{"id":427049,"date":"2025-12-05T18:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/427049\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T18:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:33:12","slug":"lucas-museum-chief-curator-out-and-more-morning-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/427049\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Museum Chief Curator Out, and More: Morning Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tTo receive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/t\/morning-links\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morning Links<\/a>\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.artnews.com\/artnews-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breakfast with ARTnews<\/a>\u00a0newsletter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGood Morning!<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hauser &amp; Wirth to open Sicily branch in historic Palazzo Forcella De Seta.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/t\/lucas-museum-of-narrative-art\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lucas-museum-of-narrative-art\" data-tag=\"lucas-museum-of-narrative-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucas Museum of Narrative Art<\/a> chief curator Pilar Tompkins left the institution this week.<\/li>\n<li>Another\u00a0Herm\u00e8s Birkin bag\u00a0once owned by Jane Birkin sold for $2.3 million at Sotheby\u2019s during Abu Dhabi Collector\u2019s Week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\tThe Headlines\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>LA DOLCE VITA. Hauser &amp; Wirth<\/strong>\u00a0is set to open its first Italian location, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.email.artnews.com%2F%3Fqs%3D96d43ca1a855992a58e434b9c7f2e10cd2b3735fccb466d0052257dde3ada343037056b9049a20599c937d14afe3953b16fe4fb7d768e2e7&amp;data=05%7C02%7Chjacobs%40artnews.com%7C99d58d4e90964b08f2b908de340e6aee%7Ce950f25546e44144a778a6ff4f557492%7C0%7C0%7C639005433700119941%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9DlHEGdfqjqcODfaWsyfyWPKG17mWRi8f9obGfN5Cys%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Italian daily<\/a>\u00a0La Repubblica.\u00a0No, not in Milan. No, not in Rome. No, not in Venice. The gallery has chosen<strong>\u00a0Palermo, Sicily\u00a0<\/strong>for the outpost, after purchasing a major part of\u00a0<strong>Palazzo Forcella<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>De Seta\u00a0<\/strong>in November. The building was put up for sale in 2020, and the gallery began investigating the site in 2023. However, the local government and Italy\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Ministry of Culture<\/strong>can still exercise their right of \u201cpublic pre-emption,\u201d which allows them to purchase the building within 60 days due to the Palazzo\u2019s historic-monument status. Assuming that right isn\u2019t exercised, the gallery could begin work on the gallery in 2026, with plans for completion by 2030. Hauser &amp; Wirth purchased roughly 20,000 square feet of the property, including the main floor\u2014to be used as the exhibition space\u2014two wings, and a building for the gallery\u2019s offices. The neo-gothic palace has a storied history having served as a venue for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.email.artnews.com%2F%3Fqs%3D96d43ca1a855992a51a7dc15523f0d095ba7bc0258de224e6c821ce5af4a7c7508e305beb65361ce481505693d795ab324cdf17b50c70381&amp;data=05%7C02%7Chjacobs%40artnews.com%7C99d58d4e90964b08f2b908de340e6aee%7Ce950f25546e44144a778a6ff4f557492%7C0%7C0%7C639005433700139641%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=n0EKDMu364ryOoLySvpO3JNaYDuTYIFQJtLlVdwJYbg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manifesta 12<\/a>, which was held in Palermo in 2018. It was once home to Galleria Mediterranea, the city\u2019s first private art gallery, from 1937 to 1940.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRelated Articles<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-artnews-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of a space-like building with the downtown LA skyline in the background.\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU?\u00a0<\/strong>Less than a month after announcing its opening date, the\u00a0<strong>Lucas Museum of Narrative Art\u00a0<\/strong>said that its chief curator and deputy director of curatorial collections,\u00a0<strong>Pilar Tompkins<\/strong>, is leaving the institution this week, the\u00a0Los Angeles Times\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.email.artnews.com%2F%3Fqs%3D96d43ca1a855992a277beef0717a2010bbff6109777d31fd889dc3f8864289e12ff731736143e473fc422f3f4aa79907f59bd853f4ce4ddc&amp;data=05%7C02%7Chjacobs%40artnews.com%7C99d58d4e90964b08f2b908de340e6aee%7Ce950f25546e44144a778a6ff4f557492%7C0%7C0%7C639005433700158188%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=FBQsvu6wJdgMWnrtXLnaow0VIQoSBDVsq%2F7rO9jfwsg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>\u00a0late Thursday. Interim Chief Executive\u00a0<strong>Jim Gianopulos<\/strong>\u00a0told staff in an email that there are \u201cno immediate plans\u201d to replace Pilar\u2019s role, and that George Lucas will continue to lead curatorial content and direction. The departure comes less than a year after\u00a0<strong>Sandra Jackson-Dumot<\/strong>\u00a0left her perch as director and CEO of the museum. There were also layoffs earlier this year that cut 14 percent of full-time staff. The museum said it is still on track for its opening in September 2026.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe thank Pilar Tompkins Rivas for her hard work over the last five years, which has been instrumental in preparing the museum for its opening. We wish her well in her future endeavors,\u201d the museum said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe Digest\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe\u00a0<strong>Rijksakademie<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>Amsterdam<\/strong>\u00a0has appointed\u00a0<strong>Laurence Rassel<\/strong>\u00a0as its new director. She joins the institution from Brussels\u2019s \u00e9cole de recherche graphique, where she has served as director since 2016. [<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.email.artnews.com%2F%3Fqs%3D96d43ca1a855992a80b505fc5411f7c1dd952c50f1018f8a92303d67f300962616c0b9e8ef0bf04d30223a549e9171831d14510cd698db63&amp;data=05%7C02%7Chjacobs%40artnews.com%7C99d58d4e90964b08f2b908de340e6aee%7Ce950f25546e44144a778a6ff4f557492%7C0%7C0%7C639005433700195654%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=z%2F0KRnT3ls9EweBazZ%2F4zzPYfVTRYiu5DjJZbcuYNM0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artforum<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA 16th-century portrait of\u00a0<strong>Thomas Howard<\/strong>, the 4th Duke of\u00a0<strong>Norfolk<\/strong>, set a new record for an Elizabethan portrait when it sold for \u00a33.2 million ($4.2 million) at<strong>\u00a0Sotheby\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0Old Masters sale in London on December 4. [<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.email.artnews.com%2F%3Fqs%3D96d43ca1a855992a6bad9a57ba69245e25de602af284d9c328059f01e213a73cec331d9e13563735495d2ad18073d6ca222bf55cc84b3989&amp;data=05%7C02%7Chjacobs%40artnews.com%7C99d58d4e90964b08f2b908de340e6aee%7Ce950f25546e44144a778a6ff4f557492%7C0%7C0%7C639005433700214158%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JhyEiJfV9namY0E0JFfQlnXaNfzFxqfhQRWtpTqFLOg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artnet News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA\u00a0<strong>Herm\u00e8s Birkin Voyageur<\/strong>\u00a0once owned by\u00a0<strong>Jane Birkin<\/strong>\u00a0sold for $2.3 million at\u00a0<strong>Sotheby\u2019s<\/strong>during Abu Dhabi Collector\u2019s Week on Friday\u2014blowing past its $240,000\u2013$440,000 estimate. [<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.email.artnews.com%2F%3Fqs%3D96d43ca1a855992a4c5f2018acaa19a8c84d7fd311997974b05e2f2e7c399c9c1379b47441289943636fb37b5efbc08a9ed75a2a25a1b48c&amp;data=05%7C02%7Chjacobs%40artnews.com%7C99d58d4e90964b08f2b908de340e6aee%7Ce950f25546e44144a778a6ff4f557492%7C0%7C0%7C639005433700232610%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KMmv0Cgu7mhVb%2B9prIRrYomytuK3vlUBJARsyKzu5Fo%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sotheby\u2019s<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGuadeloupean artist Kelly Sinnapah Mary has been named the newest recipient of the CPGA\u2013Villa Albertine \u00c9tant Donn\u00e9s Prize, an annual award recognizing a French artist featured at\u00a0<strong>Art Basel Miami Beach<\/strong>. Her work\u00a0The Book of Violette: Marie-Anne\u00a0(2025), shown at\u00a0<strong>James Cohan<\/strong>\u2019s booth, has also been acquired by a US-based foundation for $80,000. [<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.email.artnews.com%2F%3Fqs%3D96d43ca1a855992a411df24231f5b502b3b0361a6dbb4a93a6376ec49bb96d2ea6b4a8df17e0b4decb3bc2e5777b63f17b17eb9c4017003a&amp;data=05%7C02%7Chjacobs%40artnews.com%7C99d58d4e90964b08f2b908de340e6aee%7Ce950f25546e44144a778a6ff4f557492%7C0%7C0%7C639005433700253928%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lv5HN4j1ho0QL%2FMVKWpioRiyPYMfxhWAs28LL9%2Fy7%2Fw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Art Newspaper<\/a>]\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe Kicker\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>\u2018OCTOPUSSY\u2019 EGG GETS STUCK.<\/strong>\u00a0Some people like to collect<strong>\u00a0Faberg\u00e9\u00a0<\/strong>eggs, while some, it seems, like to ingest them, after police in\u00a0<strong>New Zealand<\/strong>\u00a0said a diamond-studded Faberg\u00e9 locket was swallowed by a man attempting to steal the piece. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.email.artnews.com%2F%3Fqs%3D96d43ca1a855992a8edcbd4b779895f5d2371acbdf2d0b6cacf662a1d90347cf334b9186e26f7a82c4f00b1133ae9585be9dcce5b6b67db3&amp;data=05%7C02%7Chjacobs%40artnews.com%7C99d58d4e90964b08f2b908de340e6aee%7Ce950f25546e44144a778a6ff4f557492%7C0%7C0%7C639005433700273074%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zCBBEolhMZvzDVvR86J3ivL0OTkdfDMiou7%2B%2FQAPRO4%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC\u00a0<\/a>reported that the 32-year-old suspect was arrested two weeks ago at\u00a0<strong>Partridge Jewellers\u00a0<\/strong>in central Auckland after allegedly ingesting the object, which is worth $19,000. According to the jeweller, the locket, called the \u201c<strong>Octopussy egg<\/strong>,\u201d contains 60 white diamonds, 15 blue sapphires, and opens to reveal an 18-carat gold miniature octopus, inspired by the 1983 James Bond film. The locket will be returned to Faberg\u00e9, the world-renowned Russian-founded jewellery house. The suspect, who faces a theft charge, is due back in court on December 8. The police said the locked was recovered without medical intervention earlier this week after the man was watched like a hawk by the authorities \u2026 it turned out the luxury item had a limited-edition exit strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHave a great weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. Good Morning! 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