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
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
New satellite fair will bring 26 exhibitors to Santa Monica during Frieze Los Angeles
Post-Fair will take place in an Art Deco former post office building in downtown Santa Monica, a short drive from Frieze
SFMoMA fires contemporary art curator Eungie Joo amid misconduct allegations
Joo had joined the museum in 2017 as its first contemporary art curator and most recently organised an ambitious project by Kara Walker
Robert Smithson’s famed Land art piece Spiral Jetty added to US National Register of Historic Places
The 1,500ft-long, coiling earthwork in Utah’s Great Salt Lake is arguably the best known example of Land art
Lorraine O’Grady, conceptual artist who dissected language and dualities, has died, aged 90
O’Grady, who devoted herself to art in her early forties, spent the ensuing decades making incisive works that spanned photography, collage, performance and more
Polychrome 17th-century statue that was stolen from a church in 2007 is returned to Mexico
The artefact had been recovered from a US gallery in 2017, but since then its status was a mystery
President Biden establishes national monument acknowledging history of forced assimilation at Native American boarding schools
The monument, at the site of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, will ensure nobody forgets one of the “most horrific chapters in American history”, Biden said
Metropolitan Museum reveals design for new $550m wing for Modern and contemporary art
Designs for the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing, conceived by the architect Frida Escobedo, show a stepped exterior of latticed limestone
MoMA PS1 receives $1m gift from trailblazing collector’s foundation
The gift to the New York contemporary art centre from the organisation named after David Teiger will help to fund an upcoming exhibition programme
‘Breathe in the air and go to the beach’: Karla Harwich shares her Miami tips and latest acquisitions
The Miami native and El Museo del Barrio board chair reflects on the works that got away and her family favourite Miami meals