“The French billionaire and owner of Christie’s, François Pinault, is refusing to collaborate with the Guggenheim Museum to establish a new modern art museum in Venice–despite a ruling by the city council that the two parties should collaborate. The Guggenheim museum has hired the London-based Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid to design the new gallery in the former customs house. Japanese architect Tadao Ando has been approached to submit plans for Mr Pinault’s proposed gallery.”