Angelica Villa

2 weeks ago | artnews.com | Angelica Villa

Christian Otto, a Berlin-based attorney, has been appointed as the insolvency administrator for Peres Projects, an influential contemporary art gallery founded by Javier Peres, 53. The Berlin district court placed the gallery under provisional insolvency administration in February, following allegations of financial distress first reported by German outlet Verbraucherschutzforum. The gallery’s Berlin location, opened in 2005, last held an exhibition in February.

2 weeks ago | artnews.com | Angelica Villa

A new report is raising alarms about entrenched gender inequities in U.S. art institutions—gaps that a generation of established women artists have increasing tried to correct as they have sought out more autonomy from traditional institutions. The report was published and funded by Anonymous Was A Woman, a grant organization that awards an independent art award distributed by the New York Foundation for the Arts and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

2 weeks ago | robbreport.com | Angelica Villa

A lengthy legal dispute over a patch of land in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, that is believed to be the place where Vincent van Gogh made one of his final paintings, has come to an end, with a court ruling in favor of the French couple that owns the land.

3 weeks ago | artnews.com | Angelica Villa

Haitian sculptor Ti Pèlen, whose birth name is Jean Salomon Horace, died last month at the age of 66. His cause of death remains undisclosed. His family will preserve the remaining artworks in his possession, according to a spokesperson for Pioneer Works, which featured his work in a 2018 exhibition on Port-au-Prince artists.

3 weeks ago | artnews.com | Angelica Villa

The Smithsonian Institution’s leadership is standing firm after the Trump administration ordered a review last month of its exhibits, accusing the museum network of pushing a “race-centered ideology.” In an internal memo to staff Friday obtained by Courthouse News Service, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III told employees that the institution would continue to operate “free of partisanship” despite White House efforts to reshape its programming.