how venices legendary hotel cipriani is rethinking luxury with art

The article describes a weekend stay at the Hotel Cipriani, a Belmond hotel in Venice, highlighting its role as a luxurious oasis amid the city's cultural offerings. It details visits to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, including the exhibition "Manu-Facture: The Ceramics of Lucio Fontana," and the Gallerie dell'Accademia, while focusing on the hotel's upcoming redesign by architect Peter Marino, set to debut in 2025 with new suites and a lobby. The hotel's art program, including past collaborations like Daniel Buren's pavilion and future activations tied to the 2026 Venice Biennale, is also emphasized.

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The estate of Robert Colescott, the influential American painter who died in 2009, has signed with Gladstone Gallery for representation. Gladstone will debut Colescott's work at Art Basel Miami Beach next month and mount its first solo exhibition for the artist in 2025. Colescott is best known for satirical, large-scale paintings like "George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook" (1975), which critiques the exclusion and caricaturing of Black figures in American history and art. The estate sought new representation after its longtime gallery, Blum, closed this summer. Gladstone senior partner Max Falkenstein said the gallery had long admired Colescott and that the partnership felt like a natural fit given the gallery's focus on identity and politics.

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The United States Pavilion at the upcoming Venice Biennale faces an uncertain future after a proposal by artist Robert Lazzarini and independent curator John Ravenal collapsed. The proposal, selected by the US State Department in early September, fell through when the University of South Florida’s Contemporary Art Museum declined to sign the contract, citing a shortened timeline and financial obligations. Ravenal attributed the breakdown to bureaucratic misalignment rather than ideological disagreement, while the State Department declined to comment. The selection process also shifted this year, with the National Endowment for the Arts excluding itself due to staffing transitions, leaving the State Department to handle it alone.

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Reginald Madison, a self-taught painter and sculptor from the Black Arts Movement in Chicago, has joined Uffner & Liu gallery for representation. Paul Soto Gallery now represents John Sandroni, whose work is currently on view in New York. KSS Architects completed a new Learning and Engagement Center at the Newark Museum of Art. Meanwhile, at least eight blue-chip galleries have dropped out of Art Basel Miami Beach, and Karim Crippa has been appointed director of Art Basel Paris. Christie’s four auctions held concurrently with Art Basel Paris totaled $107.4 million, with Yves Klein’s "California (1KB 71)" selling for $21.3 million, a record for the artist in France.

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The second edition of Taipei Art Week has drawn a large crowd, anchored by Art Taipei—Asia's longest-running art fair—and the 14th Taipei Biennale. Galleries have raised their ambitions, with pop-up shows, talks, and collectors' parties filling the city. However, Taiwan's art market faces significant headwinds: art imports fell 15.2% in 2024, Ravenel's spring auction sales plummeted from $14.6 million in 2020 to $3.6 million in 2025, and Taipei Dangdai announced it would cease operations after its sixth edition. Geopolitical tensions with China have reduced Chinese collector participation and visitor numbers at the National Palace Museum.

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Racquel Chevremont, a model, curator, and reality TV star, has filed a 31-page lawsuit against her former romantic partner, artist Mickalene Thomas, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The suit expands on earlier harassment allegations from August, detailing claims of an abusive work environment and financial exploitation. Chevremont alleges that Thomas denied her promised compensation from sales of artworks featuring Chevremont, including a painting that sold for $1.83 million, and that Thomas paid herself significant sums while Chevremont received nothing from their joint company, MT Special Projects (also known as Deux Femmes Noires). Thomas has denied the allegations through a spokesperson, calling them false and a desperate attempt to profit from her reputation.

isamu noguchi museum award industry moves

The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum has announced the 2025 award honorees: architect-designer Mira Nakashima and sculptor Kan Yasuda, who will receive the 12th annual award at the museum's 40th anniversary benefit on November 17. In other industry moves, the Whitney Museum acquired digital artworks by Gretchen Andrew and Michael Mandiberg; Hesse Flatow added San Francisco-based artist Emily Harter to its roster; Alexander Gray Associates now represents Kamrooz Aram; Fong Chung-Ray joined Alisan Fine Arts; and Hakim Bishara was named editor-in-chief of Hyperallergic. Additionally, Ari Emanuel raised $2 billion in equity to fund Mari, a holding company that owns Frieze, tennis tournaments, and a majority stake in Barrett-Jackson auction house.

odili donald odita sues jack shainman gallery

Artist Odili Donald Odita, known for his recent atrium commission at the Museum of Modern Art, has filed a lawsuit against Jack Shainman Gallery, the New York gallery that represents him. Filed in New York's Supreme Court, the suit alleges that the gallery withheld $1.12 million worth of his artworks and stopped paying a monthly stipend of $14,000 in October 2024, while continuing to sell his work. Odita claims the gallery's accounting became "extremely suspect" and that it refused his proposal to return the art so he could sell it himself to cover an alleged deficit. The gallery disputes all claims and says it will respond in court filings.

new york fair 2025 new buyers sales

Independent 20th Century, a New York art fair held September 4–7 at Casa Cipriani, reported that 74% of buyers were new clients of participating dealers, with 100 works sold—up from 87 in 2024. The highest sale was Ilya Kabakov's *Colourful Noise #2* for $650,000 at Galerie Brigitte Schenk, a 65% increase over last year's top sale. Nine of 30 exhibitors sold out their booths, and institutions acquired 18 works, compared to three in 2024. The fair also announced its 2026 edition will move to Sotheby's new headquarters in the Breuer building, marking a first-of-its-kind collaboration between a contemporary art fair and an auction house.

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Alexander Calder's market remains strong despite a broader art market downturn. Thirteen Calder works have sold for over $1 million at auction this year, all within or above estimates, led by Christie's sale of *Gypsophila* (1949) for $8.5 million. Next month, Gladstone Gallery will bring Calder's standing mobile *Caged Stone on Yellow Stalk* (ca. 1955) to Art Basel Paris, priced at $5.5 million, after it sold for $3.2 million at the Gerald Fineberg collection sale in 2023. This market resilience coincides with major institutional shows: the opening of Calder Gardens in Philadelphia and a Whitney Museum exhibition celebrating the centennial of Calder's *Circus* (1926–31).

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The second edition of the Aspen Art Fair opened at the historic Hotel Jerome with over 40 exhibitors from more than 15 countries, more than doubling its size from the previous year. The fair is one of three major events during Aspen Art Week, alongside Intersect Aspen Art and Design (now in its 15th edition) and the AIR Festival, a $20 million initiative by the Aspen Art Museum. Dealers and advisers, including Paul Henkel of Palo Gallery and Christian Gundin of El Apartamento, noted that while there are too many art fairs globally, Aspen's smaller, hyper-focused format attracts serious collectors and fosters stronger relationships. Blue-chip galleries like Sean Kelly and Marianne Boesky also participated, with Boesky having a long history in the town.

sam gilliam foundation david kordansky gallery sued over disavowed drape painting

Drax Fine Art, LLC has filed a lawsuit against David Kordansky Gallery, the Sam Gilliam Foundation, and the late artist's widow Annie Gawlak, alleging they conspired to disavow and defame an authentic Sam Gilliam drape painting from 1972. Drax claims the work was acquired from Carl Solway Gallery in Cincinnati, installed in an architectural firm's lobby, and later purchased by Drax. The plaintiff seeks $6 million in damages, accusing the defendants of blocking an auction sale by claiming restoration efforts constituted irreparable damage. The defendants call the claims "absolutely frivolous," asserting the unsigned, undated piece does not conform to Gilliam's practice and may be a studio remnant.

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Art Collaboration Kyoto announced 72 exhibitors for its fifth edition, with 25 first-time participants. Patti Wong, former Sotheby's executive, launched New Perspectives Art Partners with Ed Dolman, Brett Gorvy, and others. Art Fair Tokyo's 20th edition saw sales of ¥2.86 billion, down 10% from last year. Lisa Horikawa and Mizuki Takahashi were appointed co-curators of Japan's pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The Sharjah Art Foundation named Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento curators of the 17th Sharjah Biennial. YDP, a new non-profit space in London, will open with a solo show by Duan Jianyu. At Sotheby's London, Yu Nishimura's painting sold for £292,100. Hong Kong collector Adrian Cheng resigned from New World Development's board.

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Toyin Ojih Odutola is presenting two major solo exhibitions simultaneously—one at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York and one at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin—marking a pivotal moment in her career. The New York show, titled "Ilé Oriaku," features recent works that build on themes from her 2024 Kunsthalle Basel exhibition and the Nigerian Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale, incorporating personal loss, ancestral memory, and layered storytelling. The artist describes a need for freedom and resists tidy conclusions, instead embracing flux and experimentation.

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Amid a sluggish broader art market, the design category is surging. Major auction houses—Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips—held design sales in early June 2025 that far exceeded expectations. Sotheby’s New York design sales totaled $37.5 million, Christie’s $23.6 million, and Phillips $4 million, representing a 62.3 percent year-on-year increase across all three houses. Notable highlights include the Goddard Memorial Window by Tiffany Studios, which sold for $4.29 million, the second-highest price for a Tiffany window at auction. The sales attracted many new buyers, with Sotheby’s and Phillips reporting over 20 percent of buyers were new to the houses.

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This week's art industry roundup covers a range of developments: a new wave of younger, deliberate collectors is reshaping the art market, as reported from Art Basel; the Independent art fair will relocate to Pier 36 in New York in 2026; Riga Contemporary, a new fair, launches in Latvia; and the inaugural Arrival art fair took place in North Adams, Massachusetts. In auctions, seven never-before-seen Picasso ceramic plates sold in Geneva for nearly double their estimate, while a Giacometti sculpture made the top 10 sales list. Galleries news includes Nara Roesler now representing Asuka Anastasia Ogawa, a new gallery called Open Studio opening in New York, and Andrew Edlin Gallery relocating. In museums, a government watchdog found the Trump Administration broke the law by withholding funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and UC Irvine and the Orange County Museum of Art plan to merge. A legal battle over an El Greco painting withdrawn from Christie's auction is advancing, with the owner revealed as Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev.

paint drippings art industry news jun 16

This week's art industry roundup covers major developments across art fairs, auction houses, and galleries. Ahead of Art Basel in Basel, Artnet's Editor-in-Chief Naomi Rea investigates how the trade lost control of the pricing narrative amid a market breakdown. The Armory Show announces its 2025 edition with over 230 galleries and new curated sections, while Frieze will open a gallery space in Seoul. Sotheby's London will auction Pauline Karpidas's collection estimated at over $81 million, and a rare Rodin marble sold for $1.2 million. Caroline Lang steps down as chair of Sotheby's in Switzerland after four decades. Gallerist Kamel Mennour donates 180 works to Paris's Musée d'Art Moderne, and Marian Goodman Gallery now represents the estate of Ana Mendieta.

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Art advisor Naomi Baigell recalls that when she managed Prudential's corporate art collection in the late 1980s and 1990s, executives refused to hang textile works by Colombian-born artist Olga de Amaral, preferring abstract paintings instead. Now 93 and still working, Amaral is experiencing a major market and institutional renaissance: the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami is hosting a solo show of her work (through October 12), her pieces are included in MoMA's "Woven Histories" exhibition, and she has been represented by Lisson Gallery since 2019. In 2025, her auction performance has been stellar, with a new record of $1.16 million set in May for *Imagen perdida 27* (1996) at Phillips New York, and total sales of $4.07 million as of June.

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This week's art industry roundup covers major auction results, including Sotheby's $51.8 million sale of the Saunders Old Masters collection (a record for a single-owner sale in that category) and the $12.5 million sale of the Lalanne's 'Ostrich Bar' in Paris. The Breuer Building, purchased by Sotheby's in 2023, has been landmarked by New York City, preserving its interior during renovation by Herzog & de Meuron. Art Basel announced a new fair in Doha, Qatar, launching next February with 50 exhibitors, while Untitled Art revealed 84 exhibitors for its first Houston edition. In gallery news, Yan Du will open YDP in London, Annely Juda Fine Art is moving, and Jean-Paul Engelen joins Acquavella Galleries. Gladstone Gallery hired Julian Ehrlich from Christie's. Saudi Arabia opens its first specialized art storage facility in Jeddah. Creative Australia chair Robert Morgan retires amid controversy over the Venice Biennale team appointment, and Monash University reversed a decision to cancel an exhibition.

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This week's art industry roundup covers major personnel changes at Phillips, with Cheyenne Westphal stepping down as global chairwoman and Jean-Paul Engelen departing for Acquavella Galleries, alongside promotions of Robert Manley and Miety Heiden. Auction results show mixed performance: Christie's Riggio collection brought $488.8 million, but Sotheby's and Phillips saw declines, while Marlene Dumas set a record for a living woman artist at Christie's. Other highlights include the launch of Derrick Adams' Scout Art Fair in Baltimore, Art Basel's inaugural awards, and the opening of Destinee Ross-Sutton's gallery in Stockholm.

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Gallery Weekend Berlin took place during the city's spring bloom, featuring exhibitions like Alvaro Urbano's melancholic installation "September and Lions" at ChertLüdde and Pamela Rosenkranz's flesh-toned water bottles at KaDeWe. The event kicked off on May Day and included expanded public tours, artist talks at the Neue Nationalgalerie, and a 24-hour window project. Notable attendees included collector Frédéric de Goldschmidt and celebrity Usher, who collected art. The weekend was marked by a mood of resilience despite political turmoil.

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Belgian billionaire Guy Ullens, a key figure in promoting Chinese contemporary art, died at age 90. His death was announced by the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing, which he founded in 2007 as one of China's first privately run contemporary art centers. The article also covers Art Basel Hong Kong, Art Dubai's digital art sales, Gallery Weekend Beijing's new invitation-only system, Bluerider Art's expansion to Los Angeles, the appointment of Ho Tzu Nyen as artistic director of the 16th Gwangju Biennale, the Turner Prize 2025 shortlist, the opening of New Taipei City Art Museum, and Saudi Arabia's new typefaces.

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This week's art industry roundup covers major developments across art fairs, auction houses, galleries, and museums. At Expo Chicago, emerging artist Auudi Dorsey sold her painting *Rumble* (2025) for $14,000 on opening day at Palo Gallery, while the fair featured 170 exhibitors including 20 from South Korea amid tariff concerns. Vienna Contemporary appointed Abaseh Mirvali as artistic advisor for 2025-2026. Sotheby's was selected by Barbara Gladstone's estate trustees to sell her collection, starting with a May 15 single-owner sale of 12 works estimated at over $12 million. Nine artworks from the Anne and Sid Bass collection head to Christie's New York, and Sotheby's secured a $70 million Alberto Giacometti sculpture for its May 13 evening sale. Philipp Kaiser departed Marian Goodman Gallery after six years. Customs backlogs from President Trump's import policy changes are causing shipping headaches, with DHL halting business-to-consumer shipments over $800 to the U.S. Air de Paris withdrew from Art Basel. Mexico City gallery OMR hired Agustina Ferreyra as director. Angelica Jopling is expanding her London gallery Incubator to New York. Alexander Gray Associates now represents Donald Moffett. In museums, the National Endowment for the Humanities, following DOGE staff cuts, is offering grants up to $600,000 for statues for Trump's National Garden of American Heroes. CCS Bard appointed Lauren Cornell as artistic director and Mariano Lopez Seoane as graduate program director. The New York Academy of Art named Paul R. Provost president. The Artists' Legacy Foundation appointed Daisy Murray Holman executive director. The Speed Art Museum named Diallo Simon-Ponte assistant curator. The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow appointed Daria Kotova director. The Nasher Sculpture Center named Carlos Basualdo director. The Cultural Infrastructure Index reported a 17% drop in completed cultural projects in 2024.

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US artists Spencer Finch and Lindsay Adams have been commissioned to create new installations for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, which is set to open in early 2026. Finch will produce a 70-foot-long tiled mural for the Forum building's lobby, inspired by Barack Obama's memoir *Dreams from My Father*, while Adams will adapt a 2024 painting into fabric panels for the center's public café. The commissions are led by museum director Louise Bernard and curator Virginia Shore, who are building a collection of approximately 20 public artworks for the campus, including pieces by Julie Mehretu, Richard Hunt, and Maya Lin.

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Christie’s will sell nine works from the Bass House, a Fort Worth, Texas home designed by architect Paul Rudolph for collectors Sid and Anne Bass, in its 20th century evening sale this May in New York. The group, with estimates totaling over $60 million, includes pieces by Mark Rothko, Alexander Calder, Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella, Agnes Martin, Gino Severini, and Morris Louis, with the top lot being Rothko’s *No. 4 (Two Dominants) [Orange, Plum, Black]* (1950–51) estimated at around $35 million. The works were carefully placed throughout the house, which was custom-built to prioritize art display, and most remained in their original positions after installation.

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Alserkal Avenue in Dubai's Al Quoz Industrial district has transformed from a cluster of warehouses and auto shops into a major cultural hub, now housing around 90 creative businesses including 17 contemporary art galleries. Founded in 2008 by Emirati patron Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal, the Avenue began with a single gallery, Ayyam, and has since expanded through a $13.6 million investment to replace a marble factory with purpose-built spaces. Key galleries include Carbon 12, The Third Line, and Green Art Gallery. The centerpiece is Concrete, an exhibition hall designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA, currently hosting Imran Qureshi's solo show 'Vanishing Points,' curated by Nada Raza. Other notable exhibitions include Michael Sailstorfer's 'Air Electric' series at Carbon 12.

Notes from New York: The World in a Convex Mirror

The article reviews the sixth edition of MoMA PS1's quinquennial survey 'Greater New York 2026,' which coincides with the institution's 50th anniversary. It highlights works by artists such as Covey Gong, Win McCarthy, Mekko Harjo, and Sophie Friedman-Pappas, noting how the exhibition's themeless structure and use of reflective surfaces create a hall of distorted reflections. The show includes 53 emerging and midcareer artists, mostly millennials, and is accompanied by a block party and gala rather than a dedicated commemorative exhibition like FORTY (2016).

2026 Venice Biennale pavilions: your go-to list [Updated]

ArtReview has compiled a running list of national pavilions for the 61st Venice Biennale, running from 9 May to 22 November 2026. The Biennale was set to be curated by Koyo Kouoh, who died on 10 May 2025. Recent announcements include Haitham Al Busafi representing Oman, Genti Korini representing Albania with a three-channel video installation titled 'A Place in The Sun (still)', and Matías Duville representing Argentina with an interactive salt-and-charcoal installation. The Australia Pavilion will feature artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino, who were initially dropped due to controversy over Sabsabi's 2007 film 'You' but later reinstated. Florentina Holzinger will represent Austria with a water-themed performance.

ArtReview Podcast | Episode 3: Noémie Goudal

ArtReview Podcast | Episode 3: Noémie Goudal

The ArtReview Podcast released its third episode featuring an interview with artist Noémie Goudal. Hosted by ArtReview editor J.J. Charlesworth, the conversation explores Goudal's practice through three selected artworks, touching on VR technology, the representation of time in photography, and the concept of 'immersiveness' in contemporary art.

In Venice, 22 unmissable exhibitions on the sidelines of the biennial

À Venise, 22 expositions incontournables en marge de la biennale

The article highlights 22 must-see exhibitions happening alongside the 61st Venice Biennale, which is expected to be affected by geopolitical tensions but still promises artistic vibrancy. Notable events include Bvlgari's dual projects featuring artists Lotus L. Kang, Lara Favaretto, and Monia Ben Hamouda; the unveiling of the Asscher collection at the Ama Venezia foundation with works by Charles Ray, Jenny Saville, and Richard Serra; and the inaugural exhibition "The Only True Protest Is Beauty" at the Fondation Dries Van Noten, showcasing 200 objects across fashion, design, and art. Other highlights include a dialogue between Picasso, Morandi, and Parmiggiani at the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa.