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No strings. Vancouver-based art collector Bob Rennie Already National Gallery of Arts in Canada (NGC) It is reported Earth and Mail. “I see them as the right custodians,” said Renney. The donation includes work Ai Wewei, Mona Hatoum, Dan Grahamand Rodney GrahamThe National Gallery Director said, “It’s change for us.” Jean-Francois Bélisle . “It’s about the conversation we’re going to add to the series. [Rennie’s] The collection is much bigger than what he donates to us now. Not everything is on the table, but it’s all about it: we really shape this based on the most favorable national collection. You want it to always display. Everyone does this, you don’t have a museum. ” he said.

Museum merger. this Orange County Museum of Art “Exploring” the merger agreement University of California IrvineA new $94 million building has been opened for less than three years, according to a statement from the university last week. “A non-binding, exploratory letter of intent has been signed, and the two organizations continue to establish a definite agreement that will soon approve the University of California Board of Trustees,” the statement said. Meanwhile, the museum’s director, Heidi Zickerman It is reported Art newspaper.

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Not everyone is happy with the new digital remake Christo and Jenny Crowder‘ The parliament building In Berlin. In 1995, the artist wrapped the German parliament in silver structures and ropes, which became a historic achievement. But the digitally projected image casts images of its original packaging work on one of the exterior walls of the building to mark the 30th anniversary of the facility, “a kind of aesthetic anger and conveys suspicious information about democracy.” monopoly “The one that Christo does not deserve.” Hanno Rauterberg joined her Deathwith the title “Art Failure of the Year”. [Monopol Magazine and Die Zeit]

Iván ArgoteThe huge sculpture of the dove, titled Dinosaurand installed in October High line base In New York City, it inspired Pigeon Festival – The first and last such event held on the weekend. New Yorkers appear as doves, feathery and adorn everything related to the city’s ubiquitous birds. The artist, who attended Saturday events including the Dove Pageant, said the party was “surreal.” “It goes beyond the work. As a sculptor and an artist, you try to create something, but once you get into the community, it becomes more meaningful.” [The New York Times]

Rare copy President Abraham Lincoln‘ Amendment 13 End slavery, Proclamation of Liberation Auction is underway Sotheby’s June 26 in New York. A year later, a copy of all enslaved people was signed in 1863 and at least $3 million will be signed. Lincoln signed a handwritten amendment in 1865 ended slavery in the United States and could make $8 million. [The Wall Street Journal]

Japanese artist Carrie Yamaoka Already received Maria Rasniger Award 2025issued every two years Maria Rasniger Foundationworth €50,000 ($57,800). The artist will also be exhibited at a solo exhibition in Kunsthalle Hamburg next year. [dpa]

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separate. The story of the artist couple Anna-Eva Bergman (1909 – 1987) and Hans Harten (1904-1989) is a work of art itself, even the literary genre produced by two abstract painters in the 20th century. this guardian Reports about performances in Prague Kunthalle Gallery Dedicated to it, and how their artistic practices developed together, and then separated, when Bergman left Hartung for a while, reunited only in 1952. The reason for the Norwegian artist is to be able to focus on her art. “I have to be completely free, a man, and most importantly, no time – no chores and other concerns – just focus on my work while still having time to rest,” she wrote in a letter sent in Italy in 1937. “May your art always come first as before. It’s your strength, perhaps (on a human level) your weakness.”