Benjamin Sutton

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

Philadelphia Art Museum’s director ousted following divisive rebrand

Sasha Suda had been in the role for three years, but board members complained of a lack of transparency around the institution's recent rebranding

After 14 years with Pace, Yoshitomo Nara's work now represented by David Zwirner

The popular Japanese artist will have his first show with David Zwirner in New York

US climate activist gets 18-month prison sentence for splashing paint on Degas sculpture’s case

Timothy Martin was convicted of conspiracy and injuring government property over a 2023 protest action at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC

More than 1,000 objects stolen from Oakland Museum of California in storage facility break-in

Museum leaders and investigators believe stolen objects may soon start to turn up at area pawn shops and second-hand stores

Performa brings digital doubles, kids reciting animal noises and more to New York

New York’s performance art biennial also features a slate of Lithuanian artists, a reimagined tale of supernatural mourning and a pop-rock supergroup singing protest songs

Trump fires all members of fine arts commission that reviews construction projects in Washington, DC

The White House plans to install new Commission of Fine Arts members who “are more aligned with President Trump’s ‘America First’ policies”

Science museum files lawsuit to have neighbouring Pérez Art Museum Miami’s billboard removed

According to the Frost Museum of Science next door, the Pamm’s large digital billboard—subject of a previous dispute with the city that was settled last month—violates state laws

Es Devlin to build giant, rotating free library on Miami Beach

The monumental Faena Art commission will anchor a three-part intervention by Devlin, coinciding with Art Basel Miami Beach

Altman Siegel, stalwart of San Francisco’s gallery scene for 16 years, will close

The gallery’s current exhibition by the Japanese painter Shinpei Kusanagi will be its last

Smithsonian museums in Washington and New York close as US government shutdown drags on

The 21 museums, 14 research and education complexes, and one zoo overseen by the Smithsonian closed on Sunday

Artists Gala Porras-Kim, Jeremy Frey and Tuan Andrew Nguyen among winners of 2025 MacArthur ‘genius grants'

Other recipients of the MacArthur Fellowships this year include the photographer Matt Black, the artist and film-maker Garrett Bradley and the social justice artist Tonika Lewis Johnson

National Gallery of Art closes as US government shutdown continues

The Smithsonian’s museums in Washington, DC, and New York City will remain open for now

BTS member’s art collection will go on show at SFMoMA

The museum will display around 200 works from RM’s personal collection and the museum’s holdings

Trump fires members of group that advises National Endowment for the Humanities

All but four members of the National Council on the Humanities were informed via email that their positions had been terminated

US government shutdown will force federally funded museums to close in coming days

Most of Washington, DC’s top attractions will shutter by the beginning of next week unless US lawmakers reach an agreement to fund the government

University of California, Irvine completes takeover of Orange County Museum of Art

As part of the acquisition, the institution has been renamed the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art

New Museum’s longtime director to retire after building expansion opens

Lisa Phillips, who has led the museum through two major construction projects, will step down in April

Participants withdraw from Chicago Architecture Biennial over sponsor’s investment in weapons manufacturer

In a letter to the biennial’s organisers, more than 20 participants wrote that Crown Family Philanthropies’ “sponsorship is incompatible with the values of our work”

Japanese museum’s collection of Western art could bring $60m at auction

The Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art will sell off its treasures this autumn at Christie’s in New York

Man killed while unloading Warhol-painted BMW for exhibition in Washington, DC

The organiser of the exhibition cancelled the event following the delivery driver’s death

Awardsnews

Artists Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt receive $250,000 Heinz Awards

Both artists will receive an unrestricted cash prize from the Pittsburgh-based Heinz Family Foundation

Christie’s expects Elaine Wynn’s collection to bring $75m, while her record-breaking Bacon triptych goes to Lacma

Wynn, who died in April, owned trophy works by Lucian Freud, Richard Diebenkorn, Joan Mitchell and others

Metropolitan Museum gifted 188 Dada and Surrealist works

The promised gift from museum trustee John Pritzker includes pieces by Man Ray, Marcel and Suzanne Duchamp, Jean Arp and others

Clément Delépine leaving Art Basel Paris to lead Lafayette Anticipations

After overseeing four editions of Art Basel’s French fair, Delépine will take the helm at the Fondation Galeries Lafayette’s art and culture space

Artists who defy categorisation take pride of place at Independent 20th Century

The fair, which spotlights art from the previous century, is showing overlooked women Modernists as well as boundary-pushing painters and sculptors

'Some works we have to sit with': Charles Shoener and Eric Richter on committing to a difficult Arthur Jafa work

The Manhattan- and Maine-based collectors discuss some of their beloved works and the shows they are excited to see in New York this month

Smithsonian leader asserts ‘authority over our programming’ in letters to staff and Trump White House

Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian’s secretary, wrote in a staff letter and another addressed to the White House that the institution will continue its internal review

Prizesnews

Writers for The Oklahoman, First American Art Magazine and others win $50,000 Rabkin Prizes

This year’s leading prize for US art writers also honours The Art Newspaper contributor Nicole Martinez

Public artpreview

From the streets to the parks and beyond: the pick of this season's public art in New York

This season’s bounty of outdoor art includes bronze gates near City Hall, a layered sound installation in Brooklyn Bridge Park and a mural honouring graffiti history at MoMA PS1