Art Industry News is a daily summary of the most important developments in the art world and the art market. Here’s what you need to know on Tuesday, July 18.
NEED TO READ
ES crowns a new “London Art Set” – A mix of curators, gallerists and artists have been highlighted by the Evening Standard newspaper, including Aindrea Emelife, Joe Kennedy and Jonny Burt from Unit Gallery, Nnamdi Obiekwe and Zina Vieille from VO Curations, and figurative painters Isaac Benigson, Danny Fox and Georges Rouy. (evening standard)
Artists making buttons – Four great names in contemporary art – Ai Weiwei, Edmund de Waal, Cornelia Parker and Antony Gormley – took up the challenge of creating decorative buttons reflecting an event in their lives, in tribute to the famous British ceramist Lucie Rie. (Guardian)
Kehinde Wiley Show will be on tour in the United States – The new works have already been exhibited at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, with a smaller selection traveling to the Musée d’Orsay in Parisand are currently showing in “Archeology of silenceat the de Young Museum in San Francisco through October 15. The American tour of the exhibition includes three other stops: the MFA Houston (November 19 – June 19, 2024), the Pérez Art Museum in Miami (July 26, 2024-January February 12, 2025) and, finally, the Minneapolis Institute of Art ( February 22, 2025-June 22, 2025). (The arts journal)
Grace Wales Bonner will curate the MoMA Show – The British fashion designer will lead the New York Museum’s 16th Artist’s Choice exhibition for a temporary exhibition from November 18 to April 7, 2024. Her chosen theme is “Spirit Movers” and she plans to spotlight black artists like Betye Saar, Terry Adkins, and David Hammons rub shoulders with modernists inspired by the art of the African diaspora such as Man Ray and Agnes Martin. (art forum)
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Choreographer Sarah Michelson joins David Zwirner– The artist, dancer and choreographer who received a MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellowship in 2019 has joined the premier gallery stable. “Dance has played such a defining role in the history of 20th century art and continues to inform contemporary artistic practices,” Zwirner said in a statement, “And yet choreographers have rarely received support in real time of the commercial art world.” (ART news)
Cildo Meireles Wins $174,000 Roswitha Haftmann Prize – The Brazilian conceptual artist is the first Latin American artist to win Europe’s biggest prize, named after the late art dealer Roswitha Haftmann, which comes with an unrestricted cash prize of CHF 150,000 ($174,000). Meireles is best known for his large-scale installations responding to social and political injustice. (Press release)
Ernie Barnes Estate pays it forward – North Carolina Central University, a historically black university in Durham, received a million dollar gift from the estate of Ernie Barnes. The former NFL player and entertainer had attended the school on a football scholarship as a member of the Class of 1960. (Press release)
FOR THE ARTS
Shirley Chisolm monument moves forward – More than four years after its original proposal, New York City officials have approved the proposal by artists Amanda Williams and Olaleken B. Jeyifous’s honor the late MP. The 32-foot sculpture is one of the few in the city dedicated to ongoing women since former first lady Chirlane McCray launched a program with a commitment of up to $10 million over four years. (New York Times)
Amanda Williams and Olalekan Jeyifous, Our destiny, our democracy, the winning design for Shirley Chisholm’s monument in Prospect Park. Courtesy of She Built NYC.
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