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Today, Richard Serra will be receiving France’s highest government honor, les Insignes de Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur (insignia of Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour), at a ceremony at the French Embassy in New York. [The Art Newspaper]
The Foundry, a new venue for contemporary art, will open in a former metalwork and armaments manufacturing plant in Maubourguet, France. [The Art Newspaper]
“A Conversation on Race, Police Brutality, and Art with Mark Bradford,” by Kambui Olujimi. [Blouin Artinfo]
Qatar is going to convert a waterfront flour mill and its grain silos into art spaces and spaces to show the growing collections of Qatar museums. [The Art Newspaper]
Zak Kitnick’s “Peace” at Clearing in Brussels. [Contemporary Art Daily]
“ReSignifications,” a new exhibition sponsored by NYU, presents works by artists reclaiming the Blackamoor figure. [The Guardian]
The soon-to-open Mama Shelter hotel in L.A. is getting a “pop-culture Sistine chapel ceiling” by up-and-coming artists. [LA Times]
A new Indianapolis Museum of Art policy has banned bicycles and cars on museum grounds, to make the experience more pleasant for walkers. [WTHR.com]