Moving Up: Monique Veaute (Who?) Joins François Pinault's Team at the Palazzo Grassi

Late last week, several news outlets reported that luxury goods billionaire (and owner of Christie's) François Pinault had chosen Monique Veaute to succeed Jean-Jacques Aillagon as the director of the Palazzo Grassi, an 18th-century Venetian palace renovated by Japanese artchitect Tadao Ando to house Pinault's private collection. Veaute comes from Rome, where she headed a festival of theater and dance. Aillagon became the president of the Château de Versailles in June, but he'll also stay on at the Palazzo Grassi with a seat on the administrative council.

Veaute has her work cut out for her: Pinault plans to expand his museum into the Punta della Dogna, installing most of his collection in the former customs house on the Grand Canal. He beat out the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum for the space this past spring after a contentious battle.

Another of Pinault's creative team in the press of late is his curator, Alison Gingeras. After the New York Times followed Gingeras around Venice when the biennale opened for its recurring feature "A Night Out With," she appears in the September issue of Vogue, talking about her approach to overseeing one of the most impressive collections of contemporary art in the world: She likes to stay "on the artists' side of the fence," rather than hold court as part of the establishment.