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The Central Menage, in Moscow, during the Cosmoscow International Contermporary Art Fair. (Photo courtesy Cosmoscow 2014)

Stranger in Moscow: Spying on a New Surge of Russian Collectors Buying Contemporary

The Collector’s Lounge is a fast snapshot of what’s going on in Russia, the seismic shift. There’s a Cecily Brown and a Christopher Wool from 2003 on view—both of which were bought by their current owners on the primary market. And there’s a series of Christopher Williams photographs, and an Urs Fischer.
By Nate Freeman
An actor takes a selfie at a museum. (Photo courtesy Getty Images)

Art World Abstracts: Museums Will Take Away Your Power to Selfie, and More!

The chairman of the Arts Council in England made a passing mention of a proposed ban on taking selfies in museums — for just an hour a day. The art selfie wars continue apace.
By Nate Freeman

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Announces First Programming in New Space

Today in Moscow, Dasha Zhukova announced that the Rem Koolhaas-designed new home for the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, which she founded in 2008, will finally open its doors in June 2015.
By Nate Freeman

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