The Back Room: Paris Goes Boom
This week: Paris+ gets in the game, Gilbert and George get anti-woke, a trustee gets auction-y, and much more.
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This week: Paris+ gets in the game, Gilbert and George get anti-woke, a trustee gets auction-y, and much more.
There's a lot to see at the new event. Here are seven picks not to miss, from a dystopian dog video to early works by Robert Ryman.
Plans are afoot for a new privately funded contemporary art institution to open in Amsterdam under the auspices of the Hartwig Art Foundation, and though the first sledgehammer has not been swung nor the first brick laid, the foundation has already named the museum’s chief. The Art Newspaper reports that Beatrix Ruf, the onetime director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, will lead the fledgling institution from its inception. Ruf ended her tenure at the Stedelijk in 2017 amid concerns (later disproven) of a conflict of interest regarding her advice to collectors loaning works to the museum....
Art news for Oct. 19, 2022: Just Stop Oil on why they attack art, Galerie König shuts Vienna space, King Charles's art spikes in value, more.
The arrival of Paris+ as a major international competitor on the art fair circuit pointed to a revival of French capital's art market status.