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brussels canal buds. long awaited Canal-Pompidou CenterBrussels’ new Center for Modern and Contemporary Art will open on November 28, launching an ambitious launch program of 10 exhibitions that will place it alongside Europe’s leading art institutions, star wrote. Housed in a massive Citroën garage built in the mid-1930s, the converted Art Deco landmark spans five floors of gallery space and includes a Kanal Architecture project area, an indoor playground designed by British collective Assemble, and a rooftop restaurant and bar open until midnight. Highlights of the opening include a new installation by Otobong Nkanga, absenta performance and sound exhibition featuring 20 local artists, and a critical look at the 1925 colonial propaganda exhibition sponsored by Citroën. The central exhibition, titled “A Truly Monstrous Journey,” brings together more than 350 works from the Center Pompidou’s collection (on loan during the Center Pompidou’s renovation in Paris) to explore themes of exchange, movement and migration inspired by the nearby Brussels-Charleroi canal.
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Ace folds. Plans to redevelop the former Yugoslav army headquarters in Belgrade into a luxury complex anchored by a Trump International Hotel Already falling apart after Serbia’s culture minister and other senior officials were indicted, The Art Newspaper the report said. Affinity Global Developmenta family with Jared KushnerThe company withdrew from the project after prosecutors accused Culture Minister Nikolay Serakovich and three heritage officials of abusing their powers and falsifying official documents, but the developers were not accused of any wrongdoing. The Generalštab complex, a landmark of Yugoslav modernism that was severely damaged by a NATO bombing in 1999, became the focus of intense public debate after the government passed a special law to overturn its protected status. The project was approved in early 2024, with heightened sensitivities due to the site’s wartime symbolism and the involvement of a US-affiliated company. The case adds to broader concerns about the erosion of Serbia’s socialist-era heritage amid recent demolitions, controversial reconstruction efforts and growing concerns about the state-led erasure of Yugoslavia’s modernist legacy.
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this Newark Museum of Art (NMOA) Appointed Lisa Funderburk Serves as the next Director and Chief Executive Officer, effective February 1, 2026. [New York Times]
Chicago World’s Fair The full list of participants for this year’s abbreviated edition, which will take place at Navy Pier Festival Hall from April 9-12, has been announced. [Artforum]
Three paintings by the beloved American painter and mentor bob ross The sale by Bonhams for a total price of $1.27 million raises critical funds to support National Public Media Radio. [Artsy]
After just one year as artistic director of Argentina Museum of Latin American Art, Buenos Aires (Malba)Brazilian curator Rodrigo Mora He will step down next month. [The Art Newspaper]
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Sex, anyone? When the German National Exhibition Center was built in the 1980s, the conservative Chancellor Xu HelmutI advocated “bourgeois virtue” in an era when sex work was legally considered immoral. the times Noticed this spring, federal art gallery exist Bonn A major exhibition on the history of sex work will take place, transforming the space into a brothel-like environment amid heated debate. Following public uproar, the Family Affairs Ministry convened a panel to explore criminalizing sex trafficking under Sweden’s Nordic model. curator Johanna Adam Speaking on the subject “almost always triggers a strong emotional response.” Officially, just over 32,000 sex workers hold a so-called Hurenpass, but estimates include undocumented workers, including between 90,000 and 400,000, nearly half of whom are Romanian or Bulgarian. While some view it as a regular job, surveys show that two-thirds of people, almost all of them women, are unwilling to work. The exhibition overseen by Adam and the researchers shows that the two-tier system is centuries old: municipal brothels have existed alongside persecuted “secret women” outside official residences since the 14th century.
