3 min read · 08 Aug 2024
Banksy's howling wolf satellite dish appeared briefly in South London. Photo courtesy of BBC News
London: Banksy’s latest animal-themed work, a howling wolf painted on a TV satellite dish, disappeared within hours of appearing in Peckham. The artist’s press team believe it has been stolen, reports BBC News.
Shows: Carrie Mae Weems has unveiled an art billboard in support of Kamala Harris’ Presidential campaign. Artists For Democracy plan to reveal further billboards in key election states, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, Dazed reports.
Paris: Tom Wesselmann will lead the Fondation Louis Vuitton’s major survey of Pop art in the fall. Wesselmann’s paintings and sculptures will be joined by works by 35 other Pop and post-Pop artists, FAD Magazine reports.
Market: Tadashi Sato’s painting was the star lot at Bonhams $926,600 The Art of Hawaii auction. The untitled work set a new auction record for the artist, a 127% jump.For all the highlights, check out the HENI News report.
Los Angeles: Ed Ruscha talks to the Los Angeles Times about his love of gardening in the Southern Californian desert. The artist makes his own plant labels, which become epitaphs if something dies.
In other news
Legal: Should disgraced dealers or fraudsters profit from their art crimes?, asks The Art Newspaper. It was prompted by television series linked to high-profile convicted criminals, such as Anna Sorakin, aka Anna Delvey, among others.
"‘I should know better than to plant a palm tree in the high desert.’ Ed Ruscha on the challenges of gardening in Southern California over the past five decades."
- The Los Angeles Times