That Painting’s a Dog: Colin Gleadell says that a local auctioneer’s visit to a family home ended up with the discovery of a Guercino painting previously unknown that was bought by the family in the mid-19th Century. Before this work was found, there was previously only one Guercino portrait of a dog known. …
Pace Pops Up in Geneva: Melanie Gerlis’s FT column had this announcement about Pace Gallery’s upcoming in March space in Geneva, Switzerland:
- “Marc Glimcher, Pace president and chief executive, acknowledges it’s still an experimental place to be — the opening show of works by Louise Nevelson, Sol LeWitt and Adam Pendleton is officially a three-month pop-up before he expects to commit fully to the space — but he supports the strategy with experience. ‘Being in New York, London and Hong Kong are as many art centres as you need. Geneva, much like Palo Alto and Seoul [where Pace also has spaces], is a city with a lot of power that is under-served by the international art community.'” …
Lorenzo Rudolf Isn’t Happy: As Art Stage Singapore opens, it’s founder, Enid Tsui says in the South China Morning Post, is frustrated:
- “Strong economic growth has led to many new galleries and private museums opening in the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand. Everywhere, everywhere, the art scene booms. The only place we have stagnation is Singapore,” he says at the preview of the markedly shrunken art fair held at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre at Marina Bay Sands. “If the market doesn’t grow, then I will have to reflect on what I do. I sure won’t be sitting here until the end.” …
Saudia Arabia’s Misk Art Institute Announced: Bloomberg reports on the announcement made at MoMA:
- “The way to think of this is that the Crown Prince is 32,” says Stephen Stapleton, a British artist who was named the institute’s director of international programming. “He’s part of a generation that the creative industry is not only part of the economic change—because it’s part of job creation—it’s also about cultural change.”
