Five Artists in the News: Teresa Margolles’ Trans Sculpture, Rafa Macarron Shines at Auction and Rising Star Ayoung Kim Gets Berlin Show
3 min read · 18 Sep 2024
Ayoung Kim, Delivery Dancer's Sphere (2022). Copyright the artist. Courtesy of Gallery Hyundai
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Market: Rafa Macarron led Phillips $769,200 Modern & Contemporary online auction when an untitled 2012 painting sold for $80,500, 75% above its low estimate. For all the highlights, see the HENI News report.
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New York: Hokusai's Great Wave led Christie's $4.24m 'Japanese and Korean Art' auction. For more results, see the HENI News report.
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New York: Ed Ruscha, Untitled (2015), heads to auction with a $2m to $3m estimate at Christie's Post-War to Present Auction on October 1. HENI News
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London: Teresa Margolles was flanked by members of Mexico's trans community when her sculpture was unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square, The Guardian reports.
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Berlin: Rising star Ayoung Kim's solo show at Hamburger Banhof in 2025 will draw upon AI, VR, video, game simulations and sonic fiction, Ocula reports.
In other news
London: Frieze Sculpture has returned to Regent’s Park ahead of the fair next month with Libby Heaney’s colorful work already a talking point. Instagram
Shows: FotoFocus Center in Queens City, Ohio, is due to open in 2025, providing America's largest photo biennial a permanent home, Observer reports.
"‘Like a lot of women artists I know, I think of myself as… an artist.’ Alison Wilding reflects on her long career ahead of the sculptor’s solo show at Alison Jacques Gallery in London."
- The Guardian
