Antony Gormley, Proppers (Gallery View)

With a major exhibition of work at the Centro Cultural Banco de Brasil in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasilia, British sculptor Antony Gormley has made his first foray into the South American art world in grand fashion.  To accompany this showing, the White Cube Gallery has sponsored its own show of new work by Gormley, in conjunction with his solo exhibition.

Antony Gormley, Liners (Gallery View)

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Five Dutch and Belgium museums, The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, MHKA in Antwerp, Gemeentemuseum The Hague, De Pont in Tilburg, and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, have collaborated to release an online video channel, ARTtube, featuring films about art and design and interviews with artists.

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Mr. Brainwash to open his largest show to date in a 200,000 square feet space in The Old Sorting Office in London on July 31, 2012.

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The Economist reviews art collector and businessman, Eli Broad‘s new book ‘The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking.’ “His personality comes through clearly enough, though one can quibble over whether his choice of ‘unreasonable’ to describe it is exactly right. Mr. Broad means it in the same way George Bernard Shaw did, when he said that the unreasonable man ‘persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.'”

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The Art Newspaper reports that artists have increasingly been opting to bequest to institutions over setting up expensive private foundations. “Bequests to institutions offer an important alternative for the majority of artists concerned with the beneficial disposition of their life’s creative works.”

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The Guardian speculates on the rise and evolution of performance art, placing current exhibitions in the context of past extremes. Looking to the upcoming live performances at the Tate Modern‘s Tanks, Adrian Searle comments that: “performance, in fact, is now where it’s at; it’s hard to think of much recent art that isn’t, at some level, performative.”

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‘Gregory Crewdson: Beginnings,’ directed by Ben Shapiro, explores the origins and art of the inventive photographer and Yale professor. In an interview with Nowness, the artist states that: “it all starts with location, alone driving around in a car to the same spots again and again. It’s all about being on your own, and reacting to a place.”

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On view currently at Blum and Poe Gallery in Los Angeles is a 20-year retrospective of the work of Chinese painter Zhu Jinshi, exhibiting the expressive, bold works in oil-based paints he has created since he began his career in the late 1960’s.

Zhu Jinshi – Black Dan (1990) – Blum and Poe

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‬Judd Foundation to open Donald Judd‘s historic New York residence and studio for public view in June 2013. “Growing up in the building in the early ‘70s, it was always filled with artists discussing culture, history, and politics…We plan to open the building to the public next spring with that spirit in mind,” says daughter and foundation co-president, Rainer Judd.

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England based curator and media developer Heather Corcoran will replace Lauren Cornell this fall as Rhizome‘s new Executive Director.

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John Constable’s “The Lock” (1824) which sold for £22.4 million, within its £20-25 million estimate

John Constable‘s “The Lock” broke the artist’s record sale at an auction today at at Christie’s in London. The British painting from the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection sold in its £20-25 million estimate at £22.4 million, earning a joint fourth place title on the list of most-expensive Old Masters.

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The Telegraph explores the work and influence of the Art Production Fund, led by Yvonne Force Villareal and Doreen Remen. “The key ingredients the duo bring to all their work are infectious enthusiasm and an innate understanding of both art and fashion.”

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The expected £25 million sale of John Constable‘s “The Lock” elicits protest in Spain, revealing a deep family rift and sparking criticism against the owner of the piece, the Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza.

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Herzog & de Meuron‘s converted oil tanks, located underneath the Tate Modern, to open as new three exhibition spaces on July 18, 2012. In a review of The Tanks, the Guardian comments that: “they have the confident geometry of things made not for appearances but for a substantial practical use, and their concrete surfaces have a raw force.”

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Hiroshi Sugimoto – Lightning Fields 167 (2009) – Pace Gallery Beijing

In the press release for his first solo show in China, multi-media artist Hiroshi Sugimoto states his motto as: “Warm the old to know the new,” referencing the outdated mode of Silver gellatin printing he used to create all of the works on view at Pace Gallery Beijing.  Culling from a wide range of his work over the past several decades, the show allows visitors to view Sugimoto’s wide body of work, united by his dedication to the nuanced but admittedly outdated medium of Silver gellatin.

Hiroshi Sugimoto – Manatee (1994) – Pace Gallery Beijing

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HWKN’s winning architecture project “Wendy” debuted today at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City. The spiky, nylon based structure “tests how far the boundaries of architecture can expand to create ecological and social effect…During the summer of 2012, Wendy will clean the air to an equivalent of taking 260 cars off the road.”

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Insurance company Lloyd’s of London is in court to recoup $660,000 paid out relating to a 2009 incident where a Manhattan art shipping company delivered Mark Rothko’s “Untitled 1948” to Christopher Rothko’s townhouse and allegedly dropped it, tearing a hole in the work.

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Greek collector Dakis Joannou discusses his view on art, a catalytic encounter with Jeff Koons in 1985, and the role of his Deste Foundation.

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Damien Hirst proposes a 67 foot sculpture of a naked pregnant woman wielding a sword for installation in Ilfracombe, Devon, 100 yards from his restaurant. If built, the sculpture would be taller than Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the North’.

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Claude Monet’s ‘Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat’, the only Monet held by the National Gallery of Ireland, was punched through by a man who was later arrested and found to have a history of art theft.

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Pace Gallery expands its global presence to 7 locations, taking a permanent space in London’s Mayfair alongside the Royal Academy. The space will encompass 9,000 square feet at 6 Burlington Gardens and will open with ‘Rothko/ Sugimoto: Dark Paintings and Seascapes.’

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Thomas Bayrle, Aslı Çavuşoğlu, DIS magazine, Grizedale Arts/Yangjiang Group and Joanna Rajkowska are announced as the artists for Frieze Projects 2012.

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 In preparation for the London 2012 Summer Olympics, artist Shepard Fairey has created the largest mural in the UK. The 10 story artwork promotes the power of free speech.

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