3 min read · 11 Aug 2023
Brice Marden at his studio in Tivoli, N.Y. Copyright Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times
[**Brice Marden has died, aged 84**](https://heni.com/news/view/123e636a-1009-5bce-a5a6-cd331ec63cf7?platform=link) The critically acclaimed US artist Brice Marden rejuvenated abstract art in the 1960s and kept pushing painting to the end of his long career. (New York Times)
[**Valie Export Gets the Retrospective She Deserves**](https://heni.com/news/view/592ed66e-b811-5498-8f7d-997dc2026e1b?platform=link) The radical feminist artist from Austria, VALIE EXPORT, who chose a cigarette brand as a name, looks back on her career as a major retrospective goes on show in Vienna. (Whitehot magazine)
[**Barnes Museum Can Loan Its Masterworks**](https://heni.com/news/view/da62e3ca-a72b-5b80-95f3-c7e11d322f60?platform=link) A US court has relaxed Albert Barnes’ inflexible rule that none of the 20th century masterpieces in his collection could be moved, opening the door for high-profile loan exhibitions. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
[**British Museum Settles Copyright Dispute With Translator**](https://heni.com/news/view/a2d1f46b-9b3e-5cd1-884c-9390d5d9e3cf?platform=link) A writer and translator who called out the British Museum for using her work in an exhibition without permission or a fee has settled with the institution after taking to social media and crowdfunding legal support. (ARTnews)
[**How Buddhism Shaped John Giorno’s Art**](https://heni.com/news/view/9ed392c5-e8a4-5ba3-ac7e-906b4c3a63f7?platform=link) A solo show at Almine Rech Shanghai explores the importance of Buddhism for the late poet-artist John Giorno, who turned his New York home into a temple. (HENI News)
[**Frank Bowling Enjoys Late-Career Success**](https://heni.com/news/view/68cbbf6c-7096-5535-adc7-fbc4d96bd04b?platform=link) The veteran artist Frank Bowling’s color-soaked abstract and map paintings reflect his travels between Guyana, London, and New York in the 1960s and 70s in a solo show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. (New York Times)
[**Phillips To Begin Drops of New Works**](https://heni.com/news/view/c8c76e7b-b924-5fcf-aa55-63514db613db?platform=link) The auction house is entering the primary market by launching a digital platform with monthly "drops" planned of new, limited edition works by in-demand artists. (The Art Newspaper)
[**Ukraine Hunts for Art Collected by Oligarchs**](https://heni.com/news/view/b756c8f5-5c87-4772-939c-fd0164eaf5ca?platform=link) Ukraine’s anti-corruption taskforce hopes to identify trophy works of art thought to have been bought and sold by wealthy Russians, including those sanctioned after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. (The Guardian)