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Hauser & Wirth Partner Leaves To Start An Artist Management Agency

After 16 years helping build one of the most powerful galleries in the world, Cristopher Canizares is stepping away from Hauser & Wirth to try something the art market still hasn’t quite figured out how to define: an artist management agency. - ARTnews

One Of America’s Best Minimalist Art Collections Is Sitting In An Old Philadelphia Rowhouse

The collection, and the home near Rittenhouse Square, belonged to Henry McNeil Jr. (son of Tylenol magnate Henry Slack McNeil), who died last July at 81. There are works by Sol LeWitt, Carl Andre, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, and others; there’s even a Picasso print in the bathroom. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

Zurich Transfers Ownership Of All Its Benin Bronzes To Nigeria

Two of the 11 pieces have been sent back to Nigeria; the other nine will remain at Zurich’s Museum Rietberg on loan. - ARTnews

Brooklyn Museum Plans New $13 Million Galleries For African Art

“The institution’s new Arts of Africa galleries, … a 6,400-square-foot home for its 4,500-piece African art collection, … will open in Fall 2027, presenting 300 African artworks dating from antiquity through today, installed throughout the museum’s third floor.” - Artnet

Report: Most Galleries Are Now Using AI

According to the AI in Galleries report by the art industry network First Thursday, 84 percent of galleries surveyed say they are using AI tools in their daily work. Yet only 8 percent have a formal policy governing how those tools should be used. - ARTnews

Czech Culture Minister Fires Director Of National Gallery

“Within the Czech Republic, the dismissal has been viewed by some as a politically motivated gesture. (Alicja) Knast took up the position in 2021, having been appointed to the role by … a Social Democrat. … (Otto) Klempíř, a member of the right-wing Motorists party, became culture minister last year.” - ARTnews

Preservation Groups File Lawsuit Against Closing Of The Kennedy Center

The lawsuit seeks to have the White House and the Kennedy Center board comply with existing historic preservation laws and secure Congress' approval before moving ahead with the renovations. - NPR

This Year’s Whitney Biennial: No Challenges

I got the sense that the Whitney Biennial is hiding from the world today instead of reflecting on it. - Hyperallergic

A Bastardized Classical Architecture For America’s 250th

One of the White House’s most compelling features has always been its domestic scale and ornamentation. In a city where architectural bombast has often been favored over architectural quality, the White House has stood apart for its grace and modesty.  - Chicago Tribune

Inside The New New Museum

“The seven story addition introduces three levels of gallery space that plug directly into existing floors. Not only does this create much needed airflow, it allows the museum to remain open during exhibition turnover.” - The Guardian (UK)

When A Sports Venue Demands Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars From Governments, We Need To Know About Its Architecture

“The Moda Center has always been a candidate for upgraded design. Which is to say nothing of the 30-acre Rose Quarter property the arena is part of: an unequivocal urban-planning disaster. … The Rose Quarter needs radical reconstructive surgery even more than the arena.” - Oregon ArtsWatch

Trump Has Columbus Status Installed On The White House Grounds

It’s “is a replica of one that protesters in Baltimore tore down and dumped into the city’s Inner Harbor in the summer of 2020. The statue’s marble pieces were retrieved from the harbor, and a Maryland artist used them to guide the creation of the replica." - The New York Times

Israel May Be Considering Banning Artist Rama Duwaji, First Lady Of New York

“The ministry reportedly took issue with Duwaji’s animation Eyes on Jenin (2025), a work that linked police brutality against pro-Palestinian protesters to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.” - Hyperallergic

The Navy Veteran Who Titles His Paintings After Octavia Butler And Dostoyevsky

“'You do four years in the Navy, and you see a lot of blue water,’ said Price, standing in his studio in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.” - The New York Times

The Art Detective Who Follows Clues To Stolen Paintings In A Shadowy, Underground Ecosystem

“One afternoon, Brand says he opened his door and found a blue IKEA bag on his doorstep. Inside, he says, was a pillow soaked in blood. Wrapped within it was the missing Van Gogh.” - NPR

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