The Art World This Week: Sotheby’s to Debut Updated Building, Clearing Gallery to Close, Gaypalani Waṉambi Wins Award, 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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14 Aug, 2025
A rendering of Sotheby’s fourth-floor gallery at the Breuer; Jackson Pollock: © 2025 The Pollock Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Lucio Fontana: © 2025 Estate of Lucio Fontana / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY
Sotheby’s Has Set a Debut Date for Its Landmark Breuer Building Headquarters
After more than two years of anticipation, the auction house will open its newly updated Madison Avenue home on November 8.
Clearing Gallery In New York Shutters After 14 Years
New York-based gallery Clearing, known for artists like Korakrit Arunanondchai, has closed its doors after 14 years.
Natsiaa 2025: Gaypalani Waṉambi Wins $100,000 Award for ‘Exquisite’ Artwork Made With Discarded Road Signs
Waṉambi takes home Australia’s most prestigious First Nations art prize for her artwork Burwu, blossom, which saw her etch thousands of stringybark blossoms and bees.
‘He Considered War to Be the Culmination of Anti-Human Power’: Ukrainian Artist David Chichkan Killed on Frontline
Known for his devotion to his anarchist ideals, Chichkan becomes the latest in a string of Ukrainian cultural workers killed since Russia's full-scale invasion.
Christophe de Menil, Art Patron and Designer, Is Dead at 92
A Parisian-born oil heiress, she collected art and supported major artists, designed costumes and moved in rarefied social and cultural circles.
Bangkok Art & Culture Centre Censors Works Following Visit From Chinese Officials
The Bangkok Art & Culture Centre (BACC) has removed and obscured several artworks and artists’ names from their current exhibition following a visit by Chinese embassy officials.
A Wojnarowicz Mural Was Rediscovered in Kentucky After Four Decades—Now It’s Being Hidden Again
In 1985, David Wojnarowicz and a group of other New York artists made a trip to Louisville, Kentucky, to create site-specific murals as part of a week-long fundraiser.
Daniel Muzyczuk to Lead Poland’s Muzeum Sztuki
The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland has named Daniel Muzyczuk as the next director of the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź.
Pace Gallery Takes on Painter Lauren Quin Amid Shifts in L.A. Art Scene
There have been some seismic shifts to the landscape of the Los Angeles art market lately—but the addition of painter Lauren Quin to the roster at Pace Gallery shows how up‑and‑comers are still on their way up.
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