Benjamin Sutton
Support for controversial Lacma expansion and a new Dred Scott museum: first round of $24.7m US federal culture grants announced
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded 208 grants for projects in most states, Washington, DC, Guam and Canada
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the last chance to see Etal Adnan at the Guggenheim to a dynamic group exhibition at Nicola Vassell
New US stamp pays tribute to Edmonia Lewis, celebrated Black and Ojibwe sculptor of the 19th century
The new stamp will be unveiled at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which houses what is likely Lewis’s most famous extant work
Researchers train AI to attribute paintings based on detailed brushstroke analysis
A project led by scientists at Case Western Reserve University uses machine learning to identify a distinctive ‘fingerprint’ in each artist’s way of applying paint
US museums close or reduce capacity as Omicron variant causes surge in Covid-19 cases
The Metropolitan Museum will stay opened at reduced capacity, while others like the Yale University Art Gallery and the Baltimore Museum of Art close temporarily
Utah museum acquires works by Japanese American artist Chiura Obata made in internment camp
Obata was incarcerated at the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah during the Second World War; now 35 of his works have been acquired by the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Nelson-Atkins Museum acquires one of the earliest daguerreotype portraits made in the US
The 1840 profile portrait is part of a collection of early photographic works by Henry Fitz Jr. that is joining the Kansas City museum’s holdings
Hundreds call for reckoning with American artist Thomas Eakins’s troubling legacy
Eakins, who is celebrated far and wide in his native Philadelphia, was embroiled in controversy during his lifetime and made disturbing photos of young girls
Sotheby’s owner Patrick Drahi reportedly considering taking auction house public
Drahi bought Sotheby’s less than three years ago, took it private and began implementing a series of cost-cutting measures
Title and travel plans of Simone Leigh’s US pavilion at the Venice Biennale revealed
In addition to her trademark large-scale sculptures, Leigh’s presentation includes a range of scholarly and educational projects on both sides of the Atlantic
Confederate statue at centre of deadly Virginia rally will be melted down to make new monument
The city council in Charlottesville, Virginia, chose to give the controversial work to a local organisation over proposals to relocate it to Texas, California or other distant sites
In pictures: Boca Raton curator Kathleen Goncharov picks her favourite works from Art Basel in Miami Beach
From new discoveries to old friends, our expert eye selects works not to miss at the fair
‘Often we consider Blackness as a monolith’: Pérez museum presents global Black identity in all its diversity
Exhibition of features contemporary works by more than 30 artists from Africa and the African diaspora from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection
Lawrence Weiner, conceptual artist known for large and poetic text interventions, has died, aged 79
The artist’s trademark interventions, often consisting of graphic elements and enigmatic phrases, are among the most distinctive bodies of work in contemporary art
Miami Beach residents vote to acquire Farah Al Qasimi works for public art collection
As part of its Legacy Purchase Program, the city purchased two photographs and a wallpaper from the artist’s solo booth with Helena Anrather’s at Art Basel in Miami Beach
Cuban artists shine a light on state repression
Amid calls to boycott the Havana Biennial, artists and dealers are using Miami Art Week as a bullhorn
Art goes offshore for Stiltsville show
Half Gallery show heads out to Biscayne Bay's celebrated nautical settlement
In pictures: large-scale art comes to life in Meridians at Art Basel in Miami Beach
Curator Magalí Arriola walked us through some of her favourite pieces in the fair sector
Naama Tsabar: ‘Shoes are kind of an underdog’
Footwear with metronomes and singing walls are all part of the fun at the artist’s new show
‘Fearless Girl’ sculptor mints NFTs to cover legal fees in rights dispute
A lawsuit between Kristen Visbal and State Street Global Advisors over rights to the viral statue has dragged on for nearly three years
'Jack found a rocking chair for me and we talked about his baby ducks for 45 minutes': rising sculptor Rose B. Simpson joins Jack Shainman Gallery
The signing of the artist, who will continue to be represented by Jessica Silverman in San Francisco, comes at a time of increasing—and overdue—recognition of Indigenous artists within the US art world
Miami Beach artist Charo Oquet wins Bass Museum commission for temporary monument
The commission, the second in the Bass’s ‘New Monuments’ series, will be installed in Collins Park in spring 2022
Macklowe collection auction brings $676.1m, the highest sale total in Sotheby’s history
Bidders from Asia snapped up the sale’s two biggest lots, trophy works by Giacometti and Rothko