The Spanish museum is trying to make its tours more appealing to women by changing the language on its tour labels and walls. The new program, “El Prado en feminine,” is based on the work of art historian Noelia García Pérez, who studied the museum’s collection of art dating from 1451 to 1633.
The city is giving away $58 million to 1,000 different arts organizations. Some of the money will be used to help organizations that are focused on serving underserved communities, like artists and audiences who are disabled, or who speak a language other than English.
Ken Griffin is suing the IRS and moving his hedge-fund business and art collection to Florida. He’s been a longtime supporter of the Art Institute of Chicago, but he’s recently shifted his loyalties and is now hanging the same paintings at the Norton Simon Museum in Palm Beach. Meanwhile, he’s in the middle of a lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax and income records.
Bookforum has announced that it is closing its doors after being bought by another company. This means that its last issue will be published. It is sad to see it go, as it was an important part of the literary community.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Deborah Willis won a $200,000 award from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. She’s been awarded for her work as a photographer, author, and curator who focuses on moving art forward and understanding different cultures.
Biden has chosen Tsione Wolde-Michael to be the new executive director of the reconstituted President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. This committee was disbanded in 2017 under the Trump administration, but Wolde-Michael is the first Black leader of the committee.
Phillips announced that it had sold $1.3 billion worth of luxury goods in 2022, which is the highest annual total in the company’s history. Auction sales reached $1 billion, which is a slight increase from 2021, while private sales grew by 20 percent year over year. The house said that 47 percent of buyers were new clients and nearly a third were millennials.
The Hartwig Art Foundation has formed an institutional partnership with Performa – an organization that specializes in performing arts – to commission and create new works, expand the Performa archive, and launch a fellowship.