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News from the Great White North. The Art Gallery of Ontario in toronto hired a triple Architectural firms –Selldorf ArchitectsAnd diamond schmidtAnd Double row architectTo create a design for a new 50,000-square-foot building dedicated to international modern and contemporary art. Selldorf has been in tears lately. its expansion in Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego which has just been unveiled, has achieved Strong ReviewsAnd construction is underway to expand it Freek group in New York. Meanwhile, the Canada Portrait Exhibition in Ottawa exploited Robert Stephenthe former president of Burlington Art Galleryto be its next manager.

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animal kingdom. animal photography art get a momentAnd Francesca Gavin argue in financial timesindicating that Sotheby’s Recently a topic-specific sale, among other data points. “It has become a way to address ideas about domination and oppression, environmental change, or simply intimacy,” Gavin wrote. As it happens, a collection of sculptures by late animal-loving artists Claude And Francois Xavier Lalanne (Bird Candlestick, Bronze Sheep) He being sold by Daniel Marcheso To help fund an extension d’Orsay Museum In Paris guardian reports. And in June in New York American Museum of Natural HistoryLevon Pace will be showing up soon Pictures of insects that he makes. Bliss said The New York Times “I want to raise awareness of the insect decline crisis and have conversations to help the public understand that we need biodiversity in the insect world.”

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The Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit She said she “parted ways” with her new manager, Kara Korage, who was named to the position only in February, after 18 months of searching. Courage was in Tate Modern In London, he drives Tate Exchange a program. not attached. [Detroit Metro Times]

The Polish government replaced yaroslav sochan as a leader of Sztoki Museum in a lodge with Andre Bernacki, who said he intended to “diversify” his offerings beyond “the pro-environmental, gender or queer art promoted by Western cultural institutions.” Many in the local art world condemned the sudden move. [Artforum]

Via Museum of Art and Photographybusinessman and collector Abhishek Poddar He created an open source encyclopedia of art history in India that currently has 2,000 entries. Her team of researchers plans to add about 1,000 more each year. [CNN]

The Freud Museum In London, which was once home Sigmund FreudFor the first time, you will be hosting a show by the artist Lucian Freud, grandson of the founder of psychoanalysis. Opening in July, it will include paintings, letters, family photos, and more. This year marks the centenary of the birth of Lucian Freud. [The Guardian]

A new record for a piece of armor was set at auction: A ca. 1,560 gilded helmets went for 690,000 euros (about $726,000) with fees in Thierry de Maigret In Paris this month, more than ten times its highest estimate. The piece was part of four armor sets commissioned by Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I. [Financial Times]

artist Rafael Montañez Ortizwho helped find him Museo del Barrio in New York in 1969, it is now a retrospective subject in the museum. Obtained profile processing from Mark A. stein. [The New York Times]

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“The Grand Lady of Las Vegas.” Billionaire businesswoman and collector Eileen Win (an old warrior in ARTnews List of the top 200 collectors) is the subject of a comprehensive profile in The Wall Street Journal. magazine that touches her divorce from Steve Winher prowess on the company’s board of directors, and the “mini oval office” she owned in a former home President George Bush Sr to use when visiting. (Thought!) One great moment: You remember it, after picking up Anonymous French Bacon Triple Threat for $142.4 million in 2013 Kristi At the auction, most people suggested that the man had made the purchase. “I remember being offended that the speculation centered on the men, and no one thought the woman would get either the money or the balls,” she said. [WSJ]

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