3 min read · 11 Sep 2024
Alice Neel. Ballet Dancer (1950). On loan from the Hall Collection. Copyright the Estate of Alice Neel. Image courtesy of the Estate of Alice Neel and David Zwirner
Los Angeles: Alice Neel’s vibrant portraits now on show at David Zwirner chronicle decades of queer life in New York, including famous sitter such as Andy Warhol, AnOther reports.
Sydney: A painting by Emily Kame Kngwarreye was among the works by First Nation artists that sold at Sydney Contemporary, helping the fair turn over an estimated $13m (AU$20m), writes Arts Hub.
London: "Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers" at the National Gallery is a daring, dazzling exhibition, writes Jonathan Jones in The Guardian.
New York: Trey Abdella is a new kind of “bad-boy artist”, writes Art in America, after his two-venue gallery show at David Lewis and Vito Schnabel. ART News
Move: Michaela Yearwood-Dan has joined Hauser & Wirth but the young abstract artist will continue to be represented by Marianne Boesky.
In other news
Los Angeles: The new LACMA is now due to reopen in 2026 but visitors could preview Peter Zumthor’s building ahead of the collection being installed, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Chicago: The Art Institution of Chicago will be expanding thanks to a record $75m gift, which will fund a new wing.
"‘I thought that was a little silly living in New York, where you’re bombarded with scents left and right and there are no warnings.’ MoMA curator Paulina Pobocha on the challenges of displaying Mike Kelley’s work, Deodorized Central Mass with Satellites."
- MoMA