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The Headlines
THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR.   Palais de Tokyo  founder  Jérôme Sans  has been  named to head   Lago/Algo , a new cultural venue in Mexico City,  ArtReview  reports. The institution is backed by the  OMR  gallery and is part of an  ambitious and controversial redevelopment  of  Chapultepec Park  that is being overseen by artist  Gabriel Orozco  . Meanwhile, the  Toronto Star  reports that the  National Gallery of Canada  in Ottawa has  appointed an interim director and CEO :  Angela Cassie , who came to the museum in 2021 to be its chief strategy and inclusion officer. Cassie fills a post being vacated by  Sasha Suda , who was  named director  of the  Philadelphia Museum of Art  earlier this month after three years at the helm in the Canadian capital.
CRIME BLOTTER.  An eagle-eyed team of a curator and a librarian  tracked down  a pair of portraits by  Ammi Phillips  that were stolen from a historical society in New Paltz, New York, 50 years ago, the  New York Times  reports. It turns out that they had been sold at auction at  Sotheby’s  in 2005; the F.B.I. subpoenaed the house to find the buyer, who returned them. Sotheby’s did not comment. Meanwhile, a bronze sculpture of a wolf  has been stolen  from a Cincinnati park,  Cincinnati Public Radio  reports. The piece is part of a copy of the  Lupa Capitolina —depicting the fabled founders of Rome,  Romulus  and  Remus —that was donated to the Ohio city by Rome in 1931. Police are investigating.
The Digest
The  Art Gallery of Ontario  in Toronto just put on view its first-ever public art commission, a sizable bronze sculpture by artist  Brian Jungen  that presents a circus elephant fashioned from leather furniture. It’s titled  Couch Monster: Sadzěʔ yaaghęhch’ill ; the second part is Dane-zaa meaning “My heart is ripping.”  [The Globe and Mail]
The crypto art platform  Outland  has lined up $5 million in an initial round of funding. The Los Angeles–based venture is set to unveil an NFT project from artist  Ian Cheng  next month.  [Press Release/Being Crypto]
Architect  Kimberly Dowdell , a principal at  HOK  in Chicago, has been named president of the  American Institute of Architects . She is the first Black woman to hold the position, and said, “As the 295th living Black woman to earn an architectural license in the U.S., I am keen to help young women and people of color.”  [Dezeen]
Director, artist, collector, and  Baltimore Museum of Art  trustee  John Waters  is getting a star on the  Hollywood Walk of Fame . Other stars getting their stars include  Uma Thurman  and  Ludacris .  [WJZ CBS Baltimore]
The  Albright-Knox Art Gallery  in Buffalo, New York, said that supply chain issues have eased and construction is moving ahead on its delayed expansion project. When it reopens in 2023, it will be rechristened as the  Buffalo AKG Art Museum .  [The Buffalo News]
Are you in the mood for a listicle? The  New York Post  has put together a fine rundown of artworks that have been destroyed or damaged by “clumsy, careless, or angry humans,” from Greek antiquities to a prized  Picasso .  [New York Post]
The Kicker
PRESENTNESS IS GRACE.  Artist  Marina Abramović   serves as the narrator  on a new concept album by the two-member band  Sound of Ceres , the  Art Newspaper  notes, highlighting  an interview  that the group’s singer,  K Hover , and Abramović gave to  Dazed  . It turns out the collaboration came about because the performance legend saw Sound of Ceres in concert in Brooklyn. K said that, after the show, “I remember her telling me to never blink, which makes sense for her to say as the master of being present with her audience.”  [Dazed  and  The Art Newspaper]