It is set to open on April 10 with an exhibition featuring works by Mario Merz. More on Artnet News.
After 46 years, l’Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris is closing its doors on March 31. The space is situated in the 8th arrondissement, will welcome the Théâtre de la Ville — whose building on the Place du Chatelet is to undergo restaurations for the next two years. More on Le Journal des Arts.
Laurel Gitlen gallery is closing its New York space. The gallery opened its doors in the Lower East Side seven years ago, after moving from Portland where it started under the name Small A Projects. More on Artnews.
After being shut down by authorities in December, Townhouse gallery in Cairo has been allowed to reopen under strict legal conditions. The gallery’s director, William Wells, says the restrictions constitute censorship by the government, and now has to obtain prior state approval for its program and events. More on The Guardian.
French auction house Millon is to take over a charity sale organized by French newspaper Libération and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which was postponed in January after Artcurial obliged to pressure from the Israeli embassy in France to retract a work by artist Ernest Pignon-Ernest. The auction will take place on March 22 at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine.
