{"id":2101485,"date":"2026-08-19T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2101485"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:15:00","slug":"yusaku-maezawas-350-m-yacht-industry-moves-for-august-19-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2101485","title":{"rendered":"Yusaku Maezawa\u2019s $350 M. Yacht: Industry Moves for August 19, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1364431030.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--offset lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-u-font-family-body lrv-u-line-height-normal lrv-u-font-size-18 lrv-u-position-relative\">\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"><em><strong>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong>\u00a0This story originally appeared in\u00a0On Balance,\u00a0<\/em>the ARTnews<em>\u00a0newsletter about the art market and beyond.\u00a0Sign up here<\/em>\u00a0<em>to receive it every Wednesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   a-font-primary-bold-l   \">\n\t\tIndustry Moves\t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"><strong>Connecticut\u2019s Bruce Museum\u00a0Names Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Experience:<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Kathy Fredrickson joined the Greenwich-based institution on August 3, after having served as a curatorial strategy consultant to the Bruce since October 2025. She previously held the role of director of collections and curatorial affairs at the Corning Museum of Glass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"><strong>Towner Eastbourne Names Next CEO and Director:<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Martin Clark, the current director of the Camden Art Centre in London, will join the East Sussex institution in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"><strong>Sargent\u2019s Daughters Names Two Sales Appointments:<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Christine Nyce, who has worked at the gallery since 2021, will now be a director, while Nikki Myers, who joined last year, will be gallery associate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"><strong>TERN Adds Three Artists to Roster:<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The Bahamas-based gallery now represents Gio Swaby, Richard Nattoo and Marisa Willoughby-Holland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"><strong>JO-HS Now Represents Hwi Hahm:<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The Busan-born, New York\u2013based artist, a 2024 graduate from Hunter College\u2019s MFA program, draws on German Expressionism, Cubism, and Metaphysical painting to create his canvases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"><strong>Jorge M. P\u00e9rez Family Foundation Doles out $720,000 to Miami-Based Arts Nonprofits:<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>As part of its CreARTE grant program, this cycle will benefit 32 organizations, including the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Oolite Arts, and Women Photographers International Archive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"><strong>Graham Foundation Names 45 Organizations as Grant Recipients:<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>A total of $451,000 has been given to support projects like a landscape and design exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt in New York, an Amanda Williams exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and Paul R. Williams survey at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The full list can be found on the\u00a0<strong>foundation\u2019s website<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   a-font-primary-bold-l   \">\n\t\tThe Big Number: $350 M.\t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThat\u2019s how much billionaire collector Yusaku Maezawa\u00a0<strong>reportedly spent<\/strong>\u00a0to buy\u00a0<em>Nausica\u00e4<\/em>, a 375-foot superyacht that\u2019s named after a Studio Ghibli film. Designed by Marc Newson and built by L\u00fcrssen, it\u2019s said to have nine cabins, a sushi bar, and a two-story gallery to hold some of the masterpieces from his collection, including pieces by the likes of Andy Warhol,\u00a0Jeff Koons,\u00a0Richard Prince, and\u00a0Christopher Wool.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   a-font-primary-bold-l   \">\n\t\tRead This. \t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0<strong>takes a pragmatic look<\/strong>\u00a0at some of the most lauded national pavilions at this year\u2019s Venice Biennale, which have engaged performers to activate the pavilions multiple times a day during its six-month run. Paris-based dance critic and scholar Laura Cappelle writes, \u201cThe practical questions quickly pile up: How many hours a day, or a week, can performers reasonably sustain? And who pays for their time and expenses, when visual exhibitions typically require only attendants to run?\u201d Dries Verhoeven\u2019s Dutch Pavilion, for example, needs three rotating teams to achieve its six daily performances, along with an on-call doctor. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/market\/bruce-museum-chief-curator-yusaku-maezawa-yacht-industry-moves-1234795285\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1364431030.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] 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. Industry Moves Connecticut\u2019s Bruce Museum\u00a0Names Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Experience:\u00a0Kathy Fredrickson joined the Greenwich-based institution on August 3, after having served as a curatorial strategy consultant to the Bruce since October [&hellip;]<\/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-2101485","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\/2101485","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=2101485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2101485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2101485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2101485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}