3 min read · 25 Jul 2024
Andy Warhol, John Palmer, Empire (1964). Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
New York: Andy Warhol’s Empire will be screened by MoMA in the Empire State Building to mark the epic movie’s 60th birthday, Artnet News reports.
Mexico City: Damián Ortega feels like an emerging artist after his first major show at the Palacio De Bellas Artes in his home city, he tells the Observer.
New York: Works by Mary Heilmann and Rashid Johnson among others will feature in a new restaurant in Soho called Manula, Eater reports. It is the founders of Hauser & Wirth's latest expansion into hospitality.
Legal: A drawing by Picasso has been handed over to the US authorities. The $1.3m work was allegedly purchased by the insolvent Malaysian sovereign investment company, 1MDB.
Portland: A Mark Rothko Pavilion has been topped out at the Portland Museum of Art, a centerpiece of the institution's $111m expansion.
In other news
London: Two anti-fossil fuel protesters who threw tomato soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the National Gallery have been found guilty of criminal damage.
"'Only five people attended the opening'. Yoko Ono's first show in New York in 1961 was small but exclusive. The guests included John Cage and Isamu Noguchi. "
- ARTnews