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Five Artists in the News: Alex Katz’s Springtime in London, Elizabeth Peyton Transforms Kyoto Temple and Derrick Adams Leads Lower East Side Sale

12 Sep 2024

Alex Katz, Spring 9 (2023). Copyright the artist. Courtesy of Timothy Taylor Gallery

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Market: Derrick Adams led Phillips $289,100 'Editions & Selected Works from the Lower East Side Printshop Archives’ auction. For all the highlights, see the HENI News report.

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Market: A work by Joseph Limarzi led Bonhams Skinner 'American Art online auction. HENI News

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Show: Elizabeth Peyton has taken over a temple in Kyoto, presenting her portraits in the historic building, on its paper sliding doors and mounted on antique silk robes, Ocula reports.

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London: "Alex Katz: Spring", at Timothy Taylor gallery features large-scale paintings and three studies from the artist’s series recently shown at MoMA. Artlyst

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Paris: Janet Sobel and Forrest Bess are among the self-taught artists whose works will be presented by dealers at Art Basel Paris, writes Art Basel.

In other news

Brussels: Leading Belgian gallery Office Baroque is closing. Its co-founders lament the lack of support for emerging and mid-career artists, ARTnews reports.

San Francisco: The city’s fledgling ICA will be moving to a former bank rent free. The institution's new home is in a complex co-owned by Donald Trump, Hyperallergic reports.

"‘Things will just get sold back into Hollywood, where we bought them.’ Paul McCarthy’s son and studio director, Damon McCarthy, reflects on the end of his father’s sprawling masterwork after failing to find a permanent home."

- The Art Newspaper