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Five Artists in the News: Rashid Johnson Takes Over the Guggenheim, Andres Serrano Enjoys His Mar-a-Lago Moment and Brooklyn's Top 200

3 min read  ·  27 Aug 2024

Rashid Johnson photographed by Joshua Woods for The New York Times

New York: Rashid Johnson will fill the Guggenheim rotunda with living plants in his major survey at the museum in spring 2025, The Times reports.

Shows: Monica Bonvicini is creating a major work for San Carlo, Cremona, which is due to be unveiled in October. The former church turned art space was acquired on eBay, the Italian artist tells Berlin Art Link.

Chicago: Caroline Kent is working on a project for Amtrak, she tells Chicago Gallery News. Her vinyl mural is due to be unveiled in New York’s Union Station.

Boston: The MFA Boston’s Salvador Dali exhibition focuses on the Surrealist artist’s twin obsessions of death and sex, Observer reports.

Shows: Andres Serrano says that it’s “comical” Donald Trump is happy to pose with a copy of the artist’s book that accompanied Serrano’s show of Trump paraphernalia, The Art Newspaper reports.

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New York: Alison Elizabeth Taylor is among the 200 Brooklyn-based artists selected by an artist-jury for the Brooklyn Museum’s epic group show "The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition". HENI News

"‘It’s such an enormous kind of volume. To leave it unmolested wasn’t an option for me.’ Rashid Johnson explains why he going to fill the Guggenheim museum’s rotunda with plants for his solo show. "

- The New York Times