Art Industry News: The E.U. Paid $407,000 for a Metaverse Center. About Six People Came to Its Grand Debut + Other Stories

Art Industry News is a each day digest of essentially the most consequential developments popping out of the artwork world and artwork market. Right here’s what that you must know on this Tuesday, December 6.

NEED-TO-READ

Storm King Gained’t Acknowledge Union – Workers on the Hudson Valley artwork middle despatched a request to kind a union in October, which was rejected by administration. Administration says it’s not refusing to acknowledge the union however is as an alternative placing the matter to vote for all eligible employees. (Times Union)

Activists Stage “Die In” on the Met – On Sunday, December 4, activists with the group Girl Life Freedom NYC staged a “die in” contained in the Assyrian Sculpture Court docket on the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a part of ongoing protests sparked by the dying of Mahsa Amini in September. (Hyperallergic)

No One Came to the E.U.’s Metaverse Occasion – The E.U. forked out €387,000 ($407,000) to provide its metaverse venue with the goal of participating younger Europeans. Nonetheless, its launch get together was a flop, in accordance with one reporter, who was amongst about six individuals who “attended.” Tough. (Business Insider)

Prussian Cultural Heritage Basis’s Sweeping Reforms – The particular person establishments of the Berlin-based Prussian Cultural Heritage Basis, which incorporates the museums just like the Neue Nationalgalerie and the Hamburger Bahnhof, amongst many others, are to be given extra autonomy and accountability over their very own budgets and planning. The intention to disband the muse has been two years in the making. (SPK)

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Artinternet News’s Katya Kazakina Wins Two Prizes – Artinternet News’s senior reporter gained the 2022 Entrance Web page Award for specialised arts reporting from the Newsgirls’s Membership in New York for her Art Detective column for Artinternet News Professional. She gained second place within the columnist class for the Los Angeles Press Membership’s Nationwide Arts and Leisure Journalism Awards. (First place went to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.) Congratulations to Katya! (Press launch)

Tempo Gallery Restructures – Samanthe Rubell has been named president of the mega-gallery and can lead a newly fashioned “Round Table” of the ten most senior administrators. Rubell, who began on the gallery’s entrance desk in 2008, will chair the group alongside Joe Baptista, who has been promoted to accomplice. (ARTnews)

Adriano Pedrosa Wins Curator Prize – The creative director of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo has gained the $25,000 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence from Bard School’s Center for Curatorial Research. Pedrosa was acknowledged for creating the “Histórias” collection, which spotlights under-recognized histories of artwork. (ARTnews)

Diplo Is No Longer Art Basel’s Richest Man – Earlier than the honest’s finish, the music producer, who has over $3 million in his account, slipped to 3rd place on MSCHF’s ATM Leaderboard (2022) at Perrotin’s booth. He was beat out by one individual with a $5 million financial institution assertion and one other with $9.5 million. (ARTnews)

FOR ART’S SAKE

New York Journal Highlights Native Artists – We—together with everybody else on the web, it appears—have a minor obsession with the journal’s new cowl story, “39 Reasons to Love New York Right Now,” which options many icons of town. Can you see artists Alex Katz, Anna Weyant, Marilyn Minter, Laurie Simmons, Andres Serrano, and curator Ebony Haynes? (New York Magazine)

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