Aida Mahmudova, a 30-year-old arts patron from Azerbaijan, is building a contemporary art space in the country’s capital, Baku, according to a piece in The Art Newspaper, which says that within three years, Ms. Mahmudova is looking to hold a biennial. Her arts organization, Yarat! Contemporary Art Space, already has roughly 20 artists on its roster and a small space. But it’s looking to expand. Read More
Leon Black, the man who made news yesterday when it was revealed he was the mystery buyer of the record-breaking $120 million sale of Edvard Munch’s The Scream, is in the news again—this time as the patron who commissioned a site-specific work by Ellsworth Kelly, Dartmouth Panels, which has just been installed on the façade of the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, Mr. Black’s alma mater. Read More
The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, the private museum started by collector and publisher Peter Brant at his estate in Greenwich, Conn., and run by his daughter Allison Brant, has tapped Canadian sculptor David Altmejd for its fall show, which will open to the public in November. Read More
