Five Artists in the News: Klimt’s ‘Lost’ Portrait Resurfaces, Damien Hirst Reveals ‘The Secrets’, and Why Madonna Sold Her Merc for Tina Modotti

Damien Hirst's "The Secrets" are eight unique prints that depict flourishing gardens, FAD Magazine reports. Based on works from the artist’s latest series, "The Secret Gardens Paintings", the edition, which is limited by demand, is available from HENI Editions until February 5.

Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Fräulein Lieser, which disappeared from view after it was exhibited in 1925, has reemerged on the market, Observer reports. The painting could sell for $54m when it goes under the hammer in Vienna on April 24. Members of the Lieser family were murdered by the Nazis but the auction house Kinsky stresses there is no evidence it was looted.

Taloi Havini has won the Artes Mundi prize in Wales, which is worth $51,000. The Pacific islander’s immersive video installation explores the devastation caused by Australia’s exploitation of Bougainville’s copper reserves, writes The Guardian.

Barbara Kruger tells the Financial Times: “We’re living in an incredible time . . . a car crash of narcissism and voyeurism.” The veteran artist was holding forth ahead of her solo show at London’s Serpentine Galleries.

And also in the news

Madonna sold her Mercedes Benz so she could support a groundbreaking exhibition of photographs by the Mexican modernist Tina Modotti at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1995, the Philadelphia Inquirer recalls. The $56,350 donation made her the lead sponsor and got the touring show on the road.