsonian to turn over materials for review

The White House has given the Smithsonian Institution until 13 January to provide a trove of materials about planning and procedures at eight of its museums

Kathleen Goncharov, influential curator who helped many artists ‘realise their dreams’, has died aged 73

Alongside her work at organisations such as New York’s Just Above Midtown gallery and the Boca Raton Museum of Art in Florida, Goncharov was also an artist

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art returns three sculptures to Cambodia

Researchers at the museum concluded that the three artefacts were removed from Cambodia during the civil war of the 1960s and 70s