John Lennon Drawings to be Animated: Morning Links
Good Morning! Pace Gallery is dropping some 50 artists from its roster and cutting about 50 staff. Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French artist and author of the graphic novel Persepolis, has died at 56. A new study says the Bayeux Tapestry can safely travel to London’s British Museum from Normandy. The Headlines SLOWING THE PACE. The mega Pace Gallery, with seven locations worldwide, is laying off some 50 staff and dropping about 50 artists, per last night’s New York Times. However, sources at Pace told ARTnews that the Times story ran before the gallery had conducted the layoffs, leading to confusion amongst gallery staff. A town hall is planned for 9 a.m. Thursday morning. “The whole art gallery art system became too big, too commercial, too impersonal, and too corporate,” gallery CEO Marc Glimcher said. “We all know it’s true. But you actually have to do something to adapt to it. You have to make some substantial changes.” This would certainly qualify. According to the NYT, the gallery, which celebrated its 65th anniversary last year, has buckled under the expenses of operating so many spaces, attending multiple …
