{"id":2091891,"date":"2026-08-13T15:33:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2091891"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:33:05","slug":"sfmomas-new-curator-and-more-industry-moves-for-august-13-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2091891","title":{"rendered":"SFMOMA’s New Curator, and More: Industry Moves for August 13, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong>\u00a0This story originally appeared in\u00a0On Balance,\u00a0<\/em>the ARTnews\u00a0newsletter about the art market and beyond.\u00a0Sign up here<\/em>\u00a0to receive it every Wednesday.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tHappy Thursday! Here\u2019s a round-up of who\u2019s moving and shaking in the art trade this week.<\/p>\n

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  • Atlanta Art Fair Returns to Pullman Yards:<\/strong>\u00a0The annual fair, running October 1\u20134, 2026,\u00a0will feature nearly 70 galleries<\/strong>\u00a0from across the American South and beyond, alongside an expanded program of installations and cultural partnerships.<\/li>\n
  • Elvira Dyangani Ose Named Artistic Director of Zeitz MOCAA:<\/strong>\u00a0The appointment\u00a0marks a new chapter<\/strong>\u00a0for the Cape Town museum following the death of founding artistic director Koyo Kouoh earlier this year.<\/li>\n
  • Anne Reeve Appointed Senior Curator at Storm King Art Center:<\/strong>\u00a0Reeve joins from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., where she served as curator since 2018. She\u00a0begins her new role<\/strong>\u00a0on November 1.<\/li>\n
  • Anna Katz Named Senior Curator and Head of Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA:<\/strong>\u00a0Katz joins from MOCA Los Angeles, where she most recently served as senior curator. She will be the first to hold the newly endowed Doris and Donald Fisher position, which she begins August 17.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    \n\t\tThe Big Number: $450 M.\t<\/h2>\n

    \n\tThat\u2019s the\u00a0rough estimate<\/strong>\u00a0for a cache of works from the collection of\u00a0Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier\u00a0<\/strong>and Carlos Pedro Blaquie<\/strong>r set to hit the block at Sotheby\u2019s in November. The consignment is expected to anchor the upcoming auction season and includes paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Paul C\u00e9zanne, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and others. Among the highlights is Van Gogh\u2019s\u00a0Ch\u00e2taignier en fleurs roses et blanches<\/em>\u00a0(Chestnut Tree in Pink and White Blossom), from 1890, which one adviser said could bring between $150 million and $200 million. A C\u00e9zanne from the artist\u2019s celebrated Harlequin series is also expected to exceed $120 million, while works by Degas, Pissarro, and Renoir are each projected to sell for more than $25 million.<\/p>\n

    \n\t\tRead This.\t<\/h2>\n

    \n\tFor nearly a century, French conservators had a standing answer whenever Britain asked to borrow the Bayeux Tapestry:\u00a0non<\/em>. The 900-year-old, 220-foot embroidery depicting William the Conqueror\u2019s 1066 invasion of England was simply too fragile to travel\u2014a verdict that held firm in 1953, 1966, 1980, and as recently as last year. So how did the masterpiece end up crossing the Channel Tunnel last month, bound for a sold-out British Museum blockbuster opening September 10? In the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>, reporter Alex Marshall\u00a0untangles how high-stakes diplomacy and genuine engineering innovations<\/strong>\u00a0paved the way for the long-desired\u00a0oui<\/em>. Hopefully you\u2019ve already secured your ticket for the exhibition\u2014this will give you the full behind-the-scenes story. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/portrait_1200px.jpg?w=1024″] Editor\u2019s Note:\u00a0This story originally appeared in\u00a0On Balance,\u00a0the ARTnews\u00a0newsletter about the art market and beyond.\u00a0Sign up here\u00a0to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Thursday! Here\u2019s a round-up of who\u2019s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Atlanta Art Fair Returns to Pullman Yards:\u00a0The annual fair, running October 1\u20134, 2026,\u00a0will feature nearly 70 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,226],"class_list":["post-2091891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-artnews-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2091891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2091891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2091891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2091891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}