The art world is in flux this week with key appointments and openings.
Francesca Casadio takes the helm at the Getty Conservation Institute as a conservation scientist, bringing her expertise from the Art Institute of Chicago. Meanwhile, Berlin-based artist Elif Saydam’s ‘Späti Paintings’ are set to enter Hamburger Bahnhof—Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart.
GRIMM celebrates its 20th anniversary by opening a new space in Amsterdam and launching an artist residency in Provence. In Washington, D.C., Steven Nelson is named the inaugural executive director of the Sam Gilliam Foundation.
The spotlight then turns to auction houses with Sotheby’s London estimating two Claude Monet works for $67 million. Hyperallergic's Matt Stromberg reviews Refik Anadol’s AI art museum, finding it more dizzying than enlightening, with a heavy data cloud overshadowing the artworks on display.
