Art Industry News: Beyoncé Is Hatching a Mysterious New Project That Required Her to Borrow Art From Her Mom + Other Stories

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most
consequential developments coming out of the art world and art
market. Here’s what you need to know on this Tuesday, February
11.

NEED-TO-READ

Adam Pendleton Will Take Over
MoMA’s Atrium – The artist Adam
Pendleton will transform the New York museum’s atrium into an
immersive Black Dadaist
experience this summer. He is creating a multimedia collage for his
installation Who is the
Queen?, combining
audio recordings of artists and
curators from MoMA’s archives with hip-hop music and other sound
clips, including recordings of Black Lives Matter protests. Daily
live performances will include readings by civil rights activists
and poets, as well as musical events. The artist is due to take
over the prestigious space from July 25 through October 4.
(New York
Times)

Dealer Susanne Vielmetter Slams
Empty Talk About Equality – The
LA-based, German-born gallerist says there is a lot of “empty talk” about gender
equality, but most big galleries don’t represent more female
artists “because money is still in the hands of men.”
Vielmetter is optimistic, however,
about how the “big four,” referring to Pace, Gagosian, David Zwirner, and Hauser &
Wirth, are keen to share
representation of artists who want to stay loyal to her pioneering
gallery. “There’s no need to
be cut-throat,” Vielmetter says. “We need to work
together.” (The Art
Newspaper)

Tina Knowles-Lawson Loans Art for Beyoncé’s New Project –
The collector confesses she misses
the art she loaned to her daughter, Beyoncé, to use for a
not-yet-disclosed-but-likely-to-be-amazing-because-it’s-Beyoncé
special project. Tina
Knowles-Lawson revealed that there are now lots of empty spaces in
her LA home. “I’m looking at my walls and it just makes me sad,
because I miss seeing all my babies there,” she says.
Knowles-Lawson, who is also the co-founder of LA-based
nonprofit Where Art Can Occur Theater Center, made a concerted
effort to expose her children to art when they were growing up. “It
is really important to surround your children, growing up
African-American, with images of positive reinforcement and not the
traditional ideas of what commercials say beauty is,” she says. “It
really makes a difference in your life.” (Wall Street
Journal)

Call for a Mural to Honor the
Victims of Jack the Ripper – A
feminist historian has launched a campaign for a permanent mural to
commemorate the victims of the Victorian serial killer. Hallie
Rubenhold wants a public artwork in Whitechapel as an alternative
to the commercial tours that continue to sensationalize the
unsolved murders of five women. She shared the idea on Twitter
alongside an image of a temporary work of urban art in the East End
commissioned to promote her book, which celebrates the poverty
stricken women’s lives rather than focusing on their gruesome
deaths. (Guardian)

ART MARKET

Bonhams CEO Steps Down –
Bonham’s chief executive since 2014, Matthew Girling, is leaving the auction house. Executive
director Bruno Vinciguerra, who joined the auction house when after
it was acquired by private equity group Epiris in 2018, will
take over Girling’s role of global CEO. Girling, who started out as
a jewelry specialist, had been at Bonhams for more than three
decades. (Antiques Trade
Gazette)

Highland Sword Found in a Garage
Sells for $38,000 – A
600-year-old sword flew past its low estimate of $258 to sell for
$38,000. The rusty weapon with a broken tip, which is believed to
have been used by a Scottish mercenary, was snapped up by a
Canadian buyer at Hutchinson Scott auction house in Yorkshire, the
North of England. (Daily
Mail)

Flowers Gallery Goes Ahead With
Hong Kong Expansion – The
London-based Flowers Gallery is expanding to Hong Kong this spring
although the impact of coronavirus means an opening date is still
to be confirmed. The gallery is marking its 50th anniversary in
London with a show opening on February 11 of 50 works by 50
artists. (Press
release)

More Hong Kong Cultural Events Are Postponed
– Meanwhile, other art and market events in Hong Kong
and beyond have been postponed due to the coronavirus, including
the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Bonhams’ March sales in Hong Kong.
The auction house has also rescheduled its Asia Week sales in New
York from March to June. (Press release, South China Morning
Post)

COMINGS & GOINGS

Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens Names New
Director – The Museum
Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle, Belgium, has named Antony Hudek as its
next general director. He takes up the post on February 17. Hudek
succeeds Joost Declercq, who had held the post for 10 years. His
contract was not renewed after a dispute with the board over a
proposed expansion. (Artforum)

Collage Artist Irwin Kremen Has
Died – The artist and Duke
University psychology professor Irwin Kremen died on February 5.
Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery has announced that Kremen, who was
known for his abstract collages of painted materials, will have a
final show at the New York gallery opening on May 15.
(ARTnews)

FOR ART’S SAKE

The 2020 Calder Prize Winner Is Announced – The Berlin-based artist Rosa Barba, whose work
meditates on the formal properties of film, has won the $50,000
Calder Prize, which will additionally see her work placed in a
public institution. The biannual award is given out by the Calder
Foundation to an artist who is continuing the legacy of the
Alexander Calder. (ARTnews)

Russian Prankster Captures Candid
Takes on Putin – A Russian
prankster glued an enormous portrait of the Russian president
Vladimir Putin inside a residential elevator, and installed a
camera to capture people’s reaction to the work. Most appeared
upset by the intervention, speculating that Putin might be watching
them through it, with one commenting: “This is a nightmare.”
(Moscow
Times)

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