
Benjamin Sutton
Benjamin Sutton is the Editor, Americas of The Art Newspaper.
Mako Komuro, a former member of Japan’s imperial family, is reportedly volunteering her time to help with a forthcoming exhibition of hanging scroll paintings
Francis Hines was a well-known artist most famous for wrapping the Washington Square Park arch in fabric, but after he died in relative obscurity, in 2016, his work was nearly lost forever
The foundation’s grants will be distributed through partnerships with PEN America and the World Monuments Fund
Plus, the exhibition Afro-Atlantic Histories opens in Washington and Raphael's late self-portrait at London's National Gallery
From Walid Raad at Paula Cooper Gallery to Daniel Lie at the New Museum
The latest iteration of the Whitney Museum's closely-watched exhibition is structured around a contrast between light and dark, but a few motifs provide alternate ways of navigating the massive show
Fleming succeeds the Getty’s longtime leader James Cuno, who is retiring this summer
From Robert Irwin at Pace to Barkley L. Hendricks at Jack Shainman
Aliza Wong, a professor and scholar who has written extensively about modern Italian history and culture, will take the reins in July
The two-metre-tall statue, which the museum acquired for $2.5m in 1986, was allegedly excavated illegally in the 1970s
The new additions to the Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios reflect an effort to add greater diversity to the network of sites
The removals are the result of a mutual agreement between the museum and the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation
The massive ‘Stan’ skeleton is one of two major scientific discoveries destined for the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island
Research published by forensic archaeologist Christos Tsirogiannis suggests the brilliant fresco fragment may have been illegally excavated near Pompeii
From Hollis Sigler at Andrew Kreps to James Turrell’s ode to Ad Reinhardt at Pace
New York mayor Eric Adams has allegedly selected Cumbo, founder of Brooklyn’s Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, to lead the largest municipal arts department in the US
The museum, founded by the late Noah Davis and his wife, the artist Karon Davis, announced the sudden closure in a statement that offered few specifics but alluded to inner turmoil
The committee, established in 1958, advises the president on pressing issues in the arts and how federal policies can help shape them
Museums in the UK, France, Austria and Spain recalled their works, effectively postponing the Moscow Kremlin Museums exhibition indefinitely
From Michael Heizer at Gagosian to Frédéric Bruly Bouabré at the Museum of Modern Art
With Covid-19 cases down sharply from January’s peak, art institutions from the Smithsonian to the Seattle Art Museum are no longer requiring visitors to mask up
On the occasion of Women’s History Month, a show of large-scale public art curated by Nadya Tolokonnikova is taking over advertising spaces across the US
Newly announced funding for the Studio Museum in Harlem and Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute follow 2021 grants to small nonprofits in Chicago, British Columbia and Hong Kong
The decision, the latest (and possibly last) in a legal saga that stretches back to 2015, upholds a 2021 decision in the auction house’s favour
Museums and institutes devoted to Ukraine and its diaspora are experiencing a surge of support and interest brought on by war in the homeland
The partnership between a Bay Area nonprofit and a museum in Kyiv began shortly before the Russian invasion has taken on new urgency in the days since
From Danica Lundy's disquieting tableaux of teenage angst to Claudette Schreuders's introspective doubles
The large-scale video projection coincides with the opening of Cave’s major solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, which will then travel to the Guggenheim in New York
The aerospace-grade aluminium plate will be sent to space later this year, but earthbound collectors can partake of the journey thanks to line of exclusive NFTs
The building, just a few blocks from the museum, will be renovated and used as a permanent home for the Whitney’s Independent Study Program