Happy new year! Here is the latest selection of arts news that caught my eye recently:

The Herzog & de Meuron-designed Pérez Art Museum Miami is now open, and isn’t shy to show off its setting.

The directors of two of Sydney’s iconic arts institutions discussed the necessary evils of private and corporate philanthropy.

Sydney commercial gallery Breenspace closes its doors after seven years.

Tacita Dean advocates the continuing importance of film as a medium in parallel to digital photographic technologies on the occasion of her recent exhibition at ACCA, Melbourne.

Curator Glenn Barkley demystifies the museum visit for those hesitant about what to do once you’re inside the white cube!

New York Times art critic Roberta Smith was unimpressed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ‘Jewels by JAR’ exhibition featuring the baubles of the rich and famous.