3 min read · 29 Jul 2024
Damien Hirst, Beautiful Portrait, ‘The Queen’ (2014). Copyright the artist, courtesy of Government Art Collection.
Shanghai: The Centre d’Art Rodin, the first overseas branch of the Musée Rodin in Paris, is due to open in China with an exhibition in September, Art Asia Pacific reports.
London: Damien Hirst’s Beautiful Portrait, ‘The Queen’ (2014) has been in demand ever since it entered the UK government’s art collection. Ed Vaizey, the first minister who borrowed the work, tells The Times it felt like a “personal rebuke” when he saw it hanging in successors’ office walls.
Paris: Works by Dora Maar and Leonora Carrington will be featured in the Centre Pompidou’s Surrealism show, which is due to travel to Madrid, Hamburg and Philadelphia in 2025, The Guardian reports.
Legal: Chris Levine and his company Sphere 9 are being sued. The dispute involves sales of allegedly unlicensed copies of a commissioned portrait of Elizabeth II, The Art Newspaper reports.
Los Angeles: A David Medalla exhibition at the Hammer Museum recognizes the gay Filipino artist whose recognition is overdue, especially in London, where he lived for many years, writes The Guardian.
In other news
Seoul: New legislation guarantees royalties for artists every time their work is resold in the art market. The Art Promotion Act also means collectors can ask for an authentication certificate, Korea Herald reports.
"‘I don’t even have my one drawing in an English art collection. That’s not my problem: it’s their problem.’ David Medalla, speaking in 1979, about lack of recognition by British art institutions. "
- The Guardian