— Sarah Sze’s Biennale Work Heads to the Bronx: Sarah Sze’s 2013 Venice Biennale installation, “Triple Point (Planetarium),” will be shown at the Bronx Museum of Arts beginning July 3 through August 24. The original site-specific work, commissioned by the Bronx Museum, utilized every day household objects displayed throughout several rooms of the American Pavilion. The installation has been reworked for the museum’s North Wing Gallery. [NY Times]
— Corcoran Aims to Keep Art in DC: Papers were filed in DC court this week that give a technical look at how the Corcoran’s merger with George Washington University and the National Gallery of Art will play out. The Corcoran has taken measures to certify that most of its collection will stay in the DC area and that its historic building will be maintained and display art. The National Gallery will have first pick of the Corcoran’s 17,000-work holdings and then other local institutions will be offered the pieces. [WP]
— Millennials Are All the Rage at Auction: The demand and market value for work by millennials continues to skyrocket, according to a piece in the Wall Street Journal. Apparently young artists and their dealers are worried that the fast interest of auction houses may be building hype too quickly. Collector Richard Chang said, “There’s nothing inherently wrong with buying at auction. What’s damaging is pushing up the prices for young artists to the point where they crash… This isn’t horse betting. You’re potentially going to damage a young person’s career." [WSJ]
— Sackler Heads Brooklyn Board: Elizabeth A. Sackler, founder of the Brooklyn Museum’s Center for Feminist Art, has been appointed as head of the museum’s board — the first woman to hold the position. [NYT]
— Rockaways! Festival Celebrates Renewal: Klaus Biesenbach and Patti Smith will rep the Rockaways this weekend with their site-specific festival. [NYT]
— Partying in Hydra: Here’s a look at Leonidas Joannou and George Economou’s exclusive post-Basel parties in Greece. [Bloomberg]
— The Cummer Museum won’t have to give up a painting it has long displayed — believed to be stolen by Nazis — after working out a deal to buy it. [First Coast News]
— Abstract painter Jennifer Wynne Reeves passed away on Sunday at age 51. [AiA]
— Spain has sent more than 700 works confiscated by police in a 2003 investigation back to Colombia. [TAN]
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