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Art Fairs
– NADA New York announced 111 galleries that will exhibit at its 11th edition in May, including newcomers like Gallery Common (Tokyo), Galerie Noah Klink (Berlin), and Dohing Art (Seoul). The fair will have a new location this year: the Starrett-Lehigh Building in the West Chelsea gallery district. (Press release)
– The 10th edition of Photo London will run at Somerset House with 99exhibitors from May 14 through 18. (Press release)
– The Women in Art Fair has announced the jury for its 2025 Prize, aimed at women-identifying artists. Alison Mosshart, Charlotte Jansen, Vanessa Raw, and Virginia Damtsa will review submissions for the award, which promises a £2,650 prize pool and a showcase at gallery@oxo in London in June, coinciding with the fair.
Auction Houses
– For everything you need to know about last week’s London auctions in under three minutes, catch the latest episode of Art Market Minute, our weekly micropodcast from the editors of Artnet PRO. (Art Market Minute)
– Sotheby’s held a tightly curated sale of Modern and contemporary art in London, led by a Yoshitomo Nara piece that sold for £9.03 million, or about $11.4 million. (Artnet News)
– René Magritte’s 1933 painting La reconnaissance infinie sold for £10 million ($13.3 million) at Christie’s last Wednesday. It was the highest price fetched at the house’s back-to-back 20th/21st Century and Art of Surreal evening sales and the priciest lot sold in London so far this season. (Artnet News)
René Magritte’s La reconnaissance infinie sold for £10 million at Christie’s. Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images.
– Meanwhile, an Egon Schiele drawing that was stolen by the Nazis sold for over £3.3 million ($4.2 million) at Christie’s London, doubling its high estimate. (Artnet News)
– Christie’s also closed out its first all-A.I. auction, “Augmented Intelligence,” with a haul of $728,784. The auction sold work by digital art heavyweights including Alexander Reben, Refik Anadol, Botto, and the duo of Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst. (Artnet News)
Galleries
– Charles Moffett has opened a new headquarters in Tribeca on the second floor of 394 Broadway. The gallery now represents multidisciplinary artist Melissa Joseph, and former Pace director Hannah Root has joined as sales director. (Press release)
– Lisson Gallery now represents Tishan Hsu, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery announced representation of Katy Moran in collaboration with Sperone Westwater, Sang Woo Kim is now repped by Herald St, and 839 added Maddy Peters to its roster. (Press releases)
– Paris gallery Petrine is set to open a second space in Düsseldorf. (Press release)
– Mika Yoshitake joined Blum as senior curatorial director. Yoshitake, a curator specializing in Japanese art, has organized projects with institutions such as the Hirshhorn Museum, LACMA, and the Guggenheim Bilbao. (Press release)
– Emma Son was named partner of Lehmann Maupin, based in Seoul. (Press release)
Museums and Institutions
– Khao Yai Art Forest has opened in Thailand, boasting works by Louise Bourgeois and Elmgreen and Dragset. The outdoor arts space is the brainchild of philanthropist and art patron Marisa Chearavanont, who has become one of the driving forces of Thailand’s vibrant art scene in recent years. (Artnet News)
Louise Bourgeois’s Maman at Khao Yai Art Forest. Photo: Krittawat Atthsis and Puttisin Choojesroom. Courtesy of Khao Yai Art Forest.
– The J. Paul Getty Trust appointed Kelly S. Moody as vice president of development and institutional advancement. (Press release)
– The Walker Art Center has acquired more than 50 new works, including pieces by Sophie Calle, Sadie Barnette, Rose Salane, Suzanne Jackson, and Gerhard Richter. (Press release)
– Tate and Hyundai Motor tapped artist Máret Ánne Sara to create the next Hyundai Commission, which will be revealed on October 14 in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. (Press release)
RIP
– Architect Ricardo Scofidio, founding partner of Diller Scofidio and Renfro, has died at 89. Leading the firm alongside Elizabeth Diller and Charles Renfro, he helped design New York’s High Line and The Shed, two landmark cultural and public spaces in Manhattan, as well as multiple museum commissions at high-profile institutions such as MoMA, the Broad Museum in Los Angeles, and the ICA Boston. (Architect’s Journal)
– Los Angeles ceramicist Michael Frimkess died this past Friday. (Email)
– Scottish artist Jack Vettriano has died, aged 73. (The Guardian)
