On the cover of Artforum’s November issue, two microphones sit on a green tablecloth in an empty room, surrounded by shelves of film canisters, notebooks, and Betamax cassettes. The image is Thomas Demand’s Repository (2018)—his photograph of a cardboard model of the Munich Kluge, who died in March at ninety-four, did much of his television interviewing.
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FAD Magazine reports that a previously unknown drawing of artist Vanessa Bell by painter Duncan Grant has been discovered at Charleston, the former home and studio of Bell and Grant. The portrait is thought to be his last drawing of Bell, made around the time of her death.
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The Whitney Museum of American Art has appointed Nolan Jimbo as Arnhold Associate Curator. He begins his new role organizing exhibitions, public programs, and publications on November 16.
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Alma Allen‘s contributions to this year’s US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale could be stranded in Italy due to a funding shortfall. Pavilion Commissioner Jenni Parido issued a call to donors after her nonprofit, the American Arts Conservancy, raised only $1.4 million of the $2.5 million needed.
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Olivia Kan-Sperling on the “loving, longing eye” behind Marysia Paruzel’s photographic fairy tales; Manuel Borja-Villel on the false choices behind “cultural heritage”; Jeppe Ugelvig on the lasting sting of Rhonda Lieberman’s criticism; And much more. Out now on newsstands and online at the link in bio.
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On the cover: Thomas Demand, Repository (detail), 2018, face-mounted C-print, 82 ⅝ × 78 ¾".
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The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., will unveil its new Hiroshi Sugimoto–designed garden tomorrow. The Art Newspaper reports that the $68 million renovation reorganizes the 1.3-acre space with thirty thousand new plants and trees.
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Naomi Beckwith, the artistic director of Documenta 16, has expanded her curatorial team. Raven Chacon will serve as curator-at-large, while Osei Bonsu, Timea Junghaus, and Noam Segal will be curatorial advisers.
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For its 2027 edition, the Dallas Art Fair will move from its longtime home at the Fashion Industry Gallery to the Armstrong Fieldhouse at Southern Methodist University. Organizers are advertising the move as a “first-of-its-kind” international contemporary art fair on a university campus.
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Centre Pompidou, M+, and MoMA have formed a new cultural alliance that links Paris, Hong Kong, and New York with plans to co-organize exhibitions and programs. The alliance will also involve collaborations across research and conservation.
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Marian Goodman Gallery in New York has hired curator Ebony L. Haynes as senior director, global head of curatorial affairs. Haynes, who will join the gallery in late November, is the first person to occupy the newly created role.
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Sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard, known for her majestic wood forms carved from cedar, died on October 27. Over a career spanning 5 decades, von Rydingsvard transformed humble 4-by-4 chunks of cedar into towering shapes whose puzzling bumps and hollows gave them the aura of ancient living beings.
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On elections day next week, ballots in Philadelphia will include a question to formalize the office for local arts and culture—Creative Philadelphia—into a permanent part of the city’s government.
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The Met and Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin have unveiled three original works created during the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Vacheron Constantin Artisan Residency. The brand new program took place over the course of 18 months, and emphasized reinterpreting traditional craft techniques.
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The World Monuments Fund has raised $62 million, tripling its endowment and beating its fundraising goal eighteen months ahead of schedule. This will give the New York–based preservation organization a financial cushion to protect monuments around the world.
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Politico reports a new twist in the Trump administration’s proposal for the erection of a triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery. According to court filings, the 250-ft arch would double as a “generational defense opportunity” by providing a base for counterterrorism efforts.
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Pace Gallery has finally filed its 2024 accounts with Companies House, the British government’s business register. The mega gallery was ten months late in its filings. This past summer it announced deep cuts to its artist roster and staff, dropping a total of 100 artists and staffers.
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