Benjamin Sutton

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

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Galleries, fairs and curators offer works to aid Los Angeles wildfire recovery

Fundraising events both in California and New York aim to support affected artists and art workers

'I think Frieze Los Angeles is exactly what the city needs right now': Sophia Cohen on the healing power of art

The one-time gallerist with a dizzying array of other art-world roles describes her early love of Pop art and her regret at not buying a Salman Toor before he was famous

Frieze reveals 67 exhibitors for New York fair’s 2025 edition

The world’s biggest galleries are returning for the latest edition of Frieze's boutique Manhattan fair, and seven emerging spaces will join for the first time

Street artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez wins Frieze Impact Prize

The New York-based artist, who marries elements of graffiti and Mexico’s modernist murals, is rewarded with a solo stand at Frieze Los Angeles

12 must-see exhibitions in and around Los Angeles during Frieze

From ancient Peruvian pottery and mid-century Modern ceramics, to reimagined Old Masters, an invented queer cowboy movie and more

Mel Bochner, conceptual artist known for text paintings and wry humour, has died, aged 84

Bochner was a pioneer of conceptual art, creating works rooted in information systems and decontextualised language

Crime news

Dealer Brent Sikkema’s husband charged with hiring his killer

A lawyer for Daniel Sikkema has denied the charges brought by federal authorities

At Mexico City’s Material and Salón Acme fairs, artists go out on a limb

The long-running satellite fairs—which champion experimental, emerging and artist-run spaces—abound with adventurous works, tactile materials and body parts

Tariff anxieties are no match for buoyant mood at Mexico City’s Zona Maco

The fair’s VIP preview saw a rush of collectors and museum groups, many sales and little hand-wringing over a possible Mexico-US trade war

Former art dealer Jaime Gorozpe shares his collecting philosophy, and his favourite places to eat and see art in Mexico City

The collector and luxury travel company executive warns visitors to Mexico City that they must plan ahead—and not be over ambitious in how much of the sprawling city they can cover in a day

Jaime Gorozpe comparte su filosofía de coleccionismo y sus lugares favoritos para comer y ver arte en la Ciudad de México

El coleccionista advierte a los visitantes de la Ciudad de México que deben planificar con anticipación y no ser demasiado ambiciosos en cuanto a qué parte de la extensa ciudad pueden cubrir en un día

Unique Design X, la nueva feria de arte en la Ciudad de México, regresa por segundo año consecutivo

La feria itinerante también ha sido escenario de ediciones en Shanghái, París, Miami y Savannah

Unique Design X, Mexico City's newest art fair, returns for second edition

The nomadic fair has also held editions in Shanghai, Paris, Miami and Savannah

Sportnews

Museums in Kansas City and Philadelphia wager art loan on Super Bowl's outcome—again

The American football championship game on 9 February pits the Kansas City Chiefs against the Philadelphia Eagles—and museums in each city are offering up a Manet from their collection

Algo para todos en Zona Maco

Desde artistas emergentes hasta arte moderno y antigüedades, pasando por diseño y fotografía, cerca de 220 expositores abarcan prácticamente todas las categorías de colección

Mexico City's Zona Maco fair offers something for everyone

From emerging artists to Modern art and antiquities, by way of design and photography, around 220 exhibitors span seemingly every collecting category

Trump disbands presidential committee on the arts and the humanities

The US president dissolved the committee in an executive order reversing Joe Biden’s own executive order reviving it

Artists can copyright works made using AI as an ‘assistive tool’, US Copyright Office concludes

The Copyright Office’s new report also concluded that “the incorporation of AI-generated content into a larger copyrightable work” is acceptable

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, pathbreaking Native American artist, has died, aged 85

A champion of contemporary Indigenous artists, prolific creator across a range of media and relentless critic of dominant US ideology, Smith received institutional support and success late in life

New Orleans triennial positions the city as a model for a precarious, adaptive future

The sixth edition of Prospect New Orleans, co-curated by Miranda Lash and Ebony G. Patterson, finds artists looking to the distant past, urgent present and possible futures for archetypes of resilience

Aaron De Groft, Orlando Museum of Art director fired in Basquiat forgery scandal, has died, aged 59

Following successful stints at museums in Virginia and on Florida’s Gulf Coast, De Groft’s career became mired in the Basquiat fakes fiasco

Donald Trump begins second term as US president following fundraising galas at Washington museums

Trump spoke to donors at the National Building Museum one day after JD Vance hosted supporters at the National Gallery of Art

Frieze will proceed with Los Angeles fair following deadly wildfires in the city

A fair spokesperson said the decision came after “careful consideration and extensive conversations with galleries, partners and city-wide stakeholders”

Insurance companies fight $19.7m claim over Basquiat forgeries

The owners of works the FBI seized from the Orlando Museum of Art have filed an eight-figure claim, but the insurers say “coverage is unavailable because… the property was inauthentic”

David Lynch, artist and film-maker who portrayed America’s dark side with surreal humour and violence, has died, aged 78

Lynch trained as a painter before becoming a successful film-maker and ultimately returning to visual art in recent decades

New Alexander Calder institution in Philadelphia sets opening date

Calder Gardens, which will be housed in a Herzog & de Meuron-designed building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, has also appointed a senior director of programmes

Mary Miss and Des Moines Art Center settle lawsuit over Land art piece's demolition

The artist had sought to force the museum to repair her 1996 outdoor installation, while the institution claimed it could only afford to tear it down

Deadly wildfires destroy Los Angeles art spaces as museums and galleries close

Even art spaces far from the raging wildfires have closed and cancelled events amid a citywide state of emergency, dangerous smoke and high winds

Los Angeles wildfire reaches Getty Villa grounds but ‘staff and the collection remain safe’

Cultural organisations around the Los Angeles have been forced to close and some "expect the worst"

Trump claims he will replace the head of the US National Archives

The agency’s previous leader raised concerns in 2022 about Trump’s handling of documents after his first term in office