Five Artists in the News: Glenn Ligon's High Line Relaunch, the Best of Maurizio Cattelan and Remembering Leonard Riggio
3 min read · 28 Aug 2024
Glenn Ligon, 'Untitled' (America/Me) (2022-24). Courtesy of the artist and the High Line.
New York: Glenn Ligon's Untitled (America/Me) will relaunch the High Line’s art on the 18th Street billboard, after a ten-year gap in Chelsea, ARTnews reports.
London: Penny Slinger's An Exorcism gets an immersive outing at Richard Saltoun Gallery, 50 years after the feminist work was banned in the UK, Wallpaper reports.
Sydney: Ian Fairweather led Bonhams auction of the Morgan Collection, which totaled $1.05m, meeting the pre-sale estimate. For all the highlights, see the HENI News report.
Stockholm: Seven of Maurizio Cattelan's most famous works are on show at the Moderna Museet, including his sculpture of Pope John Paul II felled by a meteorite, writes Metal Magazine.
Vancouver: A charcoal installation by Teresita Fernández is among the more than 300 works recently acquired by the Vancouver Art Gallery, reports e-Flux.
In other news
New York: Leonard Riggio, the Barnes & Noble billionaire and art collector, has died at 83. Riggio donated millions to the Dia Art Foundation, as well as major works by artist including Richard Serra.
London: Victoria Siddall, the former director of Frieze art fair, has been named the first female director of the National Portrait Gallery in London, a year after becoming a trustee.
"‘We don’t try to make a story, the story is the art itself.’ Leonard Riggio on how he and his wife, Louise, built a collection that included a 300-ton Ricard Serra installed on their lawn."
- ARTnews
