All posts tagged: Industry Moves

Jeffrey Gibson’s Free Lecture, Free Admission at MCA Denver, and More

Jeffrey Gibson’s Free Lecture, Free Admission at MCA Denver, and More

Published by José Betancourt

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Industry Moves Coco Fusco and Jeffrey Gibson Named Speakers for Johns Hopkins’s Sam Gilliam Lecture Series: The artists will each deliver a free talk at the university’s Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C.—Fusco on June 8, Gibson on November 12—as part of a series supported by the Sam Gilliam Foundation. Related Articles Hamptons Black Arts Council Announces Plans for Sag Harbor Artist Residency: Founded in 2023 by artist and curator Storm Ascher, the nonprofit is raising funds to establish a permanent artist residency on Black-owned land in one of America’s oldest free Black settlements. MCA Denver Receives $1 Million Gift for Free Youth Admission: The donation from philanthropist Amanda Precourt, of the Precourt Foundation, will make entry free for all visitors 18 and under through June 30, 2031. Xavier Hufkens Takes on Richard Aldrich: The New York–based painter will show with the Brussels gallery …

Your Resource for What’s Moving and Shaking in the Art Trade

Your Resource for What’s Moving and Shaking in the Art Trade

Published by José Betancourt

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Venice Week and for all of you at the Biennale, stay dry. Here’s a round-up of the art trade’s comings and goings. Industry Moves• Robert Therrien Estate Leaves Gagosian for David Zwirner: The late sculptor’s work was recently surveyed by the Broad museum in Los Angeles.• Olney Gleason Now Represents Jill Magid: The artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery will open at the gallery on June 11. She is currently having an exhibition at New York’s Mister Fahrenheit gallery.• Tianyue Zhong Joins Marianne Boesky Gallery: Zhong’s work will be featured in the gallery’s Art Basel booth in June, followed by her debut New York solo exhibition in 2027.• OCHI and Management to Co-Represent Africanus Okokon: Based in Providence, Rhode Island, the artist is known films, installations, paintings, assemblages, and more that deal with the concept of memory.• Seung Ah Paik Has Joined Bortolami: Her current exhibition at the New York gallery runs in …

Praise Shadows Sales Director, Para Site Exec Director: Industry Moves

Praise Shadows Sales Director, Para Site Exec Director: Industry Moves

Published by José Betancourt

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Praise Shadows Hires Rebecca Hayes as Sales Director: Hayes will lead sales at the Boston gallery’s new downtown space. She previously held roles at the Museum of Modern Art and the Addison Gallery of American Art. Lehmann Maupin and Jessica Silverman to Co-Represent Guimi You: The two galleries will jointly represent You and present new work by the artist at Art Basel Hong Kong next week. Each will also stage a solo exhibition of her work in the coming months. Para Site Names James Taylor-Foster Executive Director: The Hong Kong nonprofit has appointed the curator as it marks its 30th anniversary.  London’s Timothy Taylor to Close New York Outpost After a Decade: The decision was made “to ensure the long-term stability of the gallery and the community around it,” the gallery told ARTnews.  The Big Number: $4.5 B. That’s how much auction sales of postwar and contemporary art …

Roberts Projects Takes On Esmaa Mohamoud and More: Industry Moves

Roberts Projects Takes On Esmaa Mohamoud and More: Industry Moves

Published by Jenni Sidey

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Cristin Tierney Adds Debbi Kenote to Roster: The Brooklyn-based abstract painter will have her first solo exhibition with the gallery in April. Inspired by nostalgia and childhood memories, Kenote’s paintings and sculptures blend craft traditions, such as woodworking and quilting. Related Articles Phoenix Art Museum Opens Call for Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards: Arizona-based artists can apply through April 27 for the museum’s juried $10,000 prize, with additional applicants automatically considered for the $5,000 Sette/Cohn Artist Award. Roberts Projects Announces Representation of Esmaa Mohamoud: The Los Angeles gallery has taken on the artist, whose work transforms symbols from Black visual culture into large-scale sculptures that interrogate how Black people are perceived both inside and outside their community. Watermill Center Names Charles Chemin as Artistic Director: The longtime Robert Wilson collaborator will lead the Water Mill, New York–based interdisciplinary arts center’s …

Petzel to Rep Emma Webster, McNay Appoints Head of Curatorial Affairs, and More

Petzel to Rep Emma Webster, McNay Appoints Head of Curatorial Affairs, and More

Published by José Betancourt

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Petzel to Represent Emma Webster: The Los Angeles–based artist, known for digitally constructed dioramas that merge Baroque landscape traditions with contemporary technology, will be jointly represented by Perrotin. Webster will open a show of new work at Petzel on April 30. Rose Easton Adds Łukasz Stokłosa to Roster: The Polish artist had his debut solo exhibition there in September 2025. McNay Art Museum Appoints Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell Head of Curatorial Affairs: Mitchell, who joined in 2025 as curator of prints and drawings, will retain that role while overseeing exhibition planning, acquisitions, and curatorial strategy. Maureen Paley to Represent Mary Stephenson: The London-based artist joins the roster after solo shows at White Cube in Paris, Chapter NY in New York, MASSIMODECARLO in Paris, Linseed Projects in Shanghai, and Incubator in London. Big Number: $2 M. That’s the new cutoff for …

Bonhams’ New HQ Opens, Lubaina Himi Wins PAMM Prize: Industry Moves

Bonhams’ New HQ Opens, Lubaina Himi Wins PAMM Prize: Industry Moves

Published by Jenni Sidey

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Bonhams Opens New US Headquarters in Midtown Manhattan: The auction house’s official opening of its new 42,000-square-foot flagship at Steinway Hall comes with a month-long slate of exhibitions and cross-category sales. Bortolami Announces Representation of Nathlie Provosty: The New York gallery will present new works by Provosty at the Campus in Hudson, New York, and at Art Basel in Switzerland, both opening this June. Philadelphia Museum of Art Names Katherine Anne Paul Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art: From 2002 to 2008, Paul served as an assistant and associate curator at the museum. She was most recently at the Birmingham Museum of Art, where she has served as curator of Asian art since 2019. Lubaina Himid to Receive PAMM Fund for Black Art Acquisition Prize: The Turner Prize–winning artist’s painting Horn Seller (2023) will be acquired by PAMM. Himid …

Ropac to Open New York Project Space, ADAA New Members: Industry Moves

Ropac to Open New York Project Space, ADAA New Members: Industry Moves

Published by José Betancourt

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Thursday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Thaddaeus Ropac to Open New York Project Space: The gallery also hired Emilio Steinberger as a senior director in the US. Steinberger was previously a senior partner at Lévy Gorvy Dayan. Hauser & Wirth Takes On Conny Maier: The German-born, Portugal-based artist joins the gallery in collaboration with Société in Berlin. Zippora Elders Tahalele Appointed Director of Nederlands Fotomuseum: The curator will lead the museum’s strategic and artistic direction starting April 13. She will join a dual-board leadership structure alongside a yet-to-be-appointed business director. Tulsa Artist Fellowship Announces 2026–28 Cohort: Ten artists and arts workers across disciplines will each receive over $230,000 in funding, housing, and resources to live and work in Tulsa as part of the program’s three-year residency. ADAA Appoints Four New Board Members: Elizabeth Feld, Bridget Moore, Yancey Richardson, and Melissa Timarchi join the board of the organization, which represents over …

Industry Moves for January 28, 2026

Industry Moves for January 28, 2026

Published by José Betancourt

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. With one week before Art Basel Qatar, there was plenty of news this week. Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade: Esther Schipper Now Represents Tuan Andrew Nguyen: The Berlin gallery has added the Ho Chi Minh City–based artist to its roster, in collaboration with James Cohan. Nguyen will debut with a solo show at Esther Schipper in September 2026. Bass Museum of Art Appoints Jasa McKenzie as Associate Curator: McKenzie, a curator whose practice is driven by questions of identity, most recently led creative programming for the Great Northern Festival in Minneapolis. Emalin Takes on Jonathan Okoronkwo: The Ghanaian artist, known for work drawing on the industrial scrapyards of Kumasi, joins the gallery’s roster following his 2025 solo exhibition at the gallery. Jack Shainman Adds Donyel Ivy-Royal to Roster: The Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist will have his first solo exhibition with the gallery at its Chelsea location in November. Victoria …

Travesía Cuatro Takes on Virginia Chihota and More

Travesía Cuatro Takes on Virginia Chihota and More

Published by José Betancourt

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Thursday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Saâdane Afif Joins Esther Schipper: Afif, who is currently having a show at the Hamburger Bahnhof, will continue to work with Mehdi Chouakri, a Berlin-based gallery that recently announced plans to temporarily pause its exhibition program Baltimore Museum of Art Names Rhea L. Combs and Ellen McBreen as Recipients of Curatorial Fellowships: Combs will take the role of Senior Fellow in Contemporary and Global Art, an independent two-year fellowship at the museum. McBreen will serve as the second Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies Fellow. Travesía Cuatro Takes on Virginia Chihota: The New York–based artist represented Zimbabwe at the 2013 Venice Biennale and was awarded the Prix Canson the same year. The artist will be jointly represented by Tiwani Contemporary. Nova Now Represents Ilê Sartuzi: Sartuzi was one of the founders of arte_passagem, an independent space that operated in São Paulo between 2018 and 2022. Joe Hill Named Director …

Frankenthaler Climate Initiative, Max Hollein’s Met Tips, and More

Frankenthaler Climate Initiative, Max Hollein’s Met Tips, and More

Published by José Betancourt

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Frankenthaler Climate Initiative Opens Sixth Grant Cycle: Applications for the nation’s largest private program to support clean energy in the visual arts opens Thursday, with more than $17.5 million awarded to date to institutions pursuing energy efficiency and sustainability. Related Articles P·P·O·W Now Represents Phoebe Helander: The representation follows the gallery’s first solo presentation of her work, “Paintings from the Orange Room,” which closed in December. The gallery will show new paintings by Helander at Post-Fair in Santa Monica this February. Séverin Guelpa Joins Switzerland’s Fabienne Levy Gallery: The Swiss artist, whose practice spans installation, video, and sculpture, is the founder and curator of the collective project Matza. The gallery will present new pieces by Guelpa at Art Genève later this month. Catinca Tabacaru Takes on Andrei Nițu: The Romanian painter, whose work explores what the artist has described …