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Artnet News reports on the top five most expensive Helen Frankenthaler paintings sold at auction, all from the 1970s and all sold within the past five years. The list includes "Basin" (1979, $4.53M at Christie's New York in May 2025), "Carousel" (1979, $4.74M at Sotheby's New York in 2020), "Circe" (1974, $4.77M at Sotheby's New York in 2022), and "Dream Decision" (1976, $5.89M at Sotheby's New York in 2021), with the top lot yet to be fully detailed. The article highlights Frankenthaler's soak-stain technique, her influence on Color Field painting, and the role of Gagosian Gallery in elevating her market after her death in 2011.

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article news schedule Nov 14, 2025 visibility 3 link 17 artists, 2 galleries

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Trustee Patsy Marino resigned from the Palm Springs Art Museum board just one week after Christine Vendredi was appointed director on September 29, 2024. In a resignation letter reported by the Los Angeles Times, Marino alleged that the hiring committee failed to interview any outside candidates, despite two "exceptional" candidates being considered, and cited "inappropriate interference" by the executive committee, individual trustees, and museum staff. Two other board members also left the 22-member body, though the museum claims their departures were unrelated. Vendredi, previously chief curator and interim CEO, has a background in luxury brand management at Louis Vuitton and holds multiple advanced degrees but no prior museum directorship experience.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 8, 2026 visibility 12 link 10 artists, 1 gallery

A Century of Esoteric and Occult Artistry in “A Queer Arcana” at Palm Springs Art Museum

The Palm Springs Art Museum has unveiled "A Queer Arcana," an ambitious exhibition exploring the intersection of LGBTQ+ culture, occultism, and esoteric spirituality. Spanning the 20th and 21st centuries, the show features a diverse array of media—including a major four-banner commission by the collective Hilma’s Ghost—and is organized into thematic sections such as Tarot, Sex Magick, and healing. The project emerged from the museum’s Q+Art initiative, a unique program dedicated to queer art histories within a general art museum context.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 26, 2026 visibility 5 link 7 artists, 2 galleries

‘Everyone can talk about a cabinet or a chair’: Ryan Preciado on his show at Hollyhock House in Los Angeles

Artist Ryan Preciado has launched a new exhibition titled "Diary of a Fly" at Frank Lloyd Wright’s historic Hollyhock House in Los Angeles. The show features a mix of high-gloss steel sculptures, woven tapestries, and furniture that Preciado calls "insecure sculptures"—objects that blur the line between functional craft and fine art. By placing these contemporary works within the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Preciado creates a dialogue between his own carpentry-based practice and Wright’s iconic Modernist architecture.

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article news schedule Nov 19, 2025 visibility 2 link 1 artist

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A Los Angeles Times investigation has raised serious concerns about the financial management of the Palm Springs Art Museum, alleging significant accounting issues including improper reporting of endowment spending, inaccurate recording of donated and deaccessioned art values, and faulty admissions revenue tracking. The museum has publicly refuted these claims, asserting that its financial reviews have been thorough and that the Times' reporting relies on selective internal correspondence. The report notes that at least eight trustees have resigned, leaving the board short of its required 20 members, with one former trustee citing legal counsel for his departure and recommending the museum hire a forensic accounting firm.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 9, 2026 visibility 4 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

New Palm Springs Art Exhibition Explores the Runway as Architecture

The Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center has opened a new exhibition titled "Fashioning Architecture," on view through August 9. Curated by executive director Christine Vendredi, the show examines the spatial and hierarchical dynamics of fashion shows—such as the front row, runway, and backstage—treating them as architectural constructs. It features photography, video, and objects including audience T-shirts from Virgil Abloh's Spring/Summer 2019 Louis Vuitton show and a LaQuan Smith dress from New York Fashion Week, alongside historical Palm Springs fashion moments like a 1939 Racquet Club show and Nicolas Ghesquière's 2015 Louis Vuitton cruise show at the Bob Hope House.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 27, 2026 visibility 6 link 3 artists

LGBTQ folks have always engaged with magic, spirituality. Here's why

The Palm Springs Art Museum is launching "A Queer Arcana: Art, Magic, and Spirit," an ambitious exhibition exploring the intersection of LGBTQ+ identities and spiritual practices. Spanning over a century of creative production from 1906 to 2026, the show features 35 artists who have utilized occultism, tarot, and magical traditions to navigate societal oppression and foster community. The collection includes a diverse array of media, ranging from historical occult drawings by Austin Osman Spare to contemporary paintings by Devan Shimoyama and feminist tarot decks.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 24, 2026 visibility 3

Exhibition openings to enjoy in May

Bundaberg Regional Galleries in Queensland, Australia, will launch five new exhibitions in May 2025, with opening events spread across the month. The shows include 'Lost in Palm Springs', a national touring exhibition curated by Dr Greer Honeywill featuring 14 artists and thinkers from America and Australia exploring Palm Springs' landscape and mid-century modern architecture; 'Shifting Perspectives: the Self Reconciliation Project' by local artist Avi Amesbury, which uses ceramics and storytelling to examine settler-colonial family history; 'Post Truth' by Gureng Gureng/Gangalu artist Darren Blackburn, addressing the Australian Government's Close the Gap campaign through led-neon signs; 'The Nature of Silk: The Glad Not Sad Book', a family-friendly exhibition of silk art by children's book author Kim Michelle Toft; and 'Metal in Motion' by Kevin Dekker, a collection of sculptures that transform steel, wood, stone and ceramics into dynamic, fluid forms. Opening events will be held at Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery and Childers Arts Space, with free admission and no RSVP required.

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article news schedule Apr 29, 2026 link 7 artists, 1 gallery

Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Misconduct at Palm Springs Art Museum, Where an Ex-Trustee Describes a ‘Shattered Moral Compass’

An anonymous whistleblower has filed a complaint alleging misconduct by leadership at the Palm Springs Art Museum, including improper movement of funds between accounts to address cash shortages, the forced resignation of a former director based on fabricated staff complaints, and a failure to properly interview external candidates for the director position. The complaint, forwarded to ARTnews, also references a $3 million discrepancy in the reported endowment value and the departure of several trustees, leaving the board below its required size. The museum has formed a special committee to investigate the allegations, which were first reported by the Los Angeles Times in November 2025.

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article local schedule Apr 28, 2026 visibility 2 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

New bronze sculptures on display in downtown Palm Springs

Two new bronze sculptures by internationally recognized artist J.D. Hansen have been installed in downtown Palm Springs. Titled "Resonance" (10 feet tall) and "Family Group" (8 feet tall on its base, reaching approximately 10 feet overall), the works are now on display in front of the Kimpton Rowan Palm Springs Hotel as part of a temporary public art exhibition presented in collaboration with Grit Development and HOHMANN Fine Art. The sculptures will remain on view for about a year.

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Abstract Expressionist painter Mary Abbott has died at age 98 due to heart failure, as confirmed by McCormick Gallery in Chicago, which represented her for nearly 20 years. Known for her colorful canvases and sweeping brushstrokes, Abbott was praised by the New York Times in 2008 as one of the last great Abstract Expressionist painters of her generation. Despite her early modeling career on Vogue covers and her immersion in the downtown New York art scene alongside figures like Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning, her work received little scholarly recognition until the 2016 Denver Art Museum exhibition "Women of Abstract Expressionism," which traveled to the Mint Museum and Palm Springs Art Museum.

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