Week in Review: Salvador Dali Comes up Roses, Nan Goldin Gets Arrested and a $50M Ed Ruscha Heads to Auction
3 min read · 18 Oct 2024
Ed Ruscha, Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half (1964). Offered in the 20th Century Evening Sale on 19 November 2024 at Christie’s in New York. Copyright the artist. Image courtesy of Christie's
France’s First Lady, Bridgitte Macron, closely followed by her husband, Emmanuel, were among the VIP visitors to Art Basel Paris, upon which the sun shone, to start with at least. The fair got off to a brisk start in the Grand Palais, with sales described as “effervescent”. Although heavy rain on Thursday led to unplanned rehangs by some dealers. Sotheby’s and Christie’s had reasons to feel positive with sales that exceeded expectations. It was also the week the latter announced a classic Ed Ruscha gas-station painting was heading to auction next month with a reported $50m price tag.
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Paris: A $4.23m Salvador Dali painting led Sotheby's $25.04m 'Surrealism and its Legacy' auction. Exceeding expectations, the white-glove sale launched the auction house’s new HQ in style. For all highlights, see the HENI News report.
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Paris: A $1.2m Marlene Dumas led Christie's $14.74m 'Collection Danute et Alain Mallart' auction, which also exceeded expectations. For all the highlights, see the HENI News report.
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Paris: A collector snapped up at $9.5m Julie Mehretu at White Cube and all of Asuka Anastacia Ogawa’s works sold at Blum & Poe, among other notable early sales Observer reported.
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New York: Ed Ruscha's Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half (1964) heads to auction at Christie’s on November 19 with a reported $50m price tag. HENI News
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New York: Nan Goldin and Molly Crabapple were arrested in a Pro-Palestine protest at New York Stock Exchange, ARTnews reported.
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Paris: Gaelle Choisne won the Prix Marcel Duchamp, France's most prestigious contemporary art prize.
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Shanghai: El Anatsui’s monumental commission for Tate Modern has begun a world tour, starting at Shanghai’s Museum of Art Pudong, Artnetwork Africa reported.
In other news
Legal: Disgraced art advisor Lisa Schiffpleaded guilty to stealing from her clients. She will forfeit around $6.4m in a plea bargain, The Times reported.
Chicago: Rhona Hoffman Gallery will shutter its space in West Chicago. The veteran dealer says she will continue to work with artists and present their work at major fairs, Chicago Gallery Network reported.
"‘You can cover anything with fur these days, can’t you?’ The question posed by Picasso to Meret Oppenheim that inspired her to cover a cup and saucer, creating a Surrealist icon in 1935."
- MoMA
Meret Oppenheim's Object (1936) was one of 694 items shown at The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition of Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism in New York. Copyright MoMA.
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