China: Several institutions founded by private patrons are scheduled to open in Shanghai in the next few years. These include the 11,000 sq m Long Museum in Pudong, established by collectors Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei, which is due to launch in October. One floor will be dedicated to Chinese antiquities, while another section will be devoted to Chinese contemporary art.
Finland: Politicians have vetoed plans to build a Guggenheim museum on Helsinki’s waterfront. The 15 members of the city board voted against putting the €114m project forward for the council’s consideration. Media reports said the project was abandoned because of concerns over costs.
France: The Centre Pompidou aims to expand abroad with a chain of galleries that will carry the flagship French institution’s brand. Alain Seban, the president of the Paris-based museum, hopes to establish temporary galleries in museums, universities and shopping malls, showing works drawn from the centre’s 72,000-strong contemporary collection.
Italy: The government is to appoint a commissioner to run Maxxi, the contemporary art museum in Rome, after it discovered a €700,000 deficit in the 2011 budget. The museum received €7m from the government in 2010, but this was cut to less than €4m in 2011. The president of the museum foundation, Pio Baldi, resigned in protest.
US: More than 180 galleries from 30 countries participated in last month’s inaugural Frieze Art Fair New York. Significant purchases at the fair, which drew about 45,000 visitors, included an untitled work by Martin Kippenberger, which was sold by the Galerie Gisela Capitain to a US collector for more than €1m. Meanwhile, Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow (1961) fetched $87m at Christie’s New York last month, a record price for a postwar work at auction.
US: The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore has donated more than 19,000 images of artworks to Wikimedia, which can be used free of charge in the public domain. The pictures will be available for use on Wikipedia, which is overseen by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Seen in the Art Newspaper, Reuters and the BBC
Finland: Politicians have vetoed plans to build a Guggenheim museum on Helsinki’s waterfront. The 15 members of the city board voted against putting the €114m project forward for the council’s consideration. Media reports said the project was abandoned because of concerns over costs.
France: The Centre Pompidou aims to expand abroad with a chain of galleries that will carry the flagship French institution’s brand. Alain Seban, the president of the Paris-based museum, hopes to establish temporary galleries in museums, universities and shopping malls, showing works drawn from the centre’s 72,000-strong contemporary collection.
Italy: The government is to appoint a commissioner to run Maxxi, the contemporary art museum in Rome, after it discovered a €700,000 deficit in the 2011 budget. The museum received €7m from the government in 2010, but this was cut to less than €4m in 2011. The president of the museum foundation, Pio Baldi, resigned in protest.
US: More than 180 galleries from 30 countries participated in last month’s inaugural Frieze Art Fair New York. Significant purchases at the fair, which drew about 45,000 visitors, included an untitled work by Martin Kippenberger, which was sold by the Galerie Gisela Capitain to a US collector for more than €1m. Meanwhile, Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow (1961) fetched $87m at Christie’s New York last month, a record price for a postwar work at auction.
US: The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore has donated more than 19,000 images of artworks to Wikimedia, which can be used free of charge in the public domain. The pictures will be available for use on Wikipedia, which is overseen by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Seen in the Art Newspaper, Reuters and the BBC
