Whilst Koether cited ‘personal reasons’, Baghramian took issue with the involvement of the host museum — the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag — in the ongoing legal dispute between artist Danh Vō and collector Bert Kreuk, The Art Newspaper reports.
Only two months after the closure of its Parisian counterpart, the Singapore branch of the Pinacothèque de Paris also closed its doors today. According to an official statement, the museum, facing business and financial challenges, was forced to cease its activity due to “weaker than expected visitorship”. The details are on Blouin Artinfo.
The Guggenheim museum of New York has cut short its series of loaned exhibitions in collaboration with the El Paso Museum of Art. The programme, which allowed the Texan museum to show works from the New York collection, was ended early because continuing the collaboration was no longer in Guggenheim’s “financial interest”. Read more on Art Market Monitor.
Screenprints of Andy Warhol’s famous “Campbell’s Soup Cans” were stolen from the Springfield Art Museum in Missouri between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning last week. Whilst the museum remains open, the exhibition “The Electric Garden of Our Minds: British/American Pop”, which included the stolen prints, has been closed to allow an investigation to take place. The full story is on Springfield News Reader.
The Panama Papers leak continues to shed light on more of the mysterious maneuverings of the art world. This time, the leaked documents have revealed the fate of Basil Goulandris’ collection. At the time of his death, the wealthy shipowner and art collector left behind a collection of 80 works, including pieces by Renoir, Monet, Matisse, Picasso and Pollock. Read more about the revelations on Art Market Monitor.
