TWO DEPARTURES DIMINISH LAS VEGAS ART SCENE

Naomi Arin Contemporary Art is shutting its doors on June 30 and heading for Laguna Beach, California, reports Artinfo via the Las Vegas Sun. Arin cites a lack of attendance at her exhibitions as the primary reason. Polly Apfelbaum’s show “Black Vegas and Fool’s Gold” will be the last. Meanwhile, Beate Kirmse, the executive director of Las Vegas’s Contemporary Arts Center, has announced plans to resign on May 31 in order to head to California and start her own gallery. Both these departures come on the heels of the recent closing of the Las Vegas Art Museum, as well as the withdrawal of a proposal to build a museum on East Fremont Street by the Finnish businessman and art collector Poju Zabludowicz.