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trending_up market schedule Dec 2, 2025 visibility 16 link 10 artists, 1 gallery

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The article reports on the upcoming Art Basel in Miami Beach and the improved mood in the art market, driven by strong auction results. Sotheby's emerged as the clear winner over Christie's in the fall 2024 auctions, achieving over $2.2 billion in total sales across Sotheby's, Christie's, and Phillips. Key consignments included the Leonard Lauder Collection, featuring a record-making Klimt, a Frida Kahlo that became the highest-selling work by a woman artist, and Maurizio Cattelan's golden toilet. The article credits Sotheby's move into the Breuer building—formerly home to the Whitney, the Met, and the Frick—for enhancing the presentation and aura of the previews.

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trending_up market schedule Dec 2, 2025 visibility 29 link 19 artists, 4 galleries

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Artnet News reports on the rising market for African American painter Bob Thompson, who died at 28 in 1966 but produced thousands of works in a five-year span. His vibrant, narrative paintings—inspired by Old Masters, Greek mythology, and Modernism—have long influenced artists and curators, yet only recently commanded high auction prices. In 2024, all 16 lots offered sold, totaling $4 million, with a record $1.26 million for *Music Lesson* (1962) at Christie’s. The article traces his career from Louisville to Europe, his estate history with dealer Michael Rosenfeld, and current interest from collectors and institutions like the Whitney Museum and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 27, 2025 visibility 26 link 10 artists, 1 gallery

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German artist Gerhard Richter has opened a major monographic exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, titled simply “Gerhard Richter.” The show features approximately 270 artworks, making it nearly three times larger than his 2020 retrospective at the Met Breuer in New York. Curated by former Tate director Nicholas Serota and Dieter Schwarz, former director of Zurich’s Kunstmuseum Winterthur, the exhibition is arranged chronologically to trace the evolution of Richter’s diverse oeuvre—from photo paintings and abstractions to Strip artworks and recent drawings. Highlights include early works like *Tisch (Table)* (1962), his first photo painting, and *Verkündigung nach Tizian (Annunciation after Titian)* (1973), created after his Venice Biennale debut.

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article culture schedule Nov 25, 2025 visibility 25 link 26 artists, 1 gallery

8 standout art books to gift and keep this season

The article highlights eight standout art books recommended for gifting this season, covering a range of topics from architectural deep dives and contemporary art to fashion histories and experimental catalogs. Featured titles include "All of Us Stars: Bobby Busnach," a photo book capturing the gritty glamour of 1970s Upper West Side nightlife, and "Christopher Wool: See Stop Run," an exhibition catalog documenting Wool's unconventional 2024 show in a Manhattan office tower. Other books span monographs, boundary-pushing catalogs, and fashion histories, each offering unique perspectives on visual culture.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 25, 2025 visibility 33 link 37 artists, 23 galleries

frieze new york 2025 preview

Frieze New York 2025 is set to take place at the Shed in Manhattan, bringing together over 65 contemporary art galleries from more than 25 countries. The fair coincides with major institutional shows at the Guggenheim, Whitney Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as the recent reopening of the Frick Collection after a $220 million renovation. Notable galleries include Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Pace, and David Zwirner, alongside international dealers like Goodman Gallery and Kurimanzutto. The Focus section, curated by Lumi Tan, features 12 young galleries. On the eve of the fair, Frieze itself was sold by Endeavor to former CEO Ari Emanuel for a reported $200 million.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 19, 2025 visibility 22 link 19 artists, 6 galleries

is dawn arriving for milans art scene

Thaddaeus Ropac, a major European blue-chip gallery, opened its seventh location in Milan in January 2025, occupying a prime palazzo previously home to Massimo de Carlo and Peres Projects. The inaugural exhibition pairs Georg Baselitz and Lucio Fontana in a show titled "L’aurore viene." The move has reignited debate about whether Milan is finally poised to become a contemporary art capital, despite past false starts and the city's stronger identity as a fashion and design hub.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 19, 2025 visibility 19 link 16 artists, 2 galleries

sothebys lauder now contemporary sales report klimt record

Sotheby's held a marathon double sale at its new Breuer Building location, selling Gustav Klimt's portrait of Elisabeth Lederer for $236.4 million—the second highest price ever paid for an artwork at auction. The evening featured works from the collection of the late cosmetics heir Leonard Lauder, totaling $527.5 million, far exceeding its low estimate. The subsequent "Contemporary and the Now" sale brought in $178.5 million, with a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting selling for $48.3 million. Overall, the night generated $706 million, with multiple auction records set for artists including Cecily Brown, Antonio Obá, Yu Nishimura, Jess, and Noah Davis.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 17, 2025 visibility 25 link 16 artists, 1 gallery

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Jenna Burlingham Gallery, founded in 2010, moved in 2021 to a historic compound called Rope Yard in Hampshire, England. Instead of a traditional white cube, the gallery's interiors are designed to feel like a beloved home, with furnished rooms displaying modern British and contemporary art alongside antiques. The gallery recently celebrated its 15th anniversary, attracting collectors from London and worldwide to its village location.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 17, 2025 visibility 27 link 47 artists, 5 galleries

consignors new york november auctions 2025

New York's November 2025 auction season is set to feature at least $1.67 billion in art across Sotheby's, Christie's, and Phillips, a 54% increase in estimates from the same period last year. The season is dominated by major estates, including Leonard Lauder's $400 million trove at Sotheby's with Klimt paintings and Matisse bronzes, Cindy Pritzker's collection featuring a Van Gogh, and anonymous Surrealist works. Christie's offers $736 million in low estimates from collections like Robert and Patricia Weis, Elaine Wynn, and Stefan Edlis. Phillips remains risk-averse, focusing on established names. The market shows a flight to quality, with emerging art reduced and delegated to day sales, while ultra-contemporary segments contract.

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person people schedule Nov 5, 2025 visibility 27 link 11 artists, 6 galleries

christine sun kim gallery hyundai john tain industry moves

This ARTnews industry moves column reports several key personnel and representation changes in the art world. Christine Sun Kim has joined Gallery Hyundai, a Seoul-based gallery, and will show at Art Basel Miami Beach. Yoshitomo Nara has moved to David Zwirner while maintaining his relationship with Pace. John Tain has been named Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Carnegie Museum of Art, and Galatea now represents Gabriella Marinho. Chris Sharp has added the duo CrossLypka to his roster. Separately, climate activist Timothy Martin received an 18-month prison sentence for damaging a Degas sculpture at the National Gallery of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art faces turmoil after a rebranding backlash that led to director Sasha Suda's dismissal.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 3, 2025 visibility 22 link 2 artists, 4 galleries

david zwirner yoshitomo nara artist representation

David Zwirner gallery announced it will now officially represent Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, with his first solo exhibition planned at Zwirner's New York space. The representation deal was brokered through Nara's international agent Joe Baptista and his Equivalence Art Agency. Baptista was previously a partner at Pace Gallery, Nara's longtime representative, and his departure from Pace had not been publicly announced. Nara was also long represented by Blum Gallery, which closed earlier this year after its final Nara show in Los Angeles. Pace Gallery CEO Marc Glimcher expressed surprise but said Pace will continue to have a relationship with the artist.

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trending_up market schedule Oct 16, 2025 visibility 20 link 3 artists, 3 galleries

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Kerry James Marshall's paintings are being offered at Frieze London, with two major works on view at different galleries. Alexander Gray Associates presents Marshall's 1992 painting *A Woman with a Heart of Gold* for $2.9 million, a collage-like work that critiques racial fantasies in mass-market romance. David Zwirner shows the 1990 painting *A Little Romance* priced at $3.2 million, depicting a dreamy reclining figure. Meanwhile, the Royal Academy's exhibition “Kerry James Marshall: The Histories” has drawn enthusiastic repeat visits from dealers and auction-house figures, generating significant buzz during Frieze week.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 9, 2025 visibility 23 link 12 artists, 2 galleries

guggenheim museum 2026 exhibitions carol bove taryn simon

The Guggenheim Museum has announced its 2026 exhibition lineup, headlined by a Carol Bove survey filling the entire Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda from March 5, 2026. The show, curated by Katherine Brinson, spans 25 years of Bove’s work, including early drawings and her signature twisted metal sculptures. Following Bove’s exhibition, Taryn Simon will take over the rotunda from September 18, 2026, to March 2027, with a photo-based installation that invites visitors to navigate a "whirlwind" of images. Additionally, a group show titled "Guggenheim Pop" will feature Pop art icons like Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Claes Oldenburg alongside contemporary artists such as Maurizio Cattelan, Lucia Hierro, and Josh Kline.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 30, 2025 visibility 22 link 7 artists, 1 gallery

walter de maria gagosian show truck trilogy

Gagosian's Le Bourget gallery in Paris will present "Walter De Maria: The Singular Experience," opening October 19 and running through April 18. The exhibition includes the artist's final sculpture, *Truck Trilogy* (2011–2017), featuring three vintage Chevrolet Advance Design 3100 pickups polished and fitted with stainless-steel rods, previously shown at Dia Beacon. Curated by Donna De Salvo, the show also features works like *13, 14, 15 Meter Rows* (1985), drawings, films, and archival materials highlighting De Maria's mathematical and musical interests, including his involvement with the Primitives and the Druds.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 28 link 27 artists, 3 galleries

dan nadel sixties surreal whitney robert crumb interview

Dan Nadel, a curator recently hired by the Whitney Museum as curator of prints and drawings, is opening a new exhibition titled "Sixties Surreal" that aims to rewrite the history of 1960s art. The show, co-curated with Laura Phipps, Scott Rothkopf, and Elisabeth Sussman, features a wide range of artists from Luis Jimenez to Shigeko Kubota, alongside canonical figures like Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama. Nadel, known for championing marginalized and alternative figures in American art, previously curated "What Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present" at the Rhode Island School of Design and a Gertrude Abercrombie exhibition at Karma gallery. He is also the author of a recent biography of Robert Crumb.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 23, 2025 visibility 21 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

kerry james marshall royal academy exhibition new paintings

Kerry James Marshall, a leading American painter, has debuted a new series of paintings as part of his survey exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The works, featured in a section titled “Africa Revisited,” examine the involvement of Africans in the transatlantic slave trade, a topic Marshall says is often ignored because it complicates simplistic narratives of good versus evil. One painting, *Abduction of Olaudah and His Sister* (2023), depicts the kidnapping of 18th-century writer Olaudah Equiano, while three others—*Outbound*, *Haul*, and *Cove* (all 2025)—show Black figures actively participating in the slave trade. Marshall’s earlier Middle Passage works from the 1990s are also on view.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 5, 2025 visibility 28 link 36 artists, 11 galleries

armory show vip day sales report

The Armory Show's VIP preview day on Thursday saw long queues and a cautiously upbeat mood at the Javits Center, despite a shaky art market marked by gallery closures and fair cancellations. Dealers reported serious interest and solid sales, including a $1 million work at Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, a Kehinde Wiley painting for $265,000 at Sean Kelly, and a Kennedy Yanko sculpture for $150,000 at James Cohan. The highest-priced work, Alex Katz's 1962 painting *October 2*, was listed at $1.2 million but remained unsold. The fair attracted major collectors like Don and Mera Rubell and institutional figures such as Thelma Golden and Scott Rothkopf, with the Presents section for emerging galleries also seeing brisk sales.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 3, 2025 visibility 23 link 36 artists, 14 galleries

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Mathieu Borysevicz, founder of Shanghai's Bank gallery, launched a six-month pop-up on New York's Lower East Side earlier this year, aiming to introduce his program to new audiences amid growing Asian art interest in the city. By mid-summer, however, Borysevicz observed a sharp market downturn as collectors withdrew, reflecting a broader trend of gallery closures, lawsuits, and fair cancellations that have marked a turbulent period for the art world.

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candle obituary schedule Aug 14, 2025 visibility 22 link 16 artists, 1 gallery

christophe de menil dead

Christophe de Menil, a collector, designer, and patron who cultivated deep relationships with many of the 20th century's most influential artists, died in New York on August 5 at age 92. A member of the renowned Menil family, she was the daughter of John and Dominique de Menil, founders of the Menil Collection in Houston. Her close friends included Merce Cunningham, Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, and Jasper Johns. She married artist Enrique Castro-Cid and was the grandmother of artist Dash Snow. De Menil appeared three times on the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list and built a collection featuring works by René Magritte, Barnett Newman, and others. She also worked as a fashion designer, creating garments for theater director Robert Wilson, and commissioned Frank Gehry and Doug Wheeler for her New York home renovation.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 23, 2025 visibility 33 link 39 artists, 10 galleries

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The sixth edition of Upstate Art Weekend (UAW) launched with a party at Assembly in Kingston, New York, founded by Helen Toomer in 2020. The festival has grown from 23 participants to 158 across 6,000 square miles, reflecting the pandemic-era exodus of artists and collectors from New York City to the Hudson Valley region. The event featured a fundraiser for abortion-rights nonprofit Noise for Now and drew a diverse crowd of attendees.

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article news schedule Jul 23, 2025 visibility 30 link 24 artists, 9 galleries

sam gilliam foundation sued over disputed drape painting and more art industry news

The Sam Gilliam Foundation has been sued over a disputed Drape painting, while the Art Dealers Association of America announced it will not hold its annual New York fair, The Art Show, in 2025, citing a strategic pause. Christie's reported $2.1 billion in auction sales for the first half of 2025, matching last year's figure but down 22% from 2023, and a juvenile Ceratosaurus fossil sold for $30.5 million at Sotheby's. Galleries are seeing movement: Nicole Wittenberg joins Acquavella Galleries, Harper Levine plans a Bangkok space, and Felix Rödder will open Rodder on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Yale University Art Gallery withdrew federal grant applications over anti-DEI language, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum named Mary Savig curator-in-charge of the Renwick Gallery.

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trending_up market schedule Jul 3, 2025 visibility 18 link 21 artists, 1 gallery

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A signed, limited-edition book titled *The Book of HOV: A Tribute to JAY-Z*, created in collaboration between Jay-Z's Roc Nation, French publisher Assouline, and artist Daniel Arsham, is being auctioned at Christie's. Only five copies exist, and the book is estimated to sell for $100,000 to $150,000, with a portion of proceeds benefiting the Brooklyn Public Library. The auction, part of a contemporary editions sale running from July 7 to July 22, follows a 2023 exhibition at the Brooklyn Public Library that attracted 600,000 visitors.

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trending_up market schedule Jul 2, 2025 visibility 20 link 11 artists, 4 galleries

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London-based art advisory Princedale Modern, founded by Edward Warburton in 2022, has marked its second anniversary amid significant shifts in the global art market. Warburton discusses the firm's growth, including scaling alongside the U.K. art market's rise to 18% of global share, and highlights attendance at major art fairs in Basel, New York, Miami, and Paris. He notes that while auction house sales at Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips have dropped nearly one-third and the overall market contracted by 12%, private sales have risen 14% and online sales remain strong at 17%.

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trending_up market schedule Jun 27, 2025 visibility 31 link 30 artists, 6 galleries

one takeaway from art basel it remains a buyers market

Art Basel 2025 saw cautious buying despite optimistic statements from major dealers like Pace's Marc Glimcher, who claimed sales velocity was as vigorous as any year. However, collector attendance was thin, with American attendance down for the second year running due to trade tensions and geopolitical concerns. Deals were closing at 20 to 30 percent below asking prices, confirming a buyer's market. Sales ranged from a $245 collectible Labubu figurine by Kasing Lung to works by Wei Libo, Joyce Joumaa, Lonnie Holley, Joan Jonas, Hao Ling, Sarah Lucas, and Rosemarie Trockel, with most activity under $1 million.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 18, 2025 visibility 22 link 8 artists, 2 galleries

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Hamad Butt, a Young British Artist (YBA) whose career was cut short by AIDS in 1994, is finally receiving a retrospective at Whitechapel Gallery in London, titled “Apprehensions,” on view until September 7. The exhibition highlights Butt’s bio-art installation *Transmission* (1990), which features live flies feeding on sugar paper texts about contagion, alongside glass books lit by ultraviolet lamps. The show reassesses Butt’s subtle, layered work in contrast to the more famous YBAs like Damien Hirst, who debuted a strikingly similar fly piece, *A Thousand Years* (1990), shortly after Butt’s work was first exhibited.

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trending_up market schedule Jun 18, 2025 visibility 29 link 28 artists, 5 galleries

art basel 2025

Art Basel 2025 opened in Basel with VIP previews, featuring a mix of high-priced works like Félix González-Torres's $16 million performance piece and Yu Nishimura's fresh-to-market triptych at €375,000. The fair adapts to a shifting market with lower price points, faster decisions, and new sectors like Premiere for ultra-contemporary art, alongside global expansion including a new fair in Doha. Satellite events like Liste and the Basel Social Club offer alternative experiences, while curated booths, such as Gagosian's 30th-anniversary presentation, blend curatorial idealism with the fair format.

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trending_up market schedule Jun 11, 2025 visibility 25 link 38 artists, 1 gallery

top 10 german art collectors

Artnet News has published a list of the top 10 German art collectors, coinciding with the opening of Art Cologne 2015. The list includes notable figures such as Frieder Burda, who opened his own museum in Baden-Baden; Nicolas Berggruen, the "homeless billionaire" who favors contemporary American and German artists; Christian and Karen Boros, who display their collection in a repurposed Berlin bunker; industrialist Reinhold Würth, whose collection spans from Renaissance to contemporary; former dealer Désiré Feuerle, known for his eclectic mix of Khmer sculpture and contemporary art; and Hasso Plattner, co-founder of SAP and a major collector of Impressionist and modern works.

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article news schedule Jun 10, 2025 visibility 23 link 30 artists, 11 galleries

paint drippings art industry news jun 9

Frieze has announced over 280 exhibitors for its October fairs in London, with around 160 galleries at Frieze London and 120 at Frieze Masters, running concurrently in Regent's Park from October 15 to 19. In auction news, the original Hermès Birkin bag prototype will be sold at Sotheby's Paris on July 10, and Bonhams has appointed Celine Assimon as chief commercial officer. Galleries saw significant moves: Christian Deydier in Paris is closing due to new EU regulations on imported cultural objects, while Carroll Dunham joined Matthew Brown, Cristina Iglesias signed with Hauser and Wirth, and several other artists changed representation. Meanwhile, Tate Liverpool received £12 million in UK government funding plus philanthropic support for its redevelopment, the Royal Academy of Arts named Simon Wallis as its new secretary and chief executive, and the Whitney Museum suspended its Independent Study Program for a year after controversy over censorship of a pro-Palestine performance. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation made three new appointments, and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris faces eviction.

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rate_review review schedule Jun 6, 2025 visibility 24 link 12 artists, 1 gallery

raymond saunders carnegie museum retrospective review

Raymond Saunders's first retrospective, a small but potent exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, surveys 35 of his bewitching paintings. The works, described as elusive and Rauschenbergian, feature messy scrawls, collected trinkets, and media clippings, with pieces like *Passages: East, West 1* (1987) layering chess boards, paint strokes, and appropriated still lifes. Saunders, who joined Andrew Kreps and David Zwirner last year, has never before received a retrospective, despite his influential 1967 essay "Black Is a Color" and steady institutional acquisitions.

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trending_up market schedule Jun 6, 2025 visibility 23 link 4 artists, 2 galleries

middle east art fair race doha dubai and abu dhabi art basel

Art Basel has announced a surprise deal to launch a new art fair in Qatar next year, partnering with Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) and QC+, a subsidiary of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund and commercial arm of Qatar Museums. The fair will debut with around 50 galleries in Doha, intentionally smaller than Basel's other fairs, with a distinct character aimed at building a long-term, sustainable event. The deal comes after rumors that Basel might take over Abu Dhabi Art, and as the region's art scene intensifies, with Art Dubai recently poaching Basel's global head of gallery relations Dunja Gottwies as its new director.

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