3 min read · 03 Oct 2024
Keith Haring, A Book Full of Fun (1989). Copyright Keith Haring Foundation. Photo by Tim Schoon. Loan of Horn Elementary, Iowa City Community School District. "To My Friends at Horn: Keith Haring and Iowa City" is presented by the Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City.
New York: Fernando Botero and Leonora Carrington led Christie's $12.82m 'Latin American Art' auction when their paintings both sold for $1.13m, above estimate. For all the highlights, see the HENI News report.
New York: Larry Sultan’s My Mother Posing for Me (1984) sold for $69,300, setting a new auction record for the photographer, a 44% increase. For more, see the HENI News report.
New York: Bridget Tichenor’s painting Misioneros sold for $403,200 at Christie’s, setting a new auction record for the Surrealist artist, a jump of 150%. HENI News
Moves: Jeffrey Gibson has joined Hauser & Wirth but will keep working with Sikkema Jenkins & Co. The move comes ahead of the artist’s solo exhibition at MASS MoCA, reports ARTnews.
Shows: Keith Haring's work with school kids and young adults is the focus of an exhibition at the Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa City, writes Hyperallergic.
In other news
Museums: Original paintings in the Mauritshuis, including its famous Vermeer, stimulated visitors’ brains much more than reprints, researchers have found. The Guardian.
"‘I’ll be having a show at nine museums at the same time.’ Jean-Michel Othoniel looks forward to his ‘enormous’ project in Avignon next summer."
- Hype Beast