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Five Artists in the News: Marta Minujín Gets Intense, Nikita Gale Wins Whitney Prize and David Hockney’s In-demand Dachshunds.

3 min read  ·  24 Sep 2024

Marta Minujín. Copyright the artist, courtesy of Copenhagen Contemporary

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Copenhagen: Veteran Argentine Pop and conceptual artist Marta Minujín’s first retrospective in Europe, “Intensity Life”, is due to open at Copenhagen Contemporary next month before traveling to Madrid, Brussels and Liverpool, Arte al Dia reports.

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London: David Hockney's Dog Wall led Phillips David Hockney auction. The sale totaled $2.37m, meeting the pre-sale estimate. For all the highlights, see the HENI News report.

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New York: Nikita Gale, whose modified piano is programmed to play songs in silence, has been named the Whitney Biennial 2024 Bucksbaum Award winner, Ocula reports.

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London: Jasleen Kaur’s work, a red Ford car covered by a giant cotton doily, its sound system blasting out pop and hip-hop, is a standout work in the Turner prize show, writes The Guardian.

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Shows: Ryan McGinley, Prince Gyasi and Chen Man created images using the new iPhone 16 after being invited by Apple, reports W Magazine.

In other news

Museums: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) will turn a former supermarket in Denmark's North Jutland region into a new home for the Museum for Paper Art, reports Arch Daily.

"‘I initially thought it was a terrorist attack.’ Ai Weiwei describes the moment his porcelain sculpture was smashed by an attacker at the opening of the artist’s solo show in Italy."

- Artnet News