Benjamin Sutton

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

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Pérez Art Museum Miami receives $25m donation from its namesake benefactor

Jorge Pérez, who gave the museum $35m in 2013, is renewing his support

With a new name and building, Pittsburgh’s Institute for Contemporary Art takes on a more ambitious mandate

Formerly the Miller ICA, Carnegie Mellon University’s contemporary art gallery will more than double its space when new facility opens in 2027

Protesters calling for ceasefire in Gaza take over base of the Statue of Liberty

Hundreds of protesters affiliated with the group Jewish Voice for Peace staged a sit-in at the National Park Service site

Museums around the world wonder how—or if—to respond to Israel-Hamas war

Many cultural institutions have remained silent about the ongoing crisis

Gareth Harris. with additional reporting by Benjamin Sutton and Stéphane Renault

Dorothea Lange survey reveals how studio apprenticeships influenced how she later approached documentary photography

An exhibition at the National Gallery in Washington, DC, examines five decades of the pioneering photographer’s portraits

California police officer took bribes from Colombian art dealer for years in exchange for immigration help

A former police officer in California has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes over the course of seven years from an unnamed Colombian gallerist

Prizesnews

Dia Art Foundation launches $75,000 art award named for late artist Sam Gilliam

The prize, made possible by a gift from Gilliam’s estate, will be given out annually for ten years starting in 2024

New Alabama sculpture park will feature contemporary art and a national monument to freedom from slavery

In addition to a monument to the four million enslaved Black people freed at the end of the US Civil War, the Equal Justice Initiative’s new park will host works by Wangechi Mutu, Alison Saar, Kehinde Wiley and others

Egon Schiele works recently restituted to Holocaust victim's heirs head to auction

Christie’s will offer six of the seven pieces by Schiele that were restituted to heirs of Fritz Grünbaum last month during its November sales in New York

Prizesnews

Nigerian Belgian artist Otobong Nkanga wins $100,000 Nasher Prize for sculpture

The Belgium-based artist, whose works span sculpture, textile, installation and performance, is the eighth artist to win the prize bestowed by the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas

Metropolitan Museum returns two sculptures to Nepal

The artworks include an 11th-century stone sculpture donated by a relative of a longtime curator of Asian art at the Met

Metropolitan Museum to transform its largest retail space into a gallery

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

Federally funded museums in the US brace for government shutdown

The Smithsonian Institution and National Gallery of Art are making plans for continuing operations amid a government shutdown that appears increasingly likely

Canadian Museum of History acquires artist’s memorial to victims of the country’s residential schools

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

Marisol, the once popular Pop artist, is back in the spotlight in major travelling show

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

Hobby Lobby’s lawsuit against papyrus scholar changes venues

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

Top art schools in India, UAE, UK and US join initiative to support student-led climate solutions

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

US authorities return seven Schiele works to heirs of cabaret performer murdered by the Nazis

The seven drawings, seized from public and private collections throughout the US, are collectively valued at nearly $10m

Prizesnews

Artists Kevin Beasley and Roberto Lugo win Heinz Awards, receiving $250,000 each

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

Climate protestors call for removal of MoMA’s board chair over ties to fossil fuel industry

After a protest in front of the museum’s main entrance, 16 activists were arrested after further actions inside the museum

Allegedly Nazi-looted Egon Schiele works valued at nearly $4m are seized at US museums

The Manhattan District Attorney’s office ordered the seizure of works at the Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Museums and Allen Memorial Art Museum

US authorities return 33 looted antiquities to Cambodia

The artefacts belonged to the late collector George Lindemann and were turned over to authorities voluntarily by his family

Mexico’s Sfer Ik launches $100,000 award to support creation of AI art project

The Tulum-based art space is putting out an open call, with the winner receiving cash and a two-month residency

Korean emerging artists to watch at Frieze Seoul and Kiaf

From Boschian epics and BDSM hardware to understated sculptures and irreverent paintings, a new generation of Korean artists is making a splash

'I buy from the heart and using my own eyes': Everette Taylor on trusting his tastes and instincts

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"

9/11news

Final piece in the Ground Zero puzzle

World Trade Center’s new $500m arts venue, the Perelman Performing Arts Center, opens in September with performances by Laurie Anderson and others

Ten exhibitions to see in New York City this autumn

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

Climate activist smears pink paint on Tom Thomson canvas at National Gallery of Canada

A man was arrested following the action, which was organised by the Canadian activist group On2Ottawa

Ambitious Colorado exhibition puts the 'culture' in 'agriculture'

An exhibition co-organised by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and the Longmont Museum pairs contemporary artists with farms