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Five Artists in the News: Sanford Biggers Goes Bicoastal, Cory Arcangel Chanels Earth, Wind & Fire and inside Andy Warhol’s Brain

3 min read  ·  30 Jul 2024

Cory Arcangel, Water, Wind and Fire, ART on THE MART, Chicago (until September 11). Copyright the artist. Courtesy ART on THE MART

Profile: Sanford Biggers' HENI Score jumps 84% as he brings his monumental sculpture, last seen in the Rockefeller Center, back home to Los Angeles. HENI News

Tokyo: teamLab plans to follow up its success in Japan by opening an immersive experience in Hamburg in 2025, Creative Boom reports.

Chicago: Cory Arcangel has created a digital work that transforms the vast facade of the Merchandise Mart into a colorful homage to the Chicago band, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ocula reports.

London: Bharti Kher will create a large-scale outdoor work at London's Brutalist Hayward Gallery, FAD Magazine reports.

New York: Otobong Nkanga is due to unveil her site-specific commission in MoMA’s atrium in the fall, Art Network Africa reports.

In other news

New York: Jack Shainman Gallery has sued James R. Hedges IV, alleging the collector owes it money for the sale of unnamed works the gallery had consigned to him. Hedges denies the allegation, ARTnews reports.

"I asked [Andy Warhol] once if he’d ever had therapy; he said he’d tried it in the 50s but not got on with it. I said, ‘You just do creativity as your therapy’. Psychiatrist Phillip Romero and author of Andy Warhol's Brain."

- Andy Warhol's Brain