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NEWS

Art Movements

Tiernan Morgan February 6, 2015743Shares

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Henri Matisse, “The Sheaf (La Gerbe)” (1953), maquette for ceramic (realized 1953), gouache on paper, cutand pasted, on paper, mounted on canvas. 115 ¾ x 137 ¾ inches (collection of the University of California,Los Angeles, Hammer Museum; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney F. Brody, © 2015 Succession H. Matisse /Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; courtesy Museum of Modern Art)

Art Movements is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings

in the art world.

Egypt’s Al-Arish Museum was partially destroyed during a wave of

attacks by the terrorist group “State of Sinai.” The attacks killed 30

people and injured at least 60.

A “Qatari buyer” is rumored to have purchased Paul Gauguin’s

“Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?)” (1892) for close to $300

million. If verified, it would be the highest price ever paid for a work

of art.

Washington, DC’s National Gallery of Art made an initial selection of

6,430 works to be accessioned from the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Upon the Corcoran’s closure last year, it was announced that the

National Gallery would assist the trustees of the Corcoran with

distributing works from the collection to eligible institutions in

Washington.

The Manhattan district attorney’s o"ce subpoenaed several art

galleries and dealers as part of their current investigation into sales

tax evasion.

Sotheby’s “highest ever” sales record was attributed to the sale of

five Monet paintings within the span of one hour.

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A protest flyer by Arts Attack (image via Facebook)

Sta# at National Gallery in

London embarked on a five-day

strike over an ongoing row

regarding the privatization of

two-thirds of the museum’s

security sta#. The Independent

reported that the museum’s

outgoing director, Nicholas

Penny, was heckled and booed at

a recent sta# meeting. Read

Hyperallergic’s strike coverage

here.

The Matisse cut-outs exhibition

at MoMA will be open 24 hours a day from today through Sunday,

February 8, at 5:30pm. The show permanently closes on Tuesday,

February 10.

Cuban artist Tania Bruguera is struggling to find a defense lawyer in

the wake of her detainment by the Cuban authorities. Bruguera was

detained for attempting to stage a public performance about free

speech. Prosecutors are currently deciding whether to file public

disorder charges against the artist.

PEN America criticized Bahrain for revoking the citizenship of 74

Bahraini nationals. The group includes blogger Ali Abdulemam,

writer Ali Aldairy, and journalist Abbas Busafwa.

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The Academic Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences

(INION), a Moscow-based library containing over 14.2 million books

and documents, was severely damaged by a fire.

The Museo Jumex in Mexico City suspended an exhibition of work

by Viennese Actionist Herman Nitsch after an online petition

protesting the show garnered over 5,000 signatures. The petitioners

objected to the artist’s use of animal blood for his performances.

Transport for London removed three of Eduardo Paolozzi‘s mosaic

arches from Tottenham Court Station, ignoring protests and a public

petition advocating their preservation.

French street artist Combo, otherwise known as “Combo Culture

Kidnapper,” was beaten by four thugs who demanded that he remove

a mural advocating religious tolerance.

Rutherford Chang, the artist renowned for fastidiously collecting

first-edition copies of the Beatles’s White Album (1968), posted

images of his entire collection on Instagram (Chang has amassed

1,119 copies so far).

The UK’s culture minister, Ed Vaizey, placed an export ban on

Claude Lorrain’s “A Mediterranean Port at sunrise with the

Embarkation of Saint Paula for Jerusalem” (1650). It’s hoped that a

matching sum of £5,066,500 (~$7.7 million) will be raised

to purchase the work, which was recently sold to an overseas buyer,

and keep it in the UK.

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Claude Lorrain, “A Mediterranean port at sunrisewith the Embarkation of Saint Paula for Jerusalem”(1650), oil on canvas 100.9 x 135.2 cm (courtesyDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport)

Barbara Brecht-Schall, the

daughter of Bertolt Brecht,

requested an injunction against

theater director Frank Castorf ’s

production of Baal (1918)

because of changes made to her

father’s original script. Brecht is

widely celebrated as a champion

of improvisation, shock, and

audience participation. Castorf

described the lawsuit as “passé

and absurd.”

Smart Entertainment Ltd is suing Sotheby’s after alleging that the

auction house is conducting business in India on its own, instead

of through their joint venture, Sotheby’s India Pvt Ltd.

Lost Art Salon, a San Francisco-based gallery, discovered a

previously unknown, double-sided Gustav Klimt drawing. The work

was verified by the Albertina Museum in Vienna.

The Broad Museum in Los Angeles will open to the public on

September 20.

The Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of the Arts in

Lebanon (APEAL) launched a campaign to establish a modern and

contemporary art museum in Beirut.

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The Broad Museum (photo by Gary Leonard, viathebroad.org)

The Josef and Anni Albers

Foundation is seeking to raise

$600,000 for a new culture

center in rural Senegal through

an auction of works at Christie’s

in May.

A 66-foot tall ice sculpture,

created by artist and engineer

Roger Hanson, collapsed before

its world record breaking status could be verified. The demise of the

sculpture was captured on film.

Dr. Barry Kerzin, a Buddhist monk and doctor to the Dalai Lama,

claimed that a 200-year-old mummified monk is not dead, but in a

state of “very deep meditation” known as tukdam.

This week’s Venice Biennale news: The Republic of Armenia will

devote its pavilion to artists from the Armenian Diaspora to mark

the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide; Romania will be

represented by painter Adrian Ghenie; and Tsibi Geva will represent

Israel.

Transactions

Coosje van Bruggen (1942–2009) and Claes Oldenburg donated 175

artworks from their collection to the Stedelijk Museum. The gift

includes works by Lawrence Weiner, Bruce Nauman, Anselm Kiefer,

and Je# Wall.

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Bruce Nauman, “Failing to Levitate in My Studio”(1966) (courtesy Stedelijk Museum)

BET founder Robert Johnson

donated several works of art to

the National Museum of African

American History and Culture.

The museum is scheduled to

open in 2016.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art

acquired works by Cézanne,

Manet, Pissarro, Morisot, and

Duchamp.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. donated $1 million towards the expansion of

the Columbus Museum of Art.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham acquired George

Bellows’s “Miss Bentham” (1906), the first painting of a nude

acquired by the institution. The work was previously owned by Andy

Warhol.

Transitions

Colgate University’s board of trustees approved the construction of

a $21 million Center for Art and Culture. The Center, which will be

built in downtown Hamilton, is designed by architect David Adjaye.

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville,

Arkansas, hired Margaret C. Conrads to be its new director of

curatorial a#airs and Robin Groesbeck to be its director of

exhibitions and interpretive presentations.

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Onlookers standing in front of George Bellows’,“Miss Bentham” (1906), oil on canvas, 182 x 91cm.Acquired for the Barber Institute of Fine Arts from aprivate collection by the Henry Barber Trust(courtesy the Barber Institute of Fine Arts)

John J. Aglialoro, Catherine L.

Hughes, and Gregory Charles

Miller were elected to the Barnes

Foundation’s board of trustees.

Tommy Sowers was elected to

the Americans for the Arts board

of directors.

The Columbus Museum of Art

appointed David Stark as chief

curator and Drew Sawyer as

associate curator of photography.

The Tampa Museum of Art

named Michael Tomor as its new

executive director. He starts his

new job on April 15.

The Terra Foundation for

American Art appointed John

Davis as executive director of

global academic programs and Terra Foundation Europe.

The National Gallery in London will renovate its 19th-century and

Impressionist galleries after winning a grant from the Wohl Arts

Competition. The work is expected to be completed around early

2017.

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Emily Orr was appointed assistant curator of modern and

contemporary design at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design

Museum.

Laura Copelin was appointed associate curator of Ballroom Marfa.

Crime

Spanish police claimed that the arrests of members of an antiquities

smuggling ring will hinder the transfer of funds to jihadists in the

Middle East.

Austrian police launched an investigation following the appearance

of anti-semitic gra"ti on the walls of camp Mauthausen, the former

Nazi concentration camp.

A sketch by a student at the Pratt Institute was used as evidence in

the conviction of a sex o#ender. The student saw ex-convict

Christopher Thomas, 46, commit a lewd act outside her classroom.

Federal prosecutor Alicyn Cooley argued that the student’s drawing

corroborated her witness testimony.

Accolades

Andrés Jaque/O"ce for Political Innovation was announced the 2015

winner of MoMA PS1’s Young Architects Program.

Ann Beha Architects received the Hobson Award for their work on

the Shelburne Museum’s Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education.

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Rendering of Andrés Jaque/O"ce for PoliticalInnovation’s “COSMO,” the winning design of the2015 Young Architects Program (The Museum ofModern Art and MoMAPS1, courtesy of AndrésJaque/O"ce for Political Innovation)

Eleven nominees were selected

for the 2015 Scotiabank

Photography Award.

Artists Davide Balula, Melik

Ohanian, Neïl Beloufa, and Zined

Sedira were shortlisted for for

the 2015 Prix Marcel Duchamp,

France’s top prize for

contemporary art.

Obituaries

Colin Lanceley (1938–2015), artist and member of the Annandale

Imitation Realists.

Pedro Lemebel (1952–2015), Chilean artist, activist, and writer.

Will McBride (1931–2015), photographer.

Mrinalini Mukherjee (1949–2015), sculptor.