Benjamin Sutton

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

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

56 participating artists, duos and collectives revealed for 2026 Whitney Biennial

The exhibition, co-curated by Whitney Museum of American Art staffers Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, will feature artists from 25 states and Puerto Rico, plus “places marked by the reach of US power”

San Antonio Museum of Art repatriates nine antiquities to Italy

The artefacts, most dating from the 4th century BC, include a terracotta statue of a woman and elaborate red-figure vessels

Revamped Nazi-loot restitution bill passed by US Senate

The Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (Hear) Act of 2025, passed unanimously in the Senate and now heads to the House of Representatives

Napoles Marty wins Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize

The prize, presented in partnership with Nxthvn, includes a solo stand at Frieze Los Angeles and $25,000

Museum acquires massive Martin Wong triptych from Art Basel Miami Beach

The painting, only publicly displayed once before, will soon be featured in a Wong exhibition in Chicago

Miami Beach buys Peruvian artist’s copper weaving

The winner of the city’s annual acquisition prize, determined by public vote, is a work by Ximena Garrido-Lecca

Art, fashion and nature join forces

As the Villa Zegna pop-up takes root in Miami, the artist Sam Falls and Edoardo Zegna discuss the common threads in their work

Southern Guild gallery to close in Los Angeles, open in New York

The South African gallery announced a plan to shift its US base east as it participates in its first Art Basel Miami Beach

‘The beach is not overrated’: Cathy Vedovi on the art she collects and the beauty of Miami Beach

The collector, designer and patron shares her recent acquisitions and the hypnotic work she still dreams of

Philadelphia Art Museum accuses fired director of ‘theft’ in court filing

In a petition in response to Sasha Suda’s lawsuit claiming unfair treatment, abuse and more, the museum claims "misappropriated funds”

Sculptor Alma Allen officially selected to represent US at 2026 Venice Biennale

The state department’s announcement, delayed by the US government shutdown, says Allen’s presentation will further Donald Trump’s “focus on showcasing American excellence”

Philadelphia Art Museum taps former Metropolitan Museum leader after firing previous director

Daniel H. Weiss, who led the Met from 2015 to 2023, will succeed Sasha Suda, who is suing the Philadelphia Art Museum over the circumstances of her firing

Art marketanalysis

Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7m at Sotheby's, breaking her auction record

The final evening auction of New York’s marquee autumn sales featured a bevvy of bidding on Surrealist works and a $62.7m Van Gogh

With end of US government shutdown, National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian museums start reopening

Areas of the National Gallery of Art and parts of the Smithsonian were open to the public for the first time in more than a month on Friday

A new hope: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art sets September 2026 opening date

The $1bn museum co-founded by the ‘Star Wars’ director George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, will open its futuristic doors next autumn in Los Angeles

Fired director sues Philadelphia Art Museum

Sasha Suda claims in a lawsuit that she was terminated after she “clashed with a small, corrupt and unethical faction” of the museum’s board of trustees