The Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry, the mastermind behind the towering 8 Spruce St. in Manhattan and the Guggenheim in Spain’s Basque Country, has died at the age of 96, according to reports published Friday.
So says the gallery’s CEO, Stephan Jost, who points to the renowned architect’s 2008 transformation of the space as a formative moment for the century-old institution.
Over the course of his career, he was awarded every major prize architecture has to offer — including the field’s top honor, the Pritzker Prize, for what has been described as “refreshingly original and totally American” work.
I need the sea because it teaches me. I dont know if I learn music or awareness,. if its a single wave or its vast existence,. or only its harsh voice or its shining. suggestion of fishes and ships. The fact is that until I fall asleep,. in some magnetic way I move in.
Ivan Serpa, 4 juilho 61 (1961), $30,000 to $50,000 estimate, is due to be sold at Phillips Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York in New York on December 16, 2025. Oil and tempera on canvas, 163.8 x 199.4cm. The work has been traded twice in the past.
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