Trump Is Coming for the Architecture Biennale
Modigliani's "indecent" nude fetches $63.9M, the National Gallery of Art gets a major contemporary art gift, and more industry news.
Art Movements, published every Thursday afternoon, is a roundup of must-know news, appointments, awards, and other happenings in today’s chaotic art world.
Here We Go Again
The US Department of State this week issued calls for proposals for the 2027 Venice Biennale of Architecture, and — surprise, surprise — said it will look for designs that “exemplify America’s exceptionalism.” The submission guidelines, reviewed by Hyperallergic, also require applying entities to certify that they do not operate any programs “promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.” The language reeks of the Trump administration’s jingoistic rhetoric and echoes the application for this year’s Venice Biennale pavilion, which was ultimately handed to artist Alma Allen, bypassing the traditional process.
National Gallery of Art Gets Major Gift
The National Gallery of Art received nearly 50 works from the Berezdivin Collection, spanning painting, photography, and conceptual art by contemporary artists from the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Some of these artists were not previously represented in the Washington, DC, museum's collection, including Allora & Calzadilla, Chemi Rosado-Seijo, Rafael Ferrer, and Priscilla Monge.
