The Art World This Week, 11 July 2025
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Emily Kam Kngwarray’s survey opens at Tate Modern, artist Wael Shawky to direct the first Art Basel Qatar, Adam Lindemann to close Venus Over Manhattan, and more. Here’s Ocula’s briefing on the art world news you might have missed this week.
Institutions
Emily Kam Kngwarray Survey Opens at Tate Modern
Aboriginal painter Emily Kam Kngwarray’s career retrospective opened at London’s Tate Modern on Thursday, with a concurrent exhibition at Pace Gallery. Ocula spoke with her custodians who noted her work is not about form, but keeping Country alive. Read more.
Prospect New Orleans Strikes 2027 Edition
Prospect New Orleans, the city-wide triennale launched in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, will not take place in 2027, citing concerns with funding and erasure. Instead, the festival will safeguard its legacy with a new book documenting its six editions.
Bronx Museum Names Shamim M. Momin as Director
Bronx Museum of the Arts has appointed Shamin M. Momin to succeed Klaudio Rodriguez as director and curator from September 2025. Momin’s previous roles include director at Seattle’s Henry Art Gallery and associate curator at Whitney Museum of American Art.
Malta Appoints Venice Biennale Artists for 2026
Arts Council Malta has named artists Adrian Abela, Charlie Cauchi and Raphael Vella to represent Malta at next year’s Venice Biennale. Their pavilion, No Need to Sparkle, will present ‘layered fictions and shifting realities’ that encourage trust in uncertainty and ‘elegantly dismantle’ assumptions of right and wrong, identity, and selfhood.
Art Fairs and Market
Art Basel Qatar Will Be Led by Artist Wael Shawky
Art Basel announced on Wednesday that its first fair in the Gulf region will be directed by Egyptian artist Wael Shawky—a choice which is a departure from the usual leadership choices from more commercial backgrounds. Read more.
Aspen Art Fair Announces 44-Plus Exhibitors
Aspen Art Fair will gather over 44 galleries from 15 countries at Hotel Jerome from 29 July to 2 August 2025. Offerings include a studio visit with Catherine Opie at Anderson Ranch and a conversation between artist Mickalene Thomas and collector Darlene Perez exploring art, identity, and collecting.
Art Jakarta 2025 to Feature 74 Exhibitors
Art Jakarta, the Indonesian fair dedicated to galleries in Southeast Asia, will host 74 galleries at Jakarta International Expo from 3 to 5 October 2025, including 14 newcomers. Participants include Esther Shipper, Whitestone Gallery, and Tina Keng Gallery.
Artissima Announces Packed Lineup for 2025
Italian fair Artissima will welcome 176 galleries to Turin from 31 October to 2 November 2025, including 26 first-time exhibitors and 62 monographic projects. In the main sector, featuring 103 galleries, are local and international exhibitors like Mazzoleni, Continua, and P420.
Photo London Relocates to Olympia in Second Decade
After a successful tenth edition, Photo London will move to West Kensington convention centre Olympia, which is currently undergoing a £1.3 billion redevelopment. Fair director Sophie Parker gave reasons for the move like proximity to other cultural venues and ‘energy’.
Galleries
Adam Lindemann to Shutter Venus Over Manhattan
Dealer Adam Lindemann will close Venus Over Manhattan, the New York gallery he founded in 2012, and return to collecting. The gallery will shutter after a final show by Susumu Kamijo on 18 July. Read more.
Sullivan+Strumpf Expands in Singapore with New HQ
After opening a first outpost in Singapore last June, Australian gallery Sullivan+Strumpf will move to a larger gallery in the Tiong Bahru neighbourhood on 24 July 2025, citing ‘new connections with the Singaporean and global art community’ as drivers.
Gallery Representations
Anna Fasshauer Has Joined Fabienne Levy
Berlin-based sculptor Anna Fasshauer is now represented by Fabienne Levy in Switzerland. The German artist is well known for crumpled aluminium sheet sculptures that she bends by hand to draw attention to the production process.
Awards
Pascale Marthine Tayou Wins French Academy Prize
Cameroonian sculptor Pascale Marthine Tayou is awarded the Académie des beaux-arts’ sculpture Grand Prix—one of nine €30,000 prizes the French institution awards, which recognises talent and invites winners to distribute the award to artists of their choice.
Obituaries
Elena Buchmann of Buchmann Galerie Dies at 78
Dealer Elena Buchmann passed in Lugano, Switzerland, on 4 July 2025, after ‘prolonged and serious illness’. The family remembers the gallerist as ‘warm-hearted person with an unwavering curiosity and deep fascination for art’. —[O]
Main image: National Museum of Qatar, Doha (detail). Courtesy Art Basel.
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