Collector and Inhotim museum director Bernardo Paz sentenced to nine years in prison
The Brazilian businessman, known in the art world for being the founder of the Inhotim Institute, was sentenced to nine years and three months in prison for money laundering. Paz’s sister, Maria Virgínia de Mello Paz, was also sentenced to five years and three months. Paz’s attorney Marcelo Leonardo has stated that the facts have nothing to do with the Inhotim Institute, and that he has already appealed the court decision, which was made back in September but only made public last week. Read more on The New York Times.
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Paris gets its very own museum of digital art
Set to open on April 13, Paris’ first museum of digital art will be called “L’Atelier des Lumières”. Managed by Culturespaces (a subsidiary of energy company Engie), L’atelier des Lumières will be housed in a former 2,000-square-meter foundry, and will feature exhibitions, performances and contemporary art. Large-scale projects will take over the space’s 10-meter-high walls. The new museum will open with an exhibition dedicated to Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, and a shorter program devoted to Austrian painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000). Read more (in French) via Le Parisien.
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The Shanghai Biennial announces curatorial appointments
Cuauhtémoc Medina, chief curator of the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporanea de Mexico, was appointed as the curator of the upcoming Shanghai Biennial, taking place next year. Medina, who was responsible for curating Manifesta in 2012, will work alongside Shi Hanato and He Huanhuan.
Cuauhtémoc Medina has highlighted the importance of the event, the organization of which “provides a clear image of the current decentering of our cultural narratives and the significance that China and Asia have in the cultural and economic circuits of today.” Read more on Artnews.
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