August 4 | Moscow’s Garage Museum announces first offshoot exhibition in St. Petersburg

“Experiences of the Imaginary,” the first offshoot exhibition of the Garage Museum to take place in St. Petersburg, will feature work by nine emerging Russian artists — Nikolai Alexeyev, Aslan Gaisumov, Yevgeny Granilshchikov, Ilya Dolgov, Anastasia Kuzmina, Kirill Makarov, Ivan Novikov, Alexandra Sukhareva, and Anna Titova — and will run from August 27 through September 25. More on Artlyst.

Billionaire art collector François Pinault has decided to speed up on plans to open a new private museum in Paris at La Bourse de Commerce to host part of his collection. In the wake of recent terrorist attacks in France, Pinault has expressed his wish to “accelerate the completion of my project in Paris”. The museum is now officially due to open its doors by the end of 2018. Art Forumhas more information.

Magnus Resch, founder of the mobile app Magnus, which has recently been pulled from the App store, following allegations of data theft, has responded to his critics and competitors. Whilst Resch has admitted to having had legal trouble with Artsy — the platform had complained about various instances of copyright infringement on the part of Magnus — he has also made clear that after having removed all unlicensed images, the company has not made further complaints. As for Artfacts, which also complained about data theft, Resch has affirmed that the claims made by the company have “no substance”. In the meantime, Magnus remains unavailable on the App store. The Art Newspaper has more.

The 500 Capp Street Foundation, a museum housed in the former home of conceptual artist David Ireland in San Francisco, has appointed Bob Linder, director and co-owner of Capital gallery, as curator. Linder will work alongside Diego Villalobos, curator and head of programs at the organization. Art Forum has more.