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 this Friday, June 16.
NEED TO READ
Wadsworth Atheneum responds to court filing by former trustee – The Connecticut Museum has filed a response in the U.S. District Court in Connecticut to refute allegations by former curatorial administrator Kate Riotte, who says she was fired for questioning the policies of diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion. The museum claims Riotte broke Connecticut law by surreptitiously recording phone calls without consent. (ART news)
The show explores the tension between Frank Lloyd Wright and the heiress – The famed Hollyhock House, Wright’s first major California project, which sparked a lengthy legal battle between the architect and home owner Aline Barnsdall, is the site of a new exhibition featuring contemporary artists Louise Bonnet and Adam Silverman, who are married. The work of the duo plays on the heavy creation of the house and the tensions inherent in any relationship. (Los Angeles Time)
Chinese artist Huang Yongyu Dies at 98 – The artist, considered a “national treasure”, was the best known for his playful ink paintings of animals, most memorable the monkey stamp he createdfor the Lunar New Year in 1980. The artist fled to Hong Kong amid political strife in mainland China and worked as the arts editor of the local newspaper Ta Kungpao newspaper and The Great Wall Illustrated magazine; he later became a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. (South China Morning Post)
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Rembrandt returns to the Rijksmuseum – After an international tour, Rembrandt’s The flag bearer (1636) returns home to hang permanently next to The night watch (1642). Although the Dutch museum has over 40 paintings by the Old Master, The flag bearer is one of Rembrandt’s first works after moving to Amsterdam. (Press release)
Damien Hirst survey planned for Germany – The first major survey of the artist YBA in Germany opens in October at the Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art in Munich. “The Weight of Things” will include some forty works from the last four decades of the career of the British provocateur. (Ocula)
Destination Crenshaw Announces Conservation Plans – The “largest commissioned project ever undertaken for black artists” will unveil its first public space at Sankofa Park this fall, ahead of the project’s official opening scheduled for early 2024. A “collections care program” has also been announced, to tending to and conserving the more than 100 public works to be installed along the corridor, led by Ariana Makau, the founder of Oakland-based Nzilani Glass Conservation. (Los Angeles Time)
FOR ART
A memorial to displaced black residents – The Mighty of Nekisha Durrett Queen City monument was unveiled in Arlington, Virginia this week. The 35-foot-tall tower made of reclaimed brick pays homage to the 903 residents of a historic black neighborhood who were forced to leave the area in the 1940s to make way for the Pentagon building. Durrett worked with black ceramists to fill the interior of the artwork with teardrop vessels, “to tell untold stories, redefine and sculpt community, and rewrite trauma,” the artist said on Instagram. (Washington Post)
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