> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Art Movements: Larry Gagosian Heads to the Big Screen - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-larry-gagosian-heads-to-the-big-screen/ - Published: 2026-05-21T20:30:40.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-21T20:39:30.000Z - Description: The enigmatic art dealer gets the documentary treatment, Pace gets the Brancusi Estate, the Louvre's new architects, and other industry news. - Author: Valentina Di Liscia - Tags: Community, Art Movements, News [*Art Movements,*](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/art-movements/) *published every Thursday afternoon, is a roundup of must-know news, appointments, awards, and other happenings in today’s chaotic art world.* --- ### Larry Gagosian Gets the Documentary Treatment A new “unauthorized documentary” about the enigmatic dealer is in the works, as first reported by *Page Six* and confirmed by *Hyperallergic* directly with the film's creator, the Canadian director and veteran producer Barry Avrich of Melbar Entertainment Group. Avrich said the film will complete his trilogy about the art industry, following [*Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World*](https://hyperallergic.com/a-documentary-introduction-to-the-art-world-with-star-power-and-obvious-ideas/) (2017) and [*Made You Look*](https://hyperallergic.com/made-you-look-netflix-documentary/) (2020). (He also wrote a [book](https://bookshop.org/a/539/9798888454527?ref=hyperallergic.com) last year about the Knoedler Gallery fraud scandal.) Personally, I am both excited and filled with dread, as I fear any more attention paid to this man will inevitably result in a wave of spin-offs no one asked for. *Larry Gagosian: The Musical*, anyone? --- ### Five Craft Artists Win Big ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/05/Wandless_Paul.jpg) Paul Andrew Wandless, a winner of the 2026 Maxwell/Hanrahan Award in Craft (photo courtesy the artist) The Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation announced the 2026 recipients of its Awards in Craft, which recognize artists who are preserving and examining cultural histories through novel materials-based practices. This year's winners are multidisciplinary artist **Hong** **Hong**, quilter **Loretta** **Pettway** **Bennett**, Navajo weaver **Melissa** **Cody**, ceramicist and printer **Paul** **Andrew** **Wandless**, and figurative sculptor **Roberto** **Benavidez**. They will each receive a $100,000 unrestricted award. --- ### What Else Happened? ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/05/image-72.png) Constantin Brancusi in his studio, 11 Impasse Ronsin, with four Endless Columns in the background, c. 1932–34 (© Succession Brancusi - All rights reserved (ARS) 2018, courtesy Pace Gallery) - Pace Gallery casually announced this week that it is now representing the **Constantin** **Brancusi** **Estate**. No big deal. - The [Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program](https://dadagoldberg.yatrack2.com/2MneCNVO3ug9JYNU90cmN-VVy2UqJYE%5FwANgPvm0ZrdLtiL4sngEBf824qKj6dCWvmV374jcqF3wznW9P3I7oILy7vA4rubc4YWVMzbBXR0xA9D520zPjwtpkk3t0ZJ-PwLeENinjghnBxmFy%5FwlzF6gnrRc-rPSNyryETnvXgHHY50dfUz-M-U9T?ref=hyperallergic.com) has announced its 2026–2027 cohort. The 17 visual artists receive one year of rent-free studio space in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood. They are **Alisa** **Sikelianos-Carter**, **Anne Gilman**, **Beverly** **Fishman**, **David** **Shrobe**, **Davis** **Arney**, **E.E.** **Ikeler**, **Emily Janowick**, **Isaiah** **Davis**, **Jonathan** **Sanchez** **Noa**, **Khalif Tahir Thompson**, **Lee Maxey**, **Louis** **Block**, **Madjeen Isaac**, **Mariel Rolwing Montes**, **Olivia Jia**, **Satpreet** **Kahlon**, and **Takuji Hamanaka**. - The artist-led organization A Blade of Grass has announced its2026In Fellowship cohort. The three cohort members are **Emily** **Johnson** of Catalyst, based in New York; The Projects/Space in Tucson; and the nationwide UNDOC+Collective. - **Sarah** **Rowe** **(Ponca Tribe of Nebraska)** is the inaugural artist-in-residence at Native Neon, a $50,000 program from Walker Youngbird Foundation. - **Marc Manack** was named director of the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois Chicago's College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts. - **John McBride** will serve as interim executive director and chief operating officer at Dallas Contemporary. **Jeremy Strick** will step into the role of strategic advisor. --- ### Wildcard ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/05/GettyImages-2147884219.jpg) Leonardo Da Vinci's poor, exhausted "Mona Lisa" at the Louvre Museum (photo Antonin UTZ / AFP via Getty Images) The architects of a $1 billion renovation at the beleaguered Louvre Museum in Paris have been announced. Selldorf Architects and Studios Architecture Paris will lead the much-anticipated expansion, encompassing a new 33,000-square-foot (!) room for the Mona Lisa and integrating “cutting-edge technologies” that will, hopefully, help the institution avoid [another face-palm moment](https://hyperallergic.com/louvre-museum-closed-after-dramatic-daylight-heist/). The project has been christened the “[Louvre Nouvelle Renaissance](https://www.louvre.fr/en/support-the-louvre/major-projects/renovations-and-refurbishments?ref=hyperallergic.com),” perhaps because the museum is currently stuck in the Middle Ages.