3 min read · 01 Aug 2024
Portrait of Locksley Shea Gallery by Andy Warhol sold for $279,900. Image courtesy of Bonhams
Market Andy Warhol, Portrait of Locksley Shea Gallery (1975), which sold for $279,900, led Bonhams sale of the Minneapolis gallerists’ collection. For all the highlights, see the HENI News report.
Market: Brice Marden, Flesh (Back Series)(1967), which had a $500,000 to $700,000 estimate, was bought-in at the Locksley & Shea auction at Bonhams. HENI News
New York: Iván Argote's 16-foot-tall pigeon, an homage to Manhattan's unofficial mascot, is due to land on the High Line in October.
Shanghai: Marina Abramović’s exhibition at MAM Shanghai will feature new works and more than 1,000 images from the Great Wall walk, during which she split from Ulay, Hypebeast reports.
Rome: Rita Ackermann created a site-specific mural during her residency in a palazzo, which was one of Cy Twombly’s studios in Italy, Brooklyn Rail reports.
In other news
New York: A woman has been charged for her alleged role in the attack on the home of the Brooklyn Museum’s director, Anne Pasternak, in a Pro-Palestine protest, AM New York reports.
"‘An artist friend told me about a building down the street from Mark Rothko.’ Paul Waters recalls how he came to rent two floors in an old factory on Bowery in 1960s New York, surrounded by fellow artists."
- Elephant