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Art MarketArun KakarInterior view of Art Basel 2024. Photo: Moritz Schermbach. Image courtesy of Art Basel.On Monday, the sound of clinking glasses and long lines under the Swiss sun heralded the VIP opening of the Liste Art Fair in Basel. The 29th edition of the fair returned to the same area of the Basel Exhibition Center and once again proved its curatorial vision in inviting experimental and taste-oriented exhibitors. As the opening hours of the fair wore on, the VIP guests attending the fair seemed to be responding enthusiastically. “This year we are once again able to present the most…
Walton Ford, Lake Zurich (2015), watercolor, gouache and ink (photo Natalie Haddad/Allergic） This summer, New York’s art world has been like a zoo. Okay, not exactly, but animals are the protagonists of some of our favorite exhibitions so far. Walton Ford’s “bird beasts” (from the exhibition title) contrast with Maija Peeples-Bright and Roy De Forest’s playful dogs, cats, and bears, while Julia Isídrez’s animal ceramic vessels create a world of their own. Beyond the animal kingdom, don’t miss surveys of beloved art luminaries like Eva Hesse and middle-aged charmers like Loie Hollowell, who’s a little further afield in Connecticut. By…
American tourists have flocked to Japan in recent months, taking advantage of a historic weak yen that has slashed hotel, restaurant, theme park and Shinkansen fares. But experts say that’s not the only factor hurting sales at this week’s Tokyo Modern Expo. Art News. Joshua Greenberg, managing director of Bank of America Private Bank, said that while the yen has seen a “substantial depreciation” over the past three or four years, the weak currency could have some impact on sales of mid-priced art, which he defined as works valued between $100,000 and $250,000. related articles “Collectors come from the U.S.…
The 2024 Art Basel fair opened this week with six- and seven-figure sales, led by a $20 million Joan Mitchell painting sunflower (1990–91) David Zwirner. As is customary, Basel’s fair in Switzerland kicked off on Monday afternoon with the opening of the “Unlimited” section, which featured 285 galleries, and the main section opened to VIP previews on Tuesday morning, when a flurry of sales began to be recorded.The big galleries unsurprisingly led the way: David Zwirner, Pace, Hauser & Wirth, White Cube, and Thaddaeus Ropac all reported 12 or more sales on opening day. Many galleries view the fair as…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a Los Angeles woman who argued that her Salvadoran husband’s constitutional rights to marriage and due process were violated when he was denied an immigration visa because of his tattoos. The couple said the tattoos, which depicted Sigmund Freud, theater masks, tribal designs with claw prints and the Catholic Our Lady of Guadalupe, were wrongly interpreted as being related to the transnational gang MS-13. In a 6-3 vote on June 21, the justices ruled that Sandra Muñoz, an American citizen and civil rights attorney, “did not have a fundamental liberty interest in the admission…
Living Computers: Museum + Lab, the stewardship of the Paul G. Allen Collection of antique computers and internet technology in South Seattle, will officially not reopen after closing during the coronavirus lockdown in 2020. But many of its exhibits will live on, possibly at a show near you. Christie’s and the estate of Allen, who died in 2018, will offer the ancient technology in a three-part auction series, “Firsts: Innovation from the Collection of Paul G. Allen.” There will be two online auctions, “Firsts: A History of Computing” and “Beyond the Horizon: Art of the Future,” both with bidding deadlines…
Titian’s Early Masterpiece Rest during the Flight to Egypt (c. 1508) sold last night at Christie’s in London for £17.56 million ($22.17 million). The sale set a new auction record for the Renaissance artist, surpassing the previous record of $16.9 million. Sacred Conversation (c. 1560) sold at Sotheby’s in 2011. The work sold below its pre-sale estimate of £15 million to £25 million ($18.75 million to $31.25 million), making it the top lot in Christie’s “Old Masters I” sale, which totaled £43.59 million ($55.1 million). Last night, Christie’s also held an “Extraordinary Sale” as part of its Classics Week series,…
On Thursday, June 20, the humid, muggy air, the dancing of fireflies among leaves and flowers, and handfuls of ripe mulberries falling from the sky over New York’s Paradise Gardens set the stage for the premiere of Alexandra Neuman’s cosmological story of abortion. The event is scheduled to take place around the summer solstice on a garden mound. Collective womb (2024) reframes abortion as a creationist myth central to the development of our universe, complete with live music, large puppets, womb cookies, and moments of humor. After opening in a Manhattan public park, the 45-minute show will be free to…
A new museum dedicated to the ancient Roman city of Pompeii is about to open in Naples, Italy. The space will cover 103,000 square meters (1.1 million square feet) and was designed by architect Paolo Desideri. It will be located in the former Albergo dei Poveri building, also known as Palazzo Fuga. The new institution will serve as a sister museum to the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN), hence the name MANN 2. The building has been vacant for decades, and the new museum is part of a larger citywide revitalization effort to improve tourism. A large number of…
Taylor Swift will be the focus of a new “line” at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), titled Taylor Swift: The Songbook Line. The exhibition, which will run from July 27 to September 8, is inspired by the 34-year-old singer-songwriter’s storied career, from when she first moved to Nashville at the age of 14 to her rise to global fame. Coming after the UK leg of Swift’s “Time” tour, Taylor Swift: A Songbook Journey will take visitors on a journey through the life of the pop icon through visual culture, divided into 13 themed “stations” across the museum. Swift’s costumes,…