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 this Monday, July 24.
NEED TO READ
Rudolf Zwirner looks back on 90 – The acclaimed Cologne-born dealer takes a trip down memory lane, tracing his steps from growing up during World War II to selling art to owning a gallery, as well as wearing various hats that helped shape the art market and post-war German art history. What does he think of his son David’s impact on the legacy now that the business has changed irreversibly? He admires his son’s social conscience, but not the mega-dealer’s “choice of artists”, he said. “There must be ten good artists, but he represents thirty or forty of them.” (FAZ)
Ten artists on Barbie – Like Greta Gerwig Barbie To make history Over the weekend as the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman with an opening weekend box office of $377 million, artists from Laurie Simmons to Martine Gutierrez discuss their Barbie memories, artistic interpretations of the iconic doll, and reveal their dream dollhouses, from an “ancient faux stone temple” (Gutierrez) to a LEGO dream house (Lonneke Gordijn). (Cultivated)
Nigeria plans second outing in Venice – A stellar line-up of nine Nigerian and Diaspora Nigerian artists from different generations will take center stage at “Nigeria Imaginary”, Nigeria’s second national pavilion exhibition at the 2024 Venice Biennale. , Yinka Shoni bare, Fatimah Tuggar and Precious Okoyomon, whose work was a highlight of the main exhibition at the Venice Biennale in 2022. (ART news)
Class in the art world – In response to Evening StandardLondon’s list Young London Artists (YLA), which focuses on a number of ‘disruptors’ from wealthy backgrounds, Anny Shaw discusses how class remains a taboo subject in the art world and how the lack of social mobility has been intertwined with British politics and the Conservative regime. “We urgently need structural change,” she wrote. (The arts journal)
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Opening of the Kusama permanent gallery in Inhotim – The Brazilian institute has opened its 12th permanent gallery dedicated to the Japanese artist, with two works: I’m here, but nothing (2000) and Consequences of obliterating eternity (2009), as well as the work of the artist Narcissus garden (1966/2009). “Each piece embodies a distinctly different environmental expression of the artist’s creative universe,” said Inhotim co-founder Allan Shwartzman. (Press release)
The artistic legacy of Tony Bennett – The beloved crooner, who died on July 21, was an accomplished painter who signed his works ‘Tony Benedetto’ and used his works to release the stress of singing on the road. One of his works, titled central park (1998) is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, “He loved the park,” said curator Randal Griffey, “as many New Yorkers do, because it made him feel connected to nature…despite his immersion in the city. (Smithsonian)
Twitter to lose the bird logo – Elon Musk announced Sunday that that iconic bluebird logo will be replaced with an X, another controversial Twitter shake-up since the Tesla and SpaceX mogul acquired the social media platform last October for $44 billion. from Twitter official handle is now called X. The platform has since been inundated with memes and artists reinterpretation of the new brand X. (Guardian)
FOR THE ARTS
Dutch Still Life makes its UK debut – THE “strikingly beautiful” banquet still life by Dutch artist Jan Davidsz de Heem, who was not allowed to leave the UK, is now on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge for the next two years. The Dutch Golden Age work was on sale last year for a value of £6.1 million ($7.8 million), but the government imposed an export ban to give a public institution time to raise funds to purchase the work. The ‘rare’ work was one of four large-scale paintings that De Heem painted between 1640 and 1643. (Guardian)
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