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The Art World This Week: Greenpeace Installs Anish Kapoor Work, Documenta Unveils Curatorial Team, Alexandria Biennale Returns, and More
Everything you need to know about the most important headlines from the world of art in the last seven days
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21 Aug, 2025
Activists Install BUTCHERED by Anish Kapoor onto Active Shell Platform in the
North Sea © Greenpeace
Greenpeace Installs New Anish kapoor Work on Offshore Shell Platform
Greenpeace activists installed BUTCHERED, a new work by Anish Kapoor, on a Shell platform in the North Sea.
Documenta Unveils First All-Woman Curatorial Team for 2027
Artistic director Naomi Beckwith will work with the four women on exhibition content, publications and programming.
The Alexandria Biennale Returns With a Mediterranean Focus After a 12-Year Hiatus
Curated by Moataz Nasr, “This Too Shall Pass” will spotlight Egypt’s cultural revival.
Brian Ferriso Appointed Director of the Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) has announced that Brian Ferriso has been appointed as the Museum’s next Eugene McDermott Director.
Christie's to Offer the Collection of Visionary Danish Collector Ole Faarup
Highlights include major works by Peter Doig, Chris Ofili and Jean-Michel Basquiat alongside other established and emerging Danish and international artists.
Art in General to Reopen in NYC
Art in General, the well-regarded nonprofit exhibition space founded in New York in 1981 by artists Martin Weinstein and Teresa Liszka, is set to make its return under the leadership of curator Xiaoyu Weng.
Belgian Painter Walter Swennen Dies at 79
The celebrated artist was best known for his experiential and radical approach to painting, with his major retrospective opening at the Kunstmuseum Bonn in 2021.
Getty Foundation Grants $1.5 M. to 7 Black Visual Arts Archives
The Getty Foundation has awarded $1.5 million in grants to seven libraries, museums, and universities across the United States as part of its ongoing Black Visual Arts Archives program.
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery Will Close Los Angeles Location
The New York gallery's West Coast outpost will cease operations in September after seven years.
Collector Sues Christie’s Over Picasso Painting Once Owned by a Criminal
Collector Sasan Ghandehari recently filed a lawsuit against Christie’s, alleging that the auction house did not inform him that a painting by Pablo Picasso was owned by someone convicted of drug-related charges before he purchased the work.
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