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The Headlines
HOUSE OF CARDS. The Chilean architect Smiljan Radic has won the famed Pritzker Prize, the industry’s top accolade, which was delayed because of Tom Pritzker’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, according to the New York Times. In an email, Radic said his designs “all try to reach a certain austerity.” By that he means “stripping the work of excess.” The effect is lyrical and experimental, rather than cold or harsh, and in close dialogue with natural elements. Radic’s work “favors fragility over any unwarranted claim to certainty,” the jury said. “His buildings appear temporary, unstable or deliberately unfinished, almost on the point of disappearance, yet they provide a structured, optimistic and quietly joyful shelter, embracing vulnerability as an intrinsic condition of lived experience.”
‘MEN RETIRE, WOMEN GET FIRED.’ Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak says women get short-changed when it comes to holding leadership positions at art institutions, reported the FT. In fact, using examples of recent museum turnover, she argued during the recent Making Their Mark Forum in Washington, D.C., that male museum directors more often retire, while women get fired. She’s not alone. The Burns Halperin Report found that many women in the art industry raised concerns over backlash against female leadership.
The Digest
The Bayeux Tapestry was supposed to undergo a much-needed, full renovation before its planned trip to the British Museum to reduce risks of damage caused by the move, but budget and time constraints have gotten in the way. [Le Figaro]
Artist Meg Webster, Comme des Garçons, and the DIA Art Foundation have partnered to produce a signature perfume, in a first project of its kind for the artist. [ARTnews]
Over 200 cultural figures, including musician Brian Eno, signed a letter asking the British Museum to “stop erasing Palestine and supporting genocide,” following allegations the institution removed references from Palestine that had been in displays about the region. The museum has denied those allegations. [Hyperallergic]
Toleen Touq will curate the 20th edition of the MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain in 2027, titled “The Long Now.” [ArtReview]
Nalini Malani is creating a site-specific artwork for Delhi’s Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), to be presented as an official collateral event at the 61st Venice Biennale. The exhibition titled “Of Woman Born,” curated by Roobina Karode, will comprise digital and painted animations inspired by ancient Greek mythology. [ArtAsiaPacific]
The Kicker
ART TRAVELS. In time for her major retrospective at the Whitworth in Manchester, Turner Prize-nominee Delaine Le Bas spoke to Wallpaper Magazine about where she comes from and always being “on the outside of things.” Here, mixed-media work looks at ideas of “belonging and nationhood” through her own heritage as “British Gypsy, Romani, Roma, and Traveler People.” The current exhibition Un-Fair-Ground, on view until May 31, references magic, folklore, and witchcraft, while centering women artists and underrepresented communities. “The culmination of her work is gloriously immersive, something evident in the current exhibition,” wrote Hannah Silver.
