Five Artists in the News: Keith Haring’s School Days, Bridget Tichenor’s Record Sale and Jean-Michel Othoniel’s Mega Show

Five Artists in the News: Keith Haring’s School Days, Bridget Tichenor’s Record Sale and Jean-Michel Othoniel’s Mega Show

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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