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SLOWING THE PACE<\/strong>. The mega\u00a0Pace Gallery<\/strong>, with seven locations worldwide, is laying off some 50 staff and dropping about 50 artists, per last night\u2019s\u00a0New York Times<\/em>. However, sources at Pace told\u00a0ARTnews<\/em>\u00a0that the\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0story ran before the gallery had conducted the layoffs, leading to confusion amongst gallery staff. A town hall is planned for 9 a.m. Thursday morning. \u201cThe whole art gallery art system became too big, too commercial, too impersonal, and too corporate,\u201d gallery\u00a0CEO<\/strong>\u00a0Marc Glimcher<\/strong>\u00a0said. \u201cWe all know it\u2019s true. But you actually have to do something to adapt to it. You have to make some substantial changes.\u201d This would certainly qualify. According to the\u00a0NYT<\/em>, the gallery, which celebrated its 65th anniversary last year, has buckled under the expenses of operating so many spaces, attending multiple art fairs, and navigating global and economic uncertainty. The exact number of staff and artist cuts has not been confirmed; however, there will be a reported reduction of \u201cabout 30 percent\u201d of artists, from about 135 to 85, and \u201cabout 20 percent\u201d of staff, from about 250 to 200. The views of Marc\u2019s father, gallery founder\u00a0Arne Glimcher<\/strong>, describe with signature candor where things went wrong: \u201cI think this whole mega gallery thing is ridiculous and also unsupportable. I always thought that,\u201d he said, stating earlier: \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like we\u2019re getting our gallery back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n IN MEMORIAM. Marjane Satrapi<\/strong>, the Iranian-French artist and author of the award-winning graphic novel series and film\u00a0Persepolis<\/em>, has died at age 56, according to French\u00a0reports. She died \u201cfrom sadness, a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,\u201d read a statement shared with\u00a0AFP<\/em>. Satrapi had been living in France for about 30 years and was an outspoken critic of the Iranian regime, but also of France\u2019s lack of support for Iranian dissident artists and others, she said, who were not granted asylum in her adopted country. The animated film adaptation of Satrapi\u2019s graphic novel\u00a0Persepolis<\/em>, which narrates her personal experience growing up in Iran amid the 1979 Islamic Revolution, became an international success, including winning top honors at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. \u201cHer passing marks the loss of a figure of French culture and an artist devoted to freedom, whose work carried a universal message and earned her immense international renown,\u201d stated\u00a0French President Emmanuel Macron<\/strong>\u00a0in a press release today.<\/p>\n \n\tA new, in-depth study has determined that controversial plans to transport the fragile\u00a0Bayeux Tapestry<\/strong>\u00a0from Normandy to London\u2019s\u00a0British Museum<\/strong>\u00a0in September can go ahead and pose no prohibitive risk to the late 11th-century artifact. [Le Monde<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tArchitect\u00a0Kulapat Yantrasast<\/strong>\u00a0has been named artistic director of the 2027\u00a0Bukhara Biennial<\/strong>\u00a0in Uzbekistan. [ARTnews<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tCollector\u00a0William P. Healey<\/strong>\u00a0has gifted 185 works of modern and contemporary Native American art to the\u00a0Phoenix Art Museum<\/strong>, and it will form the crux of an exhibition opening in August. [The Art Newspaper<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tAbout 240 rediscovered, whimsical drawings by\u00a0John Lennon<\/strong>\u00a0and the artist\u00a0Stephen Verona<\/strong>\u00a0for an animated\u00a0Beatles<\/strong> music video will be displayed for three months at the\u00a0Liverpool Beatles Museum<\/strong>. [Artnet News<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tOn June 10, New York\u2019s\u00a0Performa\u00a0<\/strong>biennial will host a one-night variety show at Manhattan\u2019s Town Hall, featuring star artists such as\u00a0Julio Torres, Anne Imhof, Marcel Dzama<\/strong>, plus the newly announced participation of\u00a0David Banda<\/strong>(Madonna\u2019s son).\u00a0[press release<\/strong>]<\/p>\n A STONE\u2019S THROW<\/strong>. New research claims the mysterious, massive sandstone at the center of\u00a0Stonehenge<\/strong>\u00a0was carried approximately 430 miles from northeast Scotland by glaciers and was \u201crescued\u201d by ancient Mesolithic people before it was hauled to its current location in Salisbury, England,\u00a0reports\u00a0the\u00a0Times of London<\/em>. Since glaciers didn\u2019t flow right into Salisbury, the study speculates the stone, thought to have served as an altar, was deposited hundreds of miles east, beneath what is now the North Sea. Then, \u201cit was likely moved in stages, potentially combining overland hauling with river or coastal transport where possible,\u201d explained Professor\u00a0Anthony Clarke<\/strong>, who was part of the study. He added it would have taken \u201ctremendous determination\u201d to pull off. \u201cWhat is exciting about these findings is that they could imply that the people of Doggerland [the spot where the stone is thought to have drifted via glacier] attached cultural significance to the altar stone long before it was incorporated into Stonehenge,\u201d added\u00a0Remy Veness<\/strong>, a lead author of the findings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/john-lennon-drawings-to-be-animated-morning-links-1234788333\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-1235597145.jpg?w=1024″] Good Morning! Pace Gallery is dropping some 50 artists from its roster and cutting about 50 staff. Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French artist and author of the graphic novel\u00a0Persepolis, has died at 56. A new study says the Bayeux Tapestry can safely travel to London\u2019s British Museum from Normandy. 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