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trending_up market schedule May 1, 2025 link 13 artists, 4 galleries

the venice biennale spotlights the market for latin american art 2502919

The Venice Biennale, often called the 'Olympics of the art world,' is spotlighting Latin American art in its 2024 edition. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa, director of the São Paulo Museum of Art and the first South American and openly queer person to hold the role, the exhibition titled 'Foreigners Everywhere' features over 330 artists, with more than 80 having ties to Latin America—about 24 percent of the show, up from 11 percent in 2022. The article examines the market for Latin American art, noting that while auction records exist (e.g., Frida Kahlo's $34.9 million painting), total auction volume for Latin American artists has declined from $388.3 million in 2015 to $245.5 million last year, reflecting a specialized market dominated by a few internationally recognized figures.

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candle obituary schedule Apr 30, 2026 visibility 17 link 13 artists, 1 gallery

Georg Baselitz obituary

Georg Baselitz, the German painter and sculptor known for his provocative, expressionistic works and his iconic upside-down paintings, has died at the age of 88. The article traces his life from his childhood in war-torn Germany, through his early career as a rebellious artist in divided Berlin, to his rise as an international art star. It highlights his 1961 manifesto poster "Pandemonium I," his rejection of American abstraction, and his controversial 1963 exhibition that was raided by police for its explicit content.

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trending_up market schedule Apr 9, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 43 link 8 artists, 4 galleries

Marian Goodman’s Prized $65 Million Collection Lands at Christie’s

Christie’s has announced the sale of the private collection of the late legendary art dealer Marian Goodman, who passed away in January at age 97. Estimated to bring in approximately $65 million, the collection is headlined by a group of significant works by Gerhard Richter, an artist Goodman championed for four decades. The centerpiece of the auction is Richter’s 1982 painting "Kerze (Candle)," which carries a high estimate of $50 million and will lead a series of dedicated sales in New York this May.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 11, 2026 visibility 16 link 14 artists, 6 galleries

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The 15th edition of Expo Chicago, scheduled for April 9–12, marks a significant transition as the fair's first outing under new director Kate Sierzputowski and its third since being acquired by Frieze. The upcoming edition features a streamlined roster of approximately 130 galleries, a 25 percent decrease from previous years. While blue-chip giants like Gagosian and Zwirner are absent, the fair maintains a strong lineup including Karma, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, and local mainstays like Monique Meloche, complemented by satellite events and a high-profile benefit directed by Maurizio Cattelan.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 26 link 15 artists, 2 galleries

A Duchamp Retrospective at MoMA Presents an Artist Who Challenged the Very Definition of Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has launched a major retrospective of Marcel Duchamp, marking the first comprehensive North American survey of the artist’s work in over 50 years. Co-organized with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Centre Pompidou, the exhibition traces Duchamp’s evolution from his early Cubo-Futurist paintings to his revolutionary "Readymades" and optical experiments. The show features seminal works such as Nude (Study), Sad Young Man on a Train and explores his various personas, including his female alter ego, Rrose Sélavy.

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article culture schedule Apr 6, 2026 visibility 46 link 6 artists, 5 galleries

How Josh Kline Wrote the Essay That the Art World Can’t Stop Talking About

Artist Josh Kline has sparked intense debate across the New York art world with his viral essay, "New York Real Estate and the Ruin of American Art," published in the journal October. The text serves as a scathing critique of the current state of the American art industry, diagnosing it as "sick" due to skyrocketing real estate costs, systemic power imbalances, and a market that has become an unsustainable "conveyor belt" of commercial painting. Kline argues that the economic pressures of post-pandemic New York have made the city a hostile environment for experimental and conceptual practices.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 19, 2026 visibility 25 link 5 artists, 2 galleries

Emmanuel Di Donna Mounts Major Salvador Dalí Show as Final Exhibition in Madison Avenue Space

Emmanuel Di Donna is presenting a major Salvador Dalí exhibition, "Dalí: The Great Years, 1929–1939," at his Madison Avenue gallery from April 16 to June 13. The show features over two dozen paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from the artist's most formative decade, assembled with loans from major institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It will be the final exhibition in Di Donna's current space before he launches a new joint venture with Pace and David Schrader.

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trending_up market schedule Mar 12, 2026 visibility 10 link 4 artists, 2 galleries

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Vancouver-based collector Bob Rennie and his family have donated 24 significant contemporary artworks to the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. The gift features a major installation by Kerry James Marshall titled 'Wake' (2003–25), alongside works by Brian Jungen, Jin-me Yoon, and 17 pieces by Christopher Williams, marking the latter's debut in the museum's permanent collection.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 10, 2026 visibility 11 link 8 artists, 3 galleries

israeli artist doron langberg addresses atrocities gaza 1234775691

Israeli artist Doron Langberg is launching his first New York exhibition in seven years at Jeffrey Deitch’s Tribeca gallery, marking a significant shift in his practice. Known primarily for "New Queer Intimism" and domestic portraits, Langberg’s new body of work pivots toward monumental landscapes that grapple with his Jewish identity and the destruction in Gaza. The exhibition features works inspired by his family’s Holocaust history in Ukraine, used as a lens to process current geopolitical violence.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 26, 2026 visibility 8 link 8 artists, 2 galleries

larry gagosian jasper johns interview 1234770565

Larry Gagosian has opened a major exhibition of Jasper Johns's crosshatch paintings from 1973 to 1983 at his Upper East Side gallery in New York. In a forthcoming Gagosian Quarterly interview, Gagosian explains his motivation simply: he wanted to look at the works. The show features key pieces including all six versions of "Between the Clock and the Bed" (1981), borrowed from top-tier collectors and museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Gallery of Art. Gagosian recounts first encountering the crosshatch paintings in 1976 at Leo Castelli's gallery, before he had met Johns, through his connections with Merce Cunningham and John Cage.

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candle obituary schedule Jan 26, 2026 visibility 10 link 11 artists, 3 galleries

legendary dealer marian goodman dies louvre shutters again amid strike morning links for january 26 2026 1234770905

Marian Goodman, the legendary art dealer known for her lifelong commitment to artists and resistance to market trends, died on Thursday in a Los Angeles hospital at age 97. She opened Marian Goodman Gallery in Midtown Manhattan in 1977 at age 49, launching with an exhibition of Marcel Broodthaers. Over five decades, she championed European artists under-recognized in the US, including Gerhard Richter, Steve McQueen, Julie Mehretu, and William Kentridge. Separately, the Louvre closed again due to a strike, the fourth closure since mid-December, while the Minneapolis Institute of Art remained closed amid ICE protests and unrest following the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti. Scotland is considering a government-funded basic income for artists, following Ireland's permanent scheme.

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trending_up market schedule Jan 14, 2026 visibility 6 link 16 artists, 1 gallery

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Christie's London will auction a major collection of modern and contemporary art from Belgian collectors Roger and Josette Vanthournout during its March marquee sales week. The collection, estimated at £40 million ($53.8 million), spans six decades of collecting and includes works by René Magritte, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Yayoi Kusama, Lucio Fontana, Agnes Martin, and Max Ernst. It will be offered across three sales: a March 5 evening sale, a March 6 daytime sale, and an online sale from February 25 to March 12. Highlights include Magritte's 'La plaine de l'air' (1940) and Moore's 'Goslar Warrior' (1973–74), each estimated at £3.5–5.5 million.

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article news schedule Dec 15, 2025 visibility 3 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

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The Louvre was forced to close on Monday after staff launched strike action demanding urgent building renovations, improved security, increased staffing, and protesting a planned 45% ticket price increase for non-EU visitors. The strike follows a turbulent period for the museum, including a daylight theft of French crown jewels worth $102 million, a water leak damaging hundreds of documents, and safety concerns closing galleries. Meanwhile, Banksy's Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem has reopened for the first time since 2023, after closing following the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing Israel-Hamas war. The hotel, which opened in 2017, sits opposite the West Bank barrier and features original Banksy works, positioning itself as a cultural platform for peace and Palestinian artists.

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person people schedule Dec 12, 2025 visibility 10 link 15 artists, 2 galleries

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Rosemarie Trockel, the elusive German artist known for her wildly varied and conceptually challenging work, is the subject of a rare profile in ARTnews. The article traces her emergence from the 1980s Cologne art scene, where she became notorious for refusing interviews and producing art that defies easy categorization—spanning knitting machines, video, sculpture, and drawing. A key photograph from her teenage years, showing her in a room plastered with celebrity cutouts, is presented as a rare origin story, though its authenticity is left ambiguous. The piece highlights her declared constants of "woman, inconsistency, reaction to fashionable trends" and her insistence that art should remain a process of discovery rather than a vehicle for fixed meaning.

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article culture schedule Dec 5, 2025 visibility 12 link 13 artists, 5 galleries

art world acronyms 1234764800

The article provides a comprehensive guide to essential acronyms used in the art world, explaining what each abbreviation stands for and its significance. It covers organizations like AAM (American Alliance of Museums), AAMD (Association of Art Museum Directors), and ADAA (Art Dealers Association of America), as well as art fairs such as ABMB (Art Basel Miami Beach) and ARCO (Arte Contemporáneo in Madrid). It also includes advisories like AIG (Art Intelligence Global), historical galleries like AIR (Artists in Residence), and defunct fairs like FIAC (Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain), offering context on their origins and current relevance.

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article news schedule Dec 2, 2025 visibility 11 link 20 artists, 2 galleries

alma allen us venice biennale pavilion non political artist 1234761631

Alma Allen, a sculptor known for sleek, abstract works, has been selected to represent the United States at the 2026 Venice Biennale, marking the country's 250th anniversary. The selection process, run by the US State Department and funded by the newly formed American Arts Conservancy—which the article notes is stocked with Trump allies—has drawn criticism for favoring politically neutral art. Allen's sculptures, often made of marble and wood with digital technology, are described as aesthetically inoffensive and reminiscent of Constantin Brâncuși, with no apparent commentary on current US issues.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 19, 2025 visibility 3 link 2 artists, 2 galleries

ripleys buys maurizio cattelan gold toilet sothebys 1234762386

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! has been revealed as the buyer of Maurizio Cattelan’s 18-karat gold toilet sculpture “America” (2016), which sold for $12.1 million at Sotheby’s “Now & Contemporary” auction on November 18, 2025. The work, consigned by billionaire collector and Mets owner Steve Cohen, hammered at $10 million after a single bid, just above the value of its raw gold. Sotheby’s had previously only identified the buyer as a “Famous American Brand.” Ripley’s announced the acquisition on Instagram, calling it the most valuable object in its collection and noting plans for public display, possibly allowing visitors to sit on the fully functional toilet.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 19, 2025 visibility 5 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

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Maurizio Cattelan's 18-karat gold toilet, titled *America* (2016), sold for $12.1 million at Sotheby's “The Now & Contemporary” sale on Tuesday evening, falling short of the artist's auction record. The work, owned by New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, hammered at $10 million—just above the value of its gold content—after a single bid. It was installed in a bathroom at Sotheby's Breuer Building for viewing but not use. The consignor was revealed to be Cohen, who acquired the piece from Marian Goodman Gallery in 2017. The sale accepted cryptocurrency, and the work did not carry a guarantee.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 7, 2025 visibility 5 link 9 artists, 4 galleries

steve cohen revealed as consignor of cattelans golden toilet sothebys paris takes 21 5 m from davidson sale gladstone gallery now represents robert colescott morning links for november 7 202 1234760559

Billionaire financier and collector Steven Cohen has been revealed as the owner of one of Maurizio Cattelan's golden toilet sculptures, *America* (2016), which he purchased from Marian Goodman Gallery in 2017. Sotheby's will auction the 18-karat gold work on November 18 with an opening bid of about $10 million. Separately, Sotheby's Paris achieved €18.6 million ($21.5 million) from the collection of late real estate mogul Manny Davidson across two sales, the highest total for a single-owner sale in France this year. In other news, Gladstone Gallery now represents the estate of Robert Colescott, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art is planning a major Vincent van Gogh exhibition titled "Van Gogh's Sunflowers: A Symphony in Blue and Yellow" for 2026.

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article culture schedule Nov 3, 2025 visibility 8 link 10 artists, 3 galleries

jean baudrillard photography art performance 1234758770

Jean Baudrillard, the French philosopher whose concept of simulation inspired *The Matrix* (1999), is the subject of a new biography by Emmanuelle Fantin and Bran Nicol. The article explores Baudrillard's complex relationship with the art world: he was celebrated by artists and served on *Artforum*'s editorial board, yet he disavowed the Neo-Geo movement that claimed his ideas, arguing that art had become indistinguishable from commerce and lost its critical distance. His 1987 lecture at the Whitney Museum drew thousands, but he used the platform to declare art's irrelevance.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 3, 2025 visibility 4 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

sothebys to sell cattelans golden toilet inside the studio museum in harlems new building and more morning links for october 31 2025 1234759722

Sotheby's will auction Maurizio Cattelan's 18-karat solid gold toilet, titled "America" (2016), during its marquee New York sales next month. The 100-kilogram work will be installed in a bathroom at the Breuer Building, Sotheby's new headquarters, with public viewing beginning November 8 and the auction on November 18. The starting bid will be set by the work's weight in gold, around $10 million. Separately, the article examines shifting boundaries in artist representation, using Tom Sachs as an example of a fine artist who worked with a PR agency (The Lede Company) for brand collaborations while his gallery Thaddaeus Ropac handled his fine art, raising questions about where a gallery's role ends and an agency's begins.

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article news schedule Oct 15, 2025 visibility 6 link 8 artists, 2 galleries

new trustees at seattle art museum industry moves 1234757467

This week's art industry moves include François Ghebaly now representing Paris-based painter Xie Lei, a finalist for the 2025 Prix Marcel Duchamp, whose work is on view at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris. Gray gallery in Chicago and New York has taken on pioneering abstractionist Candida Alvarez, with a solo exhibition planned for Fall 2027, while she continues to be represented by Monique Meloche Gallery. The Seattle Art Museum elected five new trustees: Joanna Beitel, Martha Draves, Margaret Morris, Jordon Voss, and returning former trustee Lyn Grinstein. The Khadhok—Tibetan Artists' Collective won the 2025 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize, a $30,000 unrestricted award. Additionally, Canadian collector François Odermatt paid $19 million for Peter Doig's 1994 painting *Ski Jacket* at Christie's London, far exceeding its presale estimate.

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candle obituary schedule Sep 22, 2025 visibility 7 link 11 artists, 1 gallery

art world figures remember late patron agnes gund a legend and icon 1234752937

Agnes Gund, a towering art collector and patron of New York's Museum of Modern Art, died Thursday in Manhattan at age 87. Following the announcement, artists and cultural workers including Roxana Marcoci, Glenn Ligon, Lorna Simpson, and Hoor Al Qasimi honored her memory on social media, recalling her friendship, generosity, and commitment to social justice. Gund spearheaded MoMA's 1990s expansion, founded the arts education nonprofit Studio in the School in 1977, and in 2017 sold Roy Lichtenstein's "Masterpiece" (1962) to launch the Art for Justice Fund, a $100 million grant initiative for criminal justice reform.

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person people schedule Sep 10, 2025 visibility 3 link 3 artists, 4 galleries

morning links august 20 2025 1234749636

Glenn Lowry is stepping down as director of MoMA after nearly 30 years, a tenure that began with skepticism due to his background in Islamic art and leadership of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Under his guidance, MoMA underwent two major expansions, grew its collection to over 200,000 works, opened the PS1 satellite space, and now attracts nearly 2.7 million annual visitors. Lowry navigated the museum through crises including 9/11, the 2008 financial crisis, Covid, and the 2021 protests that led to board chair Leon Black's resignation. Elsewhere, art dealer Michael Reid warns that AI will initially cut gallery jobs before boosting productivity, and the University of Applied Arts Vienna has accepted Flynn, an AI art student, into its Fine Arts program.

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candle obituary schedule Sep 8, 2025 visibility 8 link 18 artists, 4 galleries

barbara jakobson collector moma trustee dead 1234751166

Barbara Jakobson, a prominent art collector and longtime trustee of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), died at age 92 on August 25 in Manhattan due to pneumonia. Known for her extensive network of relationships with artists, dealers, and curators, she was a central figure in the New York art world for decades. Jakobson served on MoMA's board since 1974, helped found the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1968, and persuaded dealer Leo Castelli to donate Robert Rauschenberg's iconic work "Bed" (1955) to MoMA. Her Upper East Side townhouse, filled with works by artists such as Matthew Barney, Diane Arbus, and Robert Mapplethorpe, was a testament to her lifelong engagement with contemporary art.

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trending_up market schedule Jul 27, 2025 visibility 6 link 22 artists, 3 galleries

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The article examines the narrative that figurative painting died and made a comeback, arguing instead that it never truly disappeared. It traces the art market's pendulum swing from zombie formalism around 2014 to a surge in figurative painting by 2015, fueled by collectors seeking new, affordable works to flip quickly. The piece highlights emerging painters like Gina Beavers, Mira Dancy, Jamian Juliano-Villani, and Greg Parma Smith, and notes that the boom created auction stars whose prices later crashed, as reported in a 2024 New York Times article.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 24, 2025 visibility 5 link 28 artists, 3 galleries

copyists exhibition centre pompidou metz louvre 1234748114

Over 100 contemporary artists, including Jeff Koons, Paul McCarthy, Julie Mehretu, Camille Henrot, Claire Tabouret, and Julien Creuzet, were invited to create copies of masterpieces from the Louvre's collection. Their works are now on view in the exhibition "Copyists" at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, a satellite of the Pompidou in northeastern France. The show features reinterpretations of iconic paintings such as Eugène Delacroix's *Liberty Leading the People* (1830), Giovanni Bellini's *Portrait of a Man* (ca. 1475–1500), and Théodore Géricault's *The Raft of Medusa* (1818–19), among others. Co-curators Donatien Grau and Chiara Parisi emphasize that the exhibition is about the act of copying itself, not just the resulting copies, and that it creates a dialogue between contemporary artists and historical masters.

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article news schedule Jul 22, 2025 visibility 3 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

duct taped banana maurizio cattelan comedian eaten again 1234747892

A visitor at France's Pompidou-Metz ate a banana from Maurizio Cattelan's conceptual artwork "Comedian" (2019), which consists of a banana duct-taped to a wall. Security staff intervened calmly, and the work was reinstalled within minutes, as the fruit is regularly replaced per the artist's instructions. The incident occurred during the exhibition "The Endless Sunday," celebrating the museum's 15th anniversary, which features 30 works by Cattelan alongside over 400 others from the Musée National d'Art Moderne.

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trending_up market schedule Jun 30, 2025 visibility 2 link 8 artists, 2 galleries

ken griffin 13th amendment copy sothebys 1234746499

Billionaire hedge fund founder Kenneth C. Griffin has been revealed as the buyer of President Abraham Lincoln's handwritten copy of the 13th Amendment, which sold at Sotheby's for $13.7 million including buyer's premium. The document, one of only four privately held copies, was part of Sotheby's "Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana" sale. Griffin also acquired a signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation for $4.4 million. The auction house announced the winner on Monday, noting that Griffin secured the amendment by phone after competitive bidding.

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candle obituary schedule Jun 11, 2025 visibility 9 link 9 artists, 2 galleries

gunther uecker zero artist dead 1234744874

Günther Uecker, the German postwar artist known for hammering nails into canvases to create abstract works, died at age 95. His death was announced by his New York gallery, Lévy Gorvy Dayan, after he had been hospitalized in Düsseldorf. Uecker was a core member of the avant-garde ZERO group, founded in 1957 by Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, and his nail-based abstractions—applied to surfaces from canvases to lightboxes and TV sets—defined his practice from the 1950s onward. He participated in major exhibitions including Documenta and MoMA's 1965 "The Responsive Eye," and continued working daily in his Düsseldorf studio into his 90s.

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