Portrait of Evelyn Lin. Photo Akira Yamada, Courtesy Pace Gallery. Evelyn Lin, a key figure in the world of auction houses, will leave that sphere for Pace Gallery, where she will serve as president of Greater China. She will oversee sales, business development, and artist engagement at the mega-gallery’s Hong Kong and Beijing locations. Lin …
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PARIS, FRANCE – APRIL 15: Smoke and flames rise from Notre-Dame Cathedral on April 15, 2019 in Paris, France. A fire broke out on Monday afternoon and quickly spread across the building, collapsing the spire. The cause is yet unknown but officials said it was possibly linked to ongoing renovation work. (Photo by Veronique de …
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Glenn Lowry. Getty Images Glenn Lowry, the director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, will step down from his post in 2025, bringing to a close a 30-year tenure that will have made him the longest-serving leader in the institution’s history. He has held the top post since 1995. When it was revealed in …
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The ancient Celtic helmet found at the Łysa Góra site in Poland thought to date back to the 4th century BCE. Kaczyński/Państwowe Muzeum Archeologiczne A Celtic helmet that archaeologists believe is around 2,400 years old has been discovered in Poland. Described by its finders as “very rare,” the helmet was unearthed at the Łysa Góra …
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The Museum of Modern Art. Photo Corbis Miguel J. Rodríguez Carrillo/VIEWpress via Getty Images New York’s Museum of Modern Art is set to enter a new era next year when Glenn Lowry, its longtime director, departs his post after 30 years at the helm. “I didn’t want to be the person who stayed too long,” …
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David Lewis. Photo Axel Dupeux David Lewis, a taste-making New York dealer who recently shuttered his gallery in the city, has joined Hauser & Wirth, where he will now serve as senior director. Lewis’s eponymous gallery opened in 2013 and mounted shows for artists such as Trey Abdella, Barbara Bloom, Thornton Dial, Tomás Esson, Mary …
Bukhara, an Uzbek city home to famed madrasas and mosques, will soon host a biennial. Photo Ibrahim Erikan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Into the crowded field of biennials joins yet one more—this one in Central Asia, a region that generally lacks exhibitions with international visibility. In 2025, the Bukhara Biennial will launch in Uzbekistan, in …
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The K11 Art Mall in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo K.Y. Cheng/South China Morning Post via Getty Images In a shock development that sparked headlines in Bloomberg, the Business Times, and Sing Tao this past week, K11 Art Mall in Hong Kong’s shopping district, Tsim Sha Tsui, received a $1.2 billion offer from CR Longdation, a …
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The Louvre. Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES TITANIC DISCOVERY. A believed lost bronze statue “Diana of Versailles” from the Titanic was found half buried at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean in a recent expedition to the site of the …
The National Museum of Sudan in Khartoum. Photo Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images The National Museum of Sudan in Khartoum has reportedly been looted by members of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) amid an ongoing civil war in the country. On Sunday, the SBC, Sudan’s national broadcaster, reported that the …
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