Image: Naomi Beckwith at the Guggenheim. © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2021. Photo: Jens Schott Knudsen.

Naomi Beckwith Will Lead the Next Edition of Documenta

The shareholders of Germany’s esteemed quinquennial exhibition Documenta have named Naomi Beckwith as artistic director of the next Documenta, number 16, which takes place in Kassel, Germany, in 2027.

The deputy director and chief curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Beckwith has previously held curatorial posts at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. 

Via Artnet

Robert Smithson’s famed Land art piece Spiral Jetty added to US National Register of Historic Places

Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970), arguably the most famous work of Land art in the world, has been added to the US’s National Register of Historic Places. The recognition means that Spiral Jetty is liable to come to the attention of a broader public than the art devotees who already make the trek to the northern shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake to glimpse the work. Being on the National Register of Historic Places, which is administered by the National Park Service, also means an emphasis on preservation, which is crucial given the work’s sensitive ecological setting.

Via The Art Newspaper

Cast of New Film ‘The Gallerist’ Confirmed As Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and More

Written by Yan (Birds of Prey) and James Pedersen (High Heat), the film follows a desperate gallerist who conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami. 

Via ARTnews