Thomas Eggerer on Monika Baer
“Negation is the starting point of a complex and opulent process.” …
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Video | The Met Breuer
Artforum’s Julian Rose narrates this video portrait of the new Met Breuer. Formerly the Whitney Museum of American Art, this 1966 building—restored and leased by the Metropolitan Museum for the next eight years—offers visitors a chance to experience a classic modernist museum that has remained essentially unchanged. To read Rose … READ ON
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4/3/16
Erwin Wurm to Represent Austria at 2017 Venice Biennale4/1/16
Hedi Slimane, Creative Director at Yves Saint Laurent, Leaves- Security Heightened at Italian Cultural Sites in Wake of Brussels Attacks
- Former Managing Director of Centre Pompidou Agnès Saal Pleads Guilty to Squandering of Public Funds
- Artist Ibrahim Mahama Countersues Dealers Stefan Simchowitz and Jonathan Ellis King
3/31/16
Zaha Hadid (1950–2016)- Elisabeth Murdoch Creates $150,000 Prize for Women Artists in Midcareer
- University of Denver Receives $10 Million in Art
3/30/16
Getty Foundation Awards $8.45 Million In Grants for Pacific Standard Time- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Appoints New Associate Film Curator
- Charlie Hebdo Addresses Brussels Attacks
- Charges Against Russian Performance Artist Pyotr Pavlensky Changed from Vandalism to Cultural Heritage Damage
- Idris Khan Wins Competition to Design a Public Monument in Abu Dhabi
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to Open New Contemporary Art Space
- Huntington Institute to Build New American Art Wing
3/29/16
LACMA Adds Three Members to Its Board- Yale Wins Supreme Court Battle Over Van Gogh Painting
- Untitled Art Fair to Launch San Francisco Edition
- Redesign of Dartmouth’s Hood Museum Sparks Controversy
- Palmyra Emerges from ISIS Grasp with Some Heritage Sites in Good Condition
3/28/16
Prospect New Orleans Announces Dates and Artistic Director’s Council for Fourth Edition- Nina Zimmer Named Director of Two Swiss Museums
- German Collector to Open Exhibition Space in Berlin
- Wadsworth Atheneum Announces New Director of Education
3/25/16
Oslo Approves Construction of Munch Museum- Scott Indrisek and Rachel Corbett Named New Editor-in-Chief and Executive Editor at Modern Painters
- Shanghai Project Announces Hans Ulrich Obrist and Yongwoo Lee as Its Artistic Codirectors
3/24/16
Vincenzo de Bellis and Adrienne Edwards Join Walker Art Center- Art Institute of Chicago Names Ann Goldstein Deputy Director and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
- Cuban Artist Kcho Partners with Google to Bring Cubans High-Speed Internet
- Ellsworth Kelly and Yo-Yo Ma Receive J. Paul Getty Medals
3/23/16
Park Avenue Armory to Present Martin Creed’s First Comprehensive US Survey- The Fifth Edition of Moscow’s Biennale for Young Art Reveals Participants
- Art Basel Launches New Initiative to Develop Cultural Events in Various Cities
- Judge Dismisses Accused Rapist’s Suit Against Columbia Professor Who Advised Emma Sulkowicz on Mattress Project
- Art Historians and Archaeologists Stage Two Days of Protests Against Italy’s Recent Cultural Reforms
- Bozar Museum in Brussels Reopens in Wake of Terrorist Attacks
- The American Academy of Arts and Letters Announces Winners of Awards in Art
- The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Names New Director
- Dealers Anton Kern and Andrew Kreps to Open Joint Gallery in San Francisco
- Turkish Research Group to Publish Legal Manual for Museums and Artists Fighting Censorship
3/22/16
Brussels Museums Shut Down After City’s Terrorist Attacks3/21/16
2016 Los Angeles Artadia Awardees Announced- The Hepworth Wakefield Announces Shortlist and Judges for UK’s First Sculpture Prize
- Dhaka Art Summit Founders to Establish First Contemporary Art Center in Bangladesh
- Dissident Street Artist Among People Imprisoned After Protest in Havana
- New Private Contemporary Art Museum to Open in Brussels
3/18/16
Mellon Foundation Gives $3 Million Challenge Grant for Art Conservation to Guggenheim Museum- Maggie Nelson Receives National Book Critics Circle Award for The Argonauts
- Rem Koolhaas’s OMA Studio Selected to Create Arts Space for Dubai’s Alserkal Avenue
- Karma Moves from East Village to Lower East Side
- German Museum Raising Money to Buy Back Stolen Kirchner
- Two Buildings on Fifth Avenue Will be Sold by National Academy
3/17/16
Mellon Foundation Gives National Gallery of Art $30 Million Challenge Grant- Sarah Suzuki Promoted to Curator in NY MoMA’s Department of Drawings and Prints
- Nevada Museum of Art Receives $1.5 Million Endowment
- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Receives 140 Ink Paintings from Japan’s Edo Period
3/16/16
Qatari Poet Receives Royal Pardon After Five Years in Prison- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards Inaugural Prize for Creativity to Gideon Mendel
- New Experimental School Founded on Black Mountain College Campus
- Thirteen Arrested in Italian Art Heist, Over $15 Million in Artworks Recovered
- Russia’s Deputy Culture Minister Detained After Embezzlement Charges
- Porters Stand Trial for Stealing Thousands of Objects from Auction House Drouot
- Guggenheim Adds Francesca Lavazza to Board of Trustees
- US Federal Agents Confiscate Illicit Antiquity from Asia Week Celebrations
- Russia’s Hermitage Museum Forges New Ties With Iran
- Jeffrey Deitch to Move Back into Former Manhattan Space
3/15/16
Anita Brookner (1928–2016)- After Controversy, Musée d’Orsay President Reappointed to Post for Shortened Term
- Pakistan Announces Nation’s First Biennale
3/14/16
Goethe-Institut Director Killed in Ivory Coast Terrorist Attack- New York Trial Date Set and New Details Emerge in Picasso Sculpture Dispute
- Five Francis Bacon Paintings Stolen from Collector’s Home
- Curator for 2017 Lyon Biennale Announced
3/11/16
Gagosian Opens New Space in San Francisco- DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Announces Artists for 2016 Biennial
- Aegean Airlines Sponsors Documenta 14 and Announces Direct Flights between Athens and Kassel
- BP Cuts Off Tate Funding After Twenty-Six Years
- Elmgreen & Dragset Will Bring Giant Swimming Pool to Manhattan as Public Art Fund Artwork
3/10/16
Krist Gruijthuijsen Named Director of KW Institute for Contemporary Art- Qatar Pulls Back on Cultural Spending, Cutting 240 Employees at Qatar Museums
- University of Iowa Cancels Partnership with Private Donors Funding Construction of New Art Museum
3/9/16
Minneapolis Institute of Art Adds New Curator of Contemporary Art- Canada’s 2016 Governor General’s Awards Announced
- Harvard Art Museums Names Martha Tedeschi the New Director
- Marc-Olivier Wahler to Direct Broad Art Museum at MSU
- Galleries Expose Pressure From Museums to Fund Shows
- Musée D’Orsay President Defends His Record after Curators Anonymously Contact Le Monde
- Jesse Jones to Represent Ireland at 2017 Venice Biennale
- Team Gallery Closes Second New York Space
- Philanthropist Adrian Cheng Joins Public Art Fund Board
3/8/16
Unidentified Assailants Fire Shots at Berlin’s Museum Dedicated to LGBT History and Culture- Creative Director of Barneys New York Joins SculptureCenter’s Board
- Stan Douglas Wins 2016 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography
- Philipp Kaiser to Curate Swiss Pavilion at 2017 Venice Biennale
- Emmanuel Perrotin to Open Seoul Outpost
- Hepworth Wakefield Receives Gift of 400 Works
3/7/16
Fred Holland (1951–2016)- Robert Redbird (1939–2016)
- Protest Grows Against London V&A’s Transfer of Photography Collection from Museum in Yorkshire
- Tamuna Sirbiladze (1971–2016)
3/6/16
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Cheryl Donegan speaks with artforum.com
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