{"id":64307,"date":"2026-05-12T20:25:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/64307\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T20:25:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:25:37","slug":"art-basels-parent-company-plans-new-ideas-festival-and-more-art-industry-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/64307\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Basel\u2019s Parent Company Plans New \u2018Ideas Festival\u2019\u2014and More Art Industry News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our weekly news roundup is an extension of\u00a0Paint Drippings,\u00a0which drops first in\u00a0The Back Room, our lively recap funneling only the week\u2019s must-know art industry intel into a nimble read\u00a0you\u2019ll\u00a0actually enjoy.\u00a0Artnet News Pro members get exclusive access\u2014subscribe\u00a0<\/a>now to receive this in your inbox every Friday.<\/p>\n

Art Fairs<\/p>\n

\u2013 Art Basel has been quietly planning a major expansion\u2014but not another art fair. A new initiative, revealed as the Futurific Institute, is set to launch in Basel in 2028 as a large-scale \u201cglobal ideas festival.\u201d Backed by billionaires James and Kathryn Murdoch, along with Art Basel\u2019s parent company MCH Group, the project aims to bring together leaders from art, technology, business, and politics. (Vanity Fair<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Art Dubai is postponing its 20th edition by a month amid the escalating war in Iran. The fair will now take place May 14\u201317 at\u00a0Madinat Jumeirah, although some international exhibitors have already pulled out.\u00a0(Artnet News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Art Dubai 2025. Photo: Cedric Ribeiro\/ Spark Media for\u00a0Art\u00a0Dubai.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Liste has announced 106 galleries participating in its 31st edition at Messe Basel this June 15-21. Among 41 first-timers are Niru Ratnam (London), O-Townn House (Los Angeles), and Courtney Jaeger (Basel).<\/p>\n

\u2013 The inaugural Paris International Milano will feature 34 international galleries, including Cr\u00e8vec\u0153ur of Paris, Warsaw\u2019s Stereo, and Francesca Minini from Milan. The fair, held at the modernist Palazzo Galbani, will run will run April 18\u201321 in tandem with Miart and Milano Art Week.<\/p>\n

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Galleries<\/p>\n

\u2013 Brooke Benington is shuttering its space in London\u2019s Fitzrovia neighborhood on March 21, after four years. Benington will launch an exhibition residency at the new\u00a0Amici Studio\u00a0in Hastings this summer\u2014a move that\u00a0she said will allow her to\u00a0expand the gallery\u2019s program and develop \u201cmore ambitious, artist-led projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Meanwhile, the London-based gallerist Timothy Taylor\u00a0will close his New York outpost after nearly a decade in the city. (ARTnews<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2013 French dealer Kamel Mennour has acquired the historic Galerie Malingue,\u00a0converting its\u00a0Paris showroom\u00a0into a new\u00a0venue for his\u00a0eponymous gallery.\u00a0(ARTnews<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Nara Roesler now represents\u00a0Jac Leirner\u00a0in collaboration\u00a0with\u00a0Esther Schipper.<\/p>\n

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Museums and Institutions<\/p>\n

\u2013 Mexico\u2019s Ministry of Culture has urged eBay to remove listings for 195 pre-Columbian artifacts, arguing they were illegally obtained and should be repatriated. (The Art Newspaper<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2013 The\u00a0Royal Academy of Arts\u00a0in London has\u00a0tapped\u00a0Helen Legg\u00a0as its new artistic director. The storied institution has also made two other senior hires: Livia Evans\u00a0as commercial director and\u00a0Lamia\u00a0Dabboussy\u00a0as director of brand and audiences.<\/p>\n

\u2013 MCA Chicago\u2019s long-time director Madeleine\u00a0Grynsztejn\u00a0has announced plans to retire\u00a0at the end of this year.<\/p>\n

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Madeleine Grynsztejn, Director of MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL. Courtesy of MCA Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Luciano Johnson has been\u00a0promoted to\u00a0chief librarian at the\u00a0Frick Collection in New York.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Powerhouse Arts has tapped\u00a0Liz Munsell\u00a0as the next vice president of its curatorial and arts program. She was previously a curatorial consultant at the Jewish Museum\u00a0in New York.<\/p>\n

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Celebrities<\/p>\n

\u2013 Meryl Streep\u00a0made a seven-figure donation to the\u00a0National Women\u2019s History Museum in Washington D.C.\u00a0 The star\u2019s donation will fund storytelling projects and support digital programming initiatives. (Artnet News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Meryl Streep at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 15, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Sebastien Nogier \u2013 Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Actor Steve Martin\u00a0and his wife\u00a0Anne Stringfield,\u00a0along with\u00a0John and\u00a0 Barbara Wilkerson,\u00a0have created a website for their holdings of Australian Indigenous art called\u00a0Two Collections<\/a>, which aims to be a resource for curators, academics, and the curious.<\/p>\n

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Biennials<\/p>\n

\u2013 The accounting firm PwC has withdrawn its support from the\u00a0Sydney Biennale after a performance by U.S. electronic music producer Zubeyda Muzeyyen at the Biennale\u2019s opening night party was accused of antisemitism. (Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Glasgow International has unveiled details of its 11th edition, featuring a new commission by\u00a0Kate Cooper\u00a0and solo shows by\u00a0Jasmine Togo-Brisby, Jericho Mars,\u00a0and\u00a0Rehana Zaman. The city-wide program runs June 5\u201321.<\/p>\n

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Awards<\/p>\n

\u2013 Trevor Paglen has won the $100,000 LG Guggenheim Award, allocated as part of the five-year LG Guggenheim Art and Technology Initiative.<\/p>\n

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Artist Trevor Paglen. Photo: Tim P. Whitby\/ Getty Images for Barbican Centre.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Four artists have received the\u00a0Robert Rauschenberg Foundation\u2018s\u00a0Rauschenberg Centennial Award.\u00a0They include\u00a0Senga Nengudi\u00a0for art,\u00a0David Thomson for performance, and\u00a0Chandra McCormick and Keith\u00a0Calhoun for photography. Each will receive $100,000.<\/p>\n

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RIP<\/p>\n

\u2013 Calvin Tomkins, the influential New Yorker<\/a> critic known for<\/a> his insightful and widely read artist profiles, has died at 100. (New Yorker<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our weekly news roundup is an extension of\u00a0Paint Drippings,\u00a0which drops first in\u00a0The Back Room, our lively recap funneling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1377,35085,1476,23220,35077,35076,18601,35078,27391,31363,27390,31362,19089,77,1464,2696,35084,35080,529,35081,35082,35079,35083,35041],"class_list":{"0":"post-64307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basel","8":"tag-art-basel","9":"tag-art-dubai-postponed","10":"tag-art-fairs","11":"tag-art-galleries","12":"tag-art-industry","13":"tag-art-market-news","14":"tag-art-market-trends","15":"tag-art-museum-news","16":"tag-art-news","17":"tag-artnet-pro","18":"tag-artnet-news","19":"tag-artnet-news-pro","20":"tag-auctions","21":"tag-basel","22":"tag-kamel-mennour","23":"tag-market","24":"tag-mch-group-ideas-festival","25":"tag-meryl-streep","26":"tag-museums","27":"tag-steve-martin","28":"tag-sydney-biennale","29":"tag-the-back-room","30":"tag-timothy-taylor","31":"tag-trevor-paglen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116563484875084704","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}