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Macron chose PÉGARD. Catherine Pegardeformer president Versailles and close ally of the French President Emmanuel MacronAccording to reports, will become the new French Culture Minister Le Monde. Unconfirmed speculation is that she will replace outgoing Rachida Dadi It’s been circulating for weeks. Pegaard, 71, will have a tough job ahead of him. She needs to tidy up LouvreThe museum is in trouble after France’s crown jewels were stolen in October while trying to save Macron’s controversial $1 billion overhaul of the museum. It’s part of his cultural heritage, This valuable tradition of French leadership remains influential today.
sash mania. First-day sales for Frieze Los Angeles will end on March 1. art newsBrian Boucher has all the stats for VIP Day as New Yorkers chatter and swap the snow for California sunshine. Los Angeles dealer Charlie James, standing among the works of Kristopher Raos and Manuel López, summed up the enthusiasm with a line that made headlines: “It’s madness.” Meanwhile, Maximilíano Durón was sifting through the show booths for the best ones. Arts News. He’s on the standout stand in Los Angeles Parker Galleryis showing a series of new paintings Marley Freeman be inspired Textile craftsis a vintage textile dealership in Los Angeles founded by her father, Paul. Still with the textile theme is a delightful display of quilts Yvonne Wells exist fort gansevoort. Photography is also on the rise in this issue, such as Uzi Parnes’s “Photo Chandelier” Gordon Robicheauxand Christina FernandezPhotos are located at Luisotti Gallery Depicted the sweatshops of Los Angeles, many of which employed undocumented women. Both made the list of best booths.
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Ulysses JenkinsMuralist, performer and pioneer of video art has died at the age of 79. Hammer Museum in his hometown of Los Angeles. (Art News)
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artist Amy Sherald has been crowned one of time Along with 16 other recipients, she was named Magazine’s 2026 Woman of the Year. Last year, Sherald claimed national portrait gallery Washington, D.C., is censoring her planned exhibition after she canceled it in protest over a painting of a black trans woman posing with the Statue of Liberty. (Time Magazine)
Giancarlo Politifounder of the publication glitter artpassed away at the age of 89. (Le Quotidien de l’Art)
Sculptor features new lounge, occasional herbal tea service, chess set on round coffee table, “emotional library” made from chunks of steel, peacock feathers and other materials Carol Bove Already featured in an upcoming retrospective Guggenheim Museum As “a pleasurable feel-good thing that takes precedence over the human desire to sit or lie down”. “Museums are such a nuisance,” Boff said. “I think this goes back to Plato, who believed that the body was really inferior to the soul.” (New York Times)
german culture minister Wolfram Weimer Crisis meeting held berlin film festival The festival collapsed over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and accusations of censorship of pro-Palestinian positions. (German Press Agency)
a statue Winston Churchill The words “Zionist war criminals” and “Free Palestine” were painted in red graffiti in London’s Parliament Square. (Daily Telegraph)
Dubai is preparing to reopen this 1787 building afadi fortthe oldest existing building in Dubai. The fort-turned-museum will feature expanded gallery space, archival materials and digital media displays. (National newspaper)
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Rich gifts. We received news about two major museum donations to tide us over the weekend: vancouver art gallery Just received over 800 photos Stephen Shore Reportedly from his “Unusual Places” (1973-81) series to help underpin the gallery’s collection The Art Newspaper. In fact, this gift comes from List The family means the museum now holds one of the most comprehensive collections of Shore photography in the world. The gift of photography keeps on giving, J. Paul Getty Museum collected a series of photos Irving PennIt was reportedly taken while traveling in Cusco, Peru Tan.
