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Additionally, Welsh police seized Banksy artwork worth $260,000 and Otobong Nkanga joined the Lisson Gallery group.
Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most important developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on Wednesday, March 8th.
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Is this Picasso painting looted art? Madame SolairePicasso’s Blue Period painting in the Bavarian State Painting Collection is owned by the heirs of the Jewish banker and art collector Paul von Mendelssohn Bartholdi, who claims to be its rightful owner. at the center of the power struggle. The case remains unsolved because it has not been possible to determine whether the painting was sold under duress during the persecution of Jews by Nazi Germany. (DW)
Otbon Nkanga joins Lisson – The Nigerian-born, Antwerp-based artist has left Mendes Wood DM to join the Lisson Gallery roster. The move was due to “a matter of growing with another team” and a relationship with “a gallery that I always held great admiration for.” The artist’s interdisciplinary work spanning painting, textiles, sculpture and film, which references the history and legacy of colonialism, will be exhibited at the gallery’s London outpost in May. Nkanga continues to be represented by Lumen Travo in Amsterdam and Galerie In Situ-Fabienne Leclerc in Paris. (art newspaper)
From Gagosian to Mount Major Abstraction Show – The gallery will present “Bending Ears from the Outside World: A Conversation on Contemporary Abstract Painting.” This is an extensive show featuring more than 40 of his artists, curated by Gary Garrels, former senior his curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, who resigned in 2015. In 2020, I had an argument with my staff about systemic inequality. It will be located at his two locations in London, Grosvenor Hill and Davis Street. (press release)
Police seize Banksy work in criminal investigation – Three works by an elusive artist — his sculptures grappling hooka work entitled white towerand monkey queenA satirical portrait of the late monarch. The work is suspected of criminal proceeds. (evening standard)
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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Curates National Gallery Show – The Native American painter is the first artist to curate an exhibition at the National Gallery in Washington, DC. The show features about 50 living Indigenous artists. (art newspaper)
Andy Warhol watch sells for $101,600 – A rare Patek Philippe Ref. first series 2526 rose gold watch with an enamel dial sold for over $100,000 at Sotheby’s Fine Watch Sale on Tuesday, beating a pre-sale estimate of $80,000. The watch was first auctioned at Sotheby’s in 1988. This was after a secret compartment in the deceased artist’s bedroom cabinet was discovered to be a veritable treasure trove of watches, gems and designer jewellery. (Sotheby’s)
LACMA Building Campaign Nearing Completion – The funding campaign for the controversial new building designed by Starkitect’s Peter Zumthor is 98% complete, raising more than $735 million for the project. (LA Times)
The Robert Indiana Foundation Adds Bold Names to Board – The Star of Hope Foundation, founded by the late artist to support the visual arts in his home state of Maine, has finalized its board of directors. Appointees include art mogul Paul Byrd, director of the Portland Museum of Art. Sharon Corwin, President and CEO of Terra Foundation for American Art in Chicago. Adam Weinberg, curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan. (press release)
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Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Creates Emmeline Pankhurst Wax Figure – More than a century after co-founding the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), Pankhurst has been immortalized in a new wax figure at Madame Tussauds in London to mark International Women’s Day. Pankhurst was a key member of the women’s suffrage movement in Britain where she fought for women’s voting rights in the early 20th century. A panel of her discussion on her Pankhurst influences was held at a wax museum in London. (evening standard)
Madame Tussauds London artist Luisa Compobassi puts the finishing touches on a new figure of suffragette and feminist pioneer Emmeline Pankhurst before arriving at the attraction to mark International Women’s Day. Courtesy Madame Tussauds.
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