Week in Review: Ugo Rondinone’s Magic Mountain on the Move? James Turrell Après-ski and Joyce Pensato Has the Last Laugh

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Shows: Ugo Rondinone's desert installation, Seven Magic Mountains, could be on the move to make way for the expansion of Las Vegas’ international airport, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

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Market: Beeple led Sotheby's Online $798,000 Digital Art Day Sale. The artist’s video work, MOTHER OF EVOLUTION (2022), sold for $84,000, 5% above its low estimate. HENI News

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Market: Works by Wakartu Cory Surprise were among the top lots at Bonhams Australian Art auction. The sale totaled $30,800 (AUD45,600), falling short of its pre-sale low estimate. For all the highlights, see the HENI News report.

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Brisbane/London: Archie Moore's prize-winning work for the Australian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale has been jointly acquired by the Tate and Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art. It is due to be shown at QAGOMA in 2025.

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New York: Simone Fattal and Olafur Eliasson are among the artists taking part in “Future Ours”, a public art project on JCDecaux ad spaces on view during the General Assembly meeting of the United Nations, reported Ocula.

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Tokyo: Keiichi Tanaami, who processed the traumas of wartime Japan through Pop art, died aged 88.

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Profile: The late artist Joyce Pensato's paintings riffing off great American cartoon characters are in demand as her HENI Score jumped 121%. For more, see HENI News

In other news

Hong Kong: A $25m water lily painting by Monet is the top lot at the inaugural sale at Christie's new Zaha Hadid-designed HQ.

Museum: The billionaire co-founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, plans a “skiable” open-air museum, featuring works by James Turrell and Jenny Holzer among others.