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Written by Kiara Ventura Edited by Lauren Cavalli Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, is opening her own museum in the Shinjuku neighborhood of Tokyo on October 1. David Zwirner gallery, which represents Kusama, confirmed the news. Her new series of paintings, “My Eternal Soul,” will be featured in the museum’s inaugural exhibition, “Creation Is a Solitary Pursuit, LoveContinue reading “Art Forum: Yayoi Kusama Museum Will Open in Tokyo this October”

Written by Kiara Ventura Edited by Lauren Cavalli   Hashem El Madani, known for his portrait photography of Lebanese citizens from the mid- to late twentieth century, has died. The Arab Image Foundation, founded by artist Akram Zaatari, confirmed his death on Tuesday. The cause of his passing is still unknown, Alex Greenberger of Artnews reports. AtContinue reading “Art Forum: Hashem El Madani (1928–2017)”

Written by Kiara Ventura Edited by Lauren Cavalli The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC), a San Antonio–based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the Latinx arts field, recently announced its twelfth funding cycle of grants. This season comes with new investments from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, which will go toward a new awardContinue reading “Art Forum: NALAC Announces New Grants for Latinx Artists”

Written by Kiara Ventura Edited by Lauren Cavalli The Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, Massachusetts, received a gift of more than 340 pieces of African art from doctors Carolyn and Eli Newberger. Representing various cultures of West Africa, the collection includes decorative, religious, and utilitarian objects from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Continue reading “Art Forum: More Than Three Hundred African Artworks Gifted to Williams College Museum of Art”

Written by Kiara Ventura Edited by Lauren Cavalli After more than a decade of negotiations, the Centre Pompidou in Paris has finalized a deal allowing it to establish its first exhibition space in China. The Paris institution and the West Bund Group in Shanghai is calling their agreement “the most important cultural exchange project” toContinue reading “Art Forum: Centre Pompidou Moves Forward with Launch of Shanghai Outpost”

Written by Kiara Ventura Edited by Lauren Cavalli The Valley Performing Arts Center at California State University, Northridge received a $17 million gift from first-generation Iranian immigrants Younes and Soraya Nazarian last Tuesday, Jeffrey Fleishman of the LA Times reports. The donation is the largest single arts gift ever awarded to the state’s university system. Younes Nazarian,Continue reading “Art Forum: Nazarian Family Gifts CSUN’s Valley Performing Arts Center $17 Million”

Written by Kiara Ventura Edited by Lauren Cavalli More than four hundred cultural, educational, and scientific organizations and representatives from across Europe have endorsed “Our Shared European Future,” a series of recommendations for Brexit negotiators in the European Union and the UK, which calls for the protection of cultural exchange across borders. The document urgesContinue reading “Art Forum: Cultural Leaders Fight to Protect Free Movement of Artists Post-Brexit”