Five Artists in the News: Mark di Suvero on Canvas, Thomas Houseago’s Malibu Dream and Jessica Dismorr Soars at Auction
3 min read · 19 Sep 2024
Mark di Suvero, Pillars of Heaven (2021), Copyright the artist. Courtesy of the artist and Spacetime C.C. Photo copyright JSP Art Photography
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Market: Jessica Dismorr led Bonhams $1.22m 'Blazing a Trail Modern British Women' auction, when her painting Woman Seated (Self-Portrait) (1926) sold for $75,900, an auction record for the artist. For all the highlights, see the HENI News report.
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Profile: Mark di Suvero is best known for his sculpture but the 90-year-old artist has always admired painters, which led to a solo show of his own canvases in Italy, he tells BOMB Magazine.
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New York: A Claude Monet water lily painting will be the star lot at the Sotheby’s sale of hair and beauty magnate Sydell Miller’s $200 million collection.
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Shows: Oliver Beer invited a cast of star musicians to a Palaeolithic cave in France to create his video and sound installation, The Cave, which gets its premiere at the Lyon Biennial, writes Art Basel magazine.
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New York: Jehangir Sabavala led Christie's $9.39m 'South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art' auction. For more, see the HENI News report.
In other news
Museum: LACMA has axed a plan to expand to South Los Angeles after the project exceeded its $25m budget, ARTnews reports.
"‘My dream is to build a sculpture park on cheap land in Malibu,’ Thomas Houseago revealed at the preview of his show at Lévy Gorvy Dayan in New York."
- The Art Newspaper
