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Tess Jaray, Painter of Architectural Abstractions, Dies at 88
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (654+ words) Artforum Tess Jaray, Painter of Architectural Abstractions, Dies at 88 British painter, printmaker, and educator Tess Jaray, whose spare geometric abstractions investigated notions of pictorial and architectural space, died on May 24. She was eighty-eight. The first female professor at London's Slade…...
Krakow's MOCAK Sacks Director Adam Budak, Angering Artists
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (351+ words) Artforum Krakow's MOCAK Sacks Director Adam Budak, Angering Artists The City of Krakow on May 16 announced that its mayor, Aleksander Miszalski, had dismissed Adam Budak as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK), igniting a strong response…...
New York's Neue Gallery to Merge with Metropolitan Museum of Art
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (255+ words) Artforum New York's Neue Gallery to Merge with Metropolitan Museum of Art The Ronald Lauder'owned Neue Galerie, the private New York museum known for its deep collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century German and Austrian art, is set to merge with…...
Wyeth-Centric Brandywine Museum Will Be Transformed by Kengo Kuma & Associates
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (232+ words) Artforum Wyeth-Centric Brandywine Museum Will Be Transformed by Kengo Kuma & Associates The Tokyo-based architecture firm Kengo Kuma & Associates has been chosen to design a new, approximately $100 million project for the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art in rural Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania,…...
Leaky Berlin Modern Museum's Opening Delayed Until 2030
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (262+ words) The construction of the Berlin Modern Museum, a planned extension of the Neue Nationalgalerie, has been delayed until 2030, Monopol reports. The postponement is due to significant moisture damage found in the foundation, floors, roof coverings and exterior walls which comprise…...
Trump Unveils Design for Monster Arch That Would Dwarf Lincoln Memorial
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (339+ words) Artforum Trump Unveils Design for Monster Arch That Would Dwarf Lincoln Memorial The administration of President Donald Trump has revealed a plan for a proposed triumphal arch that would occupy a traffic circle between Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln…...
The Met Hires Star Photography Curator for the Museum's New Wing
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (45+ words) Artforum The Met's Tang Wing, scheduled to open in 2030, is being designed by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo'the first woman to design a new wing in the Met's history. You may also like...
Kengo Kuma Architects Chosen to Design New Wing of London's National Gallery
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (324+ words) Artforum Kengo Kuma Architects Chosen to Design New Wing of London's National Gallery Tokyo-based architecture and design firm Kengo Kuma and Associates has been selected to design a new, major extension to the National Gallery in London, beating out sixty-four…...
The Brooklyn Museum is Building a New Home for Its African Art Collection
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (239+ words) Artforum The Brooklyn Museum is Building a New Home for Its African Art Collection The Brooklyn Museum will undergo the development of a $13 million, 6, 400 square foot exhibition space to house and reimagine its collection of African art, Hyperallergic reports. The…...
Beijing's UCCA Announces New Guangzhou Outpost
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (268+ words) Artforum Beijing's UCCA Announces New Guangzhou Outpost Per a press release, Beijing's Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) has announced that it will open a new outpost in Guangzhou'this will be the first ancillary location for the institution to be…...