
Benjamin Sutton
Benjamin Sutton is the Editor, Americas of The Art Newspaper.
The Met’s main store, just off its great hall, will be relocated to ground level, in part to accommodate the museum’s hugely popular Costume Institute exhibitions
The Smithsonian Institution and National Gallery of Art are making plans for continuing operations amid a government shutdown that appears increasingly likely
Stanley C. Hunt’s memorial monument features carvings of 130 faces, representing Indigenous children whose remains were found in unmarked graves near a school site
A retrospective opening at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts gives overdue attention to the work of the Venezuelan American who graced fashion magazine covers in the 1960s before fading away from the limelight
The company’s case against Oxford-based American papyrist Dirk D. Obbink revolves around ancient papyrus fragments it purchased for its Washington, DC institution, the Museum of the Bible
Students of the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation, National Institute of Design Ahmedabad, the Royal College of Art and Rhode Island School of Design will compete for funding and mentorship
The seven drawings, seized from public and private collections throughout the US, are collectively valued at nearly $10m
Beasley and Lugo—best known for their sculptures made of, respectively, textiles cast in resin and ceramics—are among the six honorees in the awards’ 28th edition
After a protest in front of the museum’s main entrance, 16 activists were arrested after further actions inside the museum
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office ordered the seizure of works at the Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Museums and Allen Memorial Art Museum
The artefacts belonged to the late collector George Lindemann and were turned over to authorities voluntarily by his family
The mega-fair will have slightly fewer exhibitors than it did in 2022
The Tulum-based art space is putting out an open call, with the winner receiving cash and a two-month residency
From Boschian epics and BDSM hardware to understated sculptures and irreverent paintings, a new generation of Korean artists is making a splash
The Korean artist collective ikkibawiKrrr offered fair-goers a salty sampling of the sea water from Jeju Island
The chief executive of Kickstarter has built a formidable collection of works by artists of colour, all the while remaining mindfull of his wall space—"I want to live with my art"
World Trade Center’s new $500m arts venue, the Perelman Performing Arts Center, opens in September with performances by Laurie Anderson and others
From large-scale surveys of Judy Chicago and Ed Ruscha, to showcases of Barkley L. Hendricks’s portraits, Ruth Asawa’s works on paper, Shary Boyle’s surreal ceramics, Korean experimental art and more
A man was arrested following the action, which was organised by the Canadian activist group On2Ottawa
An exhibition co-organised by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and the Longmont Museum pairs contemporary artists with farms
The bustling station’s future hangs in the balance of political jockeying, but in the meantime it is hosting two new art installations
The museum says its new building, which stretches across Wilshire Boulevard, is now 65% complete
Michael Barzman will pay a fine, do community service and be on probation for his role in the forgery scandal
Six of the eight allegedly looted objects were donated to the museum by Emma C. Bunker, an associate of smuggler Douglas Latchford
The partnership will begin during Frieze Seoul in September, with a project by the Korean collective ikkibawiKrrr about the famed women divers of Jeju Island
The initiative, which initially was intended to award $10m total in grants, will now give out $15m for ecological projects at art non-profits
A panel of judges found that the lawsuit, over what Costner claims is the third-largest bronze sculpture in the world, had been erroneously dismissed
Madrid-based Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos was selected from a shortlist of six firms vying to transform the Texan museum
A Republican state senator is taking Jersey City’s mayor and New Jersey’s governor to task over the delayed museum project
The organisation was the only non-profit in north Texas devoted to photography