Art Industry News is a daily summary of the most important developments in the art world and the art market. Here’s what you need to know this Thursday, June 8.

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Bloomberg donated most to the Perelman Arts Center – They say the early bird gets the naming rights. Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg has donated $130 million to the arts center which is due to open on September 13. The cost of the project was $500 million, more than double the 2016 projection. The center’s full name, Perelman Performing Arts Center, is named after collector and cosmetics mogul Ron Perelman who donated $75 million to launch the project. (New York Times)

Anna Sorokin’s lawyer is suing her – Audrey Thomas, who was hired by the art world scammer to appeal his fraud conviction and who allegedly helped prevent him from being deported to the US, is suing his former client for more $150,000 in unpaid fees. (The arts journal)

White Cube will open in Seoul – The London-based gallery is among the latest blue-chip Western names to open an outpost in the South Korean capital, opening in the city’s Gangnam-gu district during Frieze Seoul week, which runs from June 6 to September 9. Thaddaeus Ropac, who previously opened a space in Seoul in 2021, is also expanding its space in the Hannam-dong district. (FinancialTimes)

The German city returns and buys back a Renoir – City of Hagen returned Renoir’s 1910 painting View from the sea du Haut Cagnes to the heirs of its former owner, the Jewish banker Jakob Goldschmidt, who was forced to flee Nazi Germany and then bought it so that the painting could continue to be exhibited at the Osthaus museum, where the work was on display since 1989. The museum will also include details of Goldschmidt as part of the exhibit in the future. (TANNING)

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

Tokyo Gendai announces other programs – The new fair, which will take place at Pacifico Yokohama from July 7 to 9, will feature a series of lectures as well as exhibitions, including a women artists-themed exhibition titled “Life in Fact: The Work of Contemporary Japanese Women Artists”, organized for the fair. , and the creation of a new commission from Tomoko Mukaiyama. (Press release)

Hauser and Wirth take on Barbara Chase-Riboud – The international mega gallery now represents sculptor Chase-Riboud, who will inaugurate the new Soho site, which will open in October. “For me, she’s such a radical sculptor in the way she uses different materials, from silk to metal to bronze. I see her on the same level as [Louise] Bourgeois or Eva Hesse or Phyllida Barlow, these very radical women sculptors”, declared the president of the gallery Marc Payot. (ART news)

Director of Names of the National Gallery of Canada – Jean-François Bélisle will take over the management of the Quebec institution, replacing the interim director Angela Cassie. Bélisle’s five-year tenure comes as the museum recovers from a turbulent period in which former director Sasha Suda left to lead the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Globe and Mail)

Gagosian to represent Francesca Woodman – Ahead of Art Basel in Switzerland, Gagosian announced that it will bring photographs of the late artist, whose estate has previously been shown by Marian Goodman and Victoria Miro. Two of the works on display have never been shown publicly before and are likely to rekindle interest in the work of the experimental artist. (The arts journal)

FOR THE ARTS

The huge skulls of Ron Mueck are on display at Cartier – The Australian artist’s monumental installation of 100 gigantic human skull sculptures titled Mass, first created in the National Gallery of Victoria’s triennial exhibition in 2017, has taken over the Fondation Cartier in Paris in its solo exhibition, which opens today. (The world)

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