Art Movements: Marina Abramović, Rosana Paulino, AI Art Museum

Art Movements, released each Thursday afternoon, compiles essential news, appointments, awards, and significant events in the tumultuous world of art. We sift through the press announcements for you.

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Awards

• Artist Marina Abramović was honored with the 2025 Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture at a ceremony in Tokyo, unexpectedly attended by Hilary Clinton. Painter Peter Doig and architect Eduardo Souto de Moura are also among the 2025 recipients, awarded by the Japan Art Association.
• Artist and educator Rosana Paulino has garnered the 2025–2027 Jane Lombard Prize for Art and Social Justice, presented by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics in New York City. The Afro-Brazilian artist will be awarded $25,000 for her 2016 artist book ¿História Natural?, which explores the intertwined narratives of science and racial violence.
• The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture will honor artist Tracey Emin, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, and the New York art venue Socrates Sculpture Park during its 55th annual awards dinner at the Museum of Modern Art next month.

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Transitions

• Canal Projects, a nascent arts nonprofit in Manhattan, announced it will close its physical location and evolve into a “granting and funding body.” For further details, see Hyperallergic.
• London-based artist Gideon Rubin is now represented by Anat Ebgi gallery, with locations in New York and Los Angeles.
• Anthony Kiendl is set to become the next director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver starting December 1. Kiendl previously served at the Vancouver Art Gallery and takes over from Nora Burnett Abrams, who now leads the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston.
• Faena Art, the nonprofit wing of the extravagant accommodations in Miami Beach and Buenos Aires, has commissioned artist Es Devlin to create a 50-foot-wide rotating library filled with 2,500 books on the beach during this year’s Miami Art Week.

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Wildcard

• Refik Anadol, renowned for his mesmerizing, ever-changing art created using artificial intelligence, recently unveiled plans for the opening of “the world’s first Museum of AI Arts” in the upcoming spring. Named Dataland — at least they’re upfront about it — this institution will be part of The Grand LA, a Frank Gehry-designed complex in downtown Los Angeles. Touted as a venue where “human imagination meets machine creativity,” it will showcase Anadol’s immersive piece “Infinity Room” (2015) along with a space brimming with “AI-generated scents.” How cool!!! Just joking, we might be in trouble.