3 min read · 13 Sep 2024
This was the week MoMA began looking for a new director after Glenn Lowry announced he is stepping down after nearly 30 years at the helm. Anxiety about the art market in Asia and New York eased after better than expected sales at Frieze Seoul, its partner fair Kiaf, and also at The Armory Show and its satellites. The week ended with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's sci-fi art collection soaring at auction.
SATURN AS SEEN FROM TITAN by Chesley Bonestell sold for $302,400. Image courtesy of Christie's Online
Market: Chesley Bonestell's Saturn as seen from Titan led the $2.93m Paul Allen Sale 'Over the Horizon: Art of the Future' at Christie's. For all the highlights, see the HENI News report.
New York: Peter Doig is organizing an exhibition inspired by a painting by Balthus, The Street, which will be lent by MoMA. The show, featuring other star loans and Doig's new paintings, is due to open on November 1 at Gagosian.
Market: Derrick Adams led Phillips $289,100 'Works from the Lower East Side Printshop Archives' auction. For more highlights, see the HENI News report.
Show: Elizabeth Peyton has taken over a temple in Kyoto, presenting her portraits in the historic building, on its paper sliding doors and mounted on antique silk robes, Ocula reported.
Chicago: Julie Mehretu has designed an 83-foot-tall work in stained glass for the facade of the Obama Presidential Center, The Architect’s Newspaper reported.
Munich: Rebecca Horn died, aged 80, as Munich's Haus der Kunst presents a retrospective of the influential German artist’s feminist work.
Los Angeles: Paul McCarthy is having to discard much of his epic installation, which was a hit at Park Avenue Armory. The artist has been unable to find a permanent home for his sprawling masterwork, The Art Newspaper reported.
In other news
New York: Glenn Lowry, the director of MoMA for the past three decades, announced that he will step down in the fall of 2025.
Seoul: With big-ticket sales of pieces by Nicolas Party(Hauser & Wirth) and Lee Ufan (Pace), dealers reported stronger than expected sales at Frieze Seoul and partner fair Kiaf.
New York: A Robert Motherwell at Kasmin and a painting by Lynne Drexler at Berry Campbell were among the major works snapped up by collectors at The Armory Show, at its first edition under new Frieze management.
"‘I have taken risks, but Damien [Hirst] is a staggering risk-taker.’ Michael Craig-Martin reflects on his career ahead of his retrospective at the Royal Academy of Art, and those of his successful former students."
- The Guardian