Art Industry News: Gagosian Invites Gary Garrels, Who Left SFMOMA Amid a Staff Revolt, to Curate a Major Show of Abstract Art + Other Stories

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Art Industry News: Gagosian Invites Gary Garrels, Who Left SFMOMA Amid a Staff Revolt, to Curate a Major Show of Abstract Art + Other Stories

Plus, Welsh police seized a Banksy artwork worth $260,000 and Otobong Nkanga has joined the fold at Lisson Gallery.

By Artnet News, Mar 8, 2023

On View

Bay Area Artist Joan Brown Painted a Deeply Personal and Mythical World. Now a New Exhibition Sets Her Up for a Major Rediscovery

Eighty of Brown's idiosyncratic artworks are on view at SFMOMA, her first retrospective in over two decades.

By Katie White, Mar 8, 2023

Archaeology

Using a Groundbreaking Technology, Scientists Have Uncovered a Hidden Tunnel Beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza

There's more to the Great Pyramid than meets the eye.

By Artnet News, Mar 8, 2023

People

How French-Caribbean Artist Julien Creuzet Uses Creole Hymns and Digital Avatars to Retrace African Ancestry

He is set to represent France at the Venice Biennale in 2024.

By Anna Sansom, Mar 8, 2023

The Gray Market

New York’s New Art Map: What 9 Years of Data About Gallery Openings Reveal About the Shifting Geography of Cool

Which neighborhoods are rising—and which have dramatically fallen from grace (with charts!).

By Tim Schneider, Mar 8, 2023

Politics

Artists Decry an Idaho College’s ‘Alarming’ Removal of Artworks Centered on Reproductive Rights From a Group Show on Healthcare

The college has cited Idaho Code Section 18-8705 as reason for removing the artworks.

By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 7, 2023

People

David Chipperfield, One of the Art World’s Favorite Architects, Just Won the 2023 Pritzker Prize. Here’s a Look at His 7 Most Famous Museums

The British architect's completed buildings span four decades and number over 100.

By Lee Carter, Mar 7, 2023

Museums

An Indiana University’s Faculty Have Voted to Halt Its Controversial Plan to Deaccession Three Masterpieces Worth Over $20 Million

The vote came just one day after the Association of Art Museum Directors threatened to sanction the museum if the sale went ahead.

By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 7, 2023

Gallery Network

7 Questions for Dealer Antonio de la Guardia on Building a ‘Bright’ Market for Latin American Art Around the World

Eschewing the traditional white cube and exhibition rotations, the gallery has taken an innovative approach to its space and engagement of its clientele.

By Artnet Gallery Network, Mar 7, 2023

Museums

The Pope Has Put a Horse, a Bearded Man, and a Boy—All Marble Fragments Looted From the Parthenon—on a Trip Back to Greece

The Vatican is calling the restitution a "donation."

By Min Chen, Mar 7, 2023

Studio Visit

Studio Museum Resident Jeffrey Meris on Why His Car ‘Betsy White’ Is an Extension of His Studio, and the Waterjet He Couldn’t Work Without

His work will be on view in "Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation" opening at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art on March 12.

By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 7, 2023

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