3 min read · 17 Sep 2024
Michael Craig-Martin, Common History: Conference (1999). Copyright the artist. Photograph: Michael Craig-Martin. Courtesy of Gagosian
London: Michael Craig-Martin's major retrospective is about to open at the Royal Academy of Arts but critic Jonathan Jones is disappointed the artist's early conceptual work is overshadowed. The Guardian
Profile: Richard Pettibone, a pioneer of appropriation art, died at 86 in August after a fall.
Los Angeles: Olafur Eliasson has transformed MOCA LA’s Geffen Contemporary space with a dozen new commissions in his sprawling solo show, reports Flaunt Magazine.
Paris: Takashi Murakami and Emma Webster are among the artists represented by Emmanuel Perrotin who have donated works to the Pompidou Centre, with the dealer foregoing his share of any sale, ARTnews reports.
London: Wes Lang’s first UK solo show, “The Black Paintings”, goes on show at Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery from September 27, presented by HENI.
In other news
Saudi Arabia: Christie’s is expanding in the Middle East having been granted a commercial license to operate in Saudi Arabia, a first for a major auction house, The Art Newspaper reports.
Paris: The Fondation Cartier has announced it is moving to an historic building near the Louvre. Architect Jean Nouvel will modernize the Place du Palais-Royal by 2025.
"‘I’m afraid of both life and death, but you have to live with it.’ Teresa Margolles, whose studio is attached to a morgue in Mexico City, talks about her dark, new work, which is destined for the Fourth Plinth in London."
- The Guardian