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	Bonhams recently announced Chabi Nouri as its new CEO. Nouri will be based at the auction house’s headquarters in London and start in October. Bonhams Modern Design Auction in LA Includes 35 Lots Consigned by Actor Jim Carrey




	“I am delighted to be joining Bonhams, which has a long heritage, rich history and strong values as an auction house, as well as a reputation as an innovator,” Nouri said in a press statement. “Its focus on digital transformation, global reach and passion, nurtured by its extraordinary talents, makes it an exceptionally exciting and dynamic company. I look forward to building on...

Bonhams Auction House Announces Chabi Nouri as Global CEO, Based in London

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein













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	GENIUS IN A BOTTLE. French artist Abraham Poincheval (b. 1972), who is known for locking himself up in unexpected structures—an armor, a stuffed bear, a rock—has decided to repeat the experience inside a giant bottle, moored to the dock of the Saint-Denis canal, in Paris. Some find the idea genius; others ludicrous, reports Beaux Arts. How long will the intrepid artist stay on the River Seine? Ten whole days, for the entire duration of the Olympic Games!...

Warhol Portrait of Debbie Harry Resurfaces, French Artist to Spend 10 Days in a Bottle, Student Buys a ‘Chagall’ for $2, and More: Morning Links for July 31, 2024













	Part of London Bridge, a grey steel and concrete product of the seventies, has been illuminated by a new 190-foot-long mosaic.The public artwork, titled In a River a Thousand Streams, is a collaboration between Camden’s London School of Mosaic (LSOM) and British artist and designer Adam Nathaniel Furman.London's V&A Museum Is Set to Open Taylor Swift Exhibition




	First proposed in 2016, the mosaic was started in 2022 and comprises 250,000 glass pieces in 28 different colors along a wall at London Bridge’s bus terminal. Seventy volunteers helped put it together and it’s LSOM’s largest commission to date.




	London Bridge, one of the...

London Bridge’s Bus Terminal Illuminated by New 190-Foot-Long Mosaic













	Country music legend Johnny Cash will receive a statue in his honor in the United States capitol. It will be unveiled next month, House speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries announced on Thursday, NBC reported.After Viral 'Embrace,' Hank Willis Thomas Is Tapped for Boston's Next Public Art Program




	Cash was born February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, a small town roughly 60 miles south of Little Rock, Arkansas. During his lifetime, he sold 90 million records worldwide. His music spanning the genres of country, blues, rock, and gospel, Cash was inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980, and...

Johnny Cash Statue to Replace Racist Politician in US Capitol

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	Aspen ArtWeek wrapped on Friday with the 19th annual ArtCrush Gala at the foot of Aspen’s Buttermilk Mountain during which 600 guests gathered for music, dancing, an expansive wine tasting, dinner, and of course the ArtCrush Gala auction.Aspen ArtWeek Is the Anti-Art Basel Miami Beach




	This year’s auction, which took place both live and online, brought in $4.5 million for the Aspen Art Museum’s year-round curatorial and educational programs, easily surpassing last year’s total of $3.8 million. It was the highest earning ArtCrush Gala auction to date. 




	This year’s auction featured works by Jacqueline Humphries, Allison Katz, Emma McIntyre, Jason Moran, Naudline Pierre, Marina Pérez...

ArtCrush Gala Auction Breaks Records, Brings in $4.5M for the Aspen Art Museum













	Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, one of the most closely-watched offerings set to debut next month at the Venice Film Festival, features two artists among its stars: painter Michaël Borremans and sculptor Andra Ursuta.Luca Guadagnino's New Cannibal Romance Pays Homage to William Eggleston, Joseph Beuys, and More




	A representative for David Zwirner gallery, which represents both artists, confirmed that Borremans and Ursuta appear in the film, whose cast also includes Daniel Craig and Omar Apollo. It remains unclear, however, what roles they play in it.




	Based on a 1985 novel of the same name by William S. Burroughs, Queer features a man wandering around...

Artists Andra Ursuta, Michaël Borremans Star in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer,’ Set to Premiere in Venice













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	Every summer, the art world is distilled into its purest, most potent form during Aspen ArtWeek, a full calendar of art fairs, dinners, parties, and gallery openings that this year runs July 30 to August 3. The week culminates, on August 2, with the storied ArtCrush Gala. Part dinner, part dance party, and part charity auction, the gala is one of the art world’s most prestigious events and a fundraiser for the Aspen Art Museum. Last year it raised around $3.8 million.“It really...

The Art World Pauses Its Summer Holiday for Aspen’s Jam-Packed ArtWeek

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In the late 1960s, actress Teresa Graves made her debut on TV's irreverent sketch show, Laugh-In, which also helped to launch the careers of those like Goldie Hawn, Ruth Buzzi, Joanne Worley, Judy Carne, and more.

'Laugh-In'/'Get Christie Love' Actress Teresa Graves and Her Tragic Death in a Fire: A Look Back

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	The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia has cut 12 positions from its full-time staff over the past six months, ARTnews has learned. The museum confirmed the news to ARTnews in a statement.Philadelphia's Barnes Foundation Can Officially Lend  Masterpieces, Court Rules




	Between January and February, the museum, home to a significant collection of 19th- and 20th-century art, parted ways with three full-time employees, including two senior-level staff members. In April the museum conducted a round of layoffs, eliminating nine positions.




	The terminations in January and February were of Jill Duncan, the director of finance at the Barnes since June 2021; another staffer, whose...

Barnes Foundation Cuts 12 Positions, Fires Curator in Newly Created Role













	A second work by the popular street artist Banksy has appeared in London on two blocked out windows depicting two elephants facing each other. Banksy Reveals Third New Mural in Three Days: A Work Featuring Three Monkeys in London




	The image of the elephants on the side of a building in Chelsea was also uploaded to Banksy’s Instagram account Tuesday. It was the second cryptic post by the Bristol-based street artist after the appearance of a stenciled mountain goat precariously perched on a structure supporting a wall near London’s Kew Bridge.




	Both images have prompted speculation online and in the press about...

Second Banksy Artwork Appears in London in 24 Hours

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	The Parthenon Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is returning over 250 ancient Mexican artifacts this month after holding them for more than five decades. Restitution Suit Over Guggenheim's 'Woman Ironing' by Picasso Dismissed




	The pre-Columbian tools, instruments, ceramic pots, and clay animal sculptures (including a grinning Mexican hairless dog) are being voluntarily returned to Mexico City by the museum following a special exhibition highlighting the effects of cultural looting in the art and antiquities trade. 




	“For Metro Parks, the repatriation of these artifacts is a cultural obligation as well as a moral responsibility,” Metro Parks director Monique Horton Odom said in a...

Parthenon Museum in Nashville Returns 500-Year-Old Mexican Artifacts













	Banksy has struck again, this time painting a big black cat stretching on a bare billboard in northeast London. However, it was removed only a few hours after being spotted on Saturday morning by a contractor who said he feared it would be stolen.A Fifth Banksy Mural, This One of Pelicans, Spotted in London




	The contractor, who gave his name as Marc to PA Media, said the billboard was earmarked to be torn down on August 12 so he was removing it in case someone “rips it down and leaves it unsafe.”




	“We’ll store that bit [the artwork] in our yard to...

Sixth Banksy Animal Mural Spotted in London Before Being Taken Down by a Contractor to Prevent Theft

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	In 2022, Richard “Dana” Moore, a history enthusiast and artifact collector, stumbled upon a framed fragment of canvas that was purported to have come from one of George Washington’s tents on Goodwill’s online thrift store. American Revolution Museum in Philadelphia Faces Pushback from Historians for Hosting 'Extremist' Group




	The fragment was featured in the historical documents section of the website, where it was accompanied by a note claiming that the fragment was from Washington’s tent, which was displayed at the 300th anniversary of Jamestown in 1907. 




	According to a story published by CNN, Moore was initially skeptical of the fragment due to the abundant prevalence of...

Priceless George Washington Tent Fragment Found on Goodwill’s Website

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	L.A. Story is the name of a 1991 movie written by Steve Martin that the Los Angeles Times once voted the greatest Los Angeles–set film of the 20th century. It will also be the name of a Hauser & Wirth show co-organized by Martin with curator Ingrid Schaffner and senior director Mike Davis. The show will kick off the fall season in LA this year.Vilhelm Hammershøi's Paintings Still Thrum with Uneasy Tension More than a Century Later  




	The show, due to open September 12 at the gallery giant’s West Hollywood location, will feature landscapes, abstractions, and more that all contain...

Actor and Art Collector Steve Martin Organizes a Love Letter to LA with Hauser & Wirth

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	The Cape Cod Modern House Trust has purchased the summer home of modernist architect Marcel Breuer near the Massachusetts town of Wellfleet.Free Form




	The deal was completed last week after nearly a year of fundraising and negotiations, and transfers ownership from Breuer’s son Thomas to the trust. A press release published last year said the purchase price was $2 million, with donations needed for at least $1.4 million.




	The building will undergo restoration work before the trust plans to expand programming, including annual residency fellowships for artists, architects, students and scholars focused on the preservation of modern buildings.




	“It’s been a long campaign,...

Marcel Breuer’s Modernist Cottage in Cape Cod Sold to Trust, Clearing the Way for Renovations













	Ask any veteran of Aspen ArtWeek what to expect when attending for the first time and, after a few sentences about the community’s philanthropic ideals and the caliber of collectors, you’re sure to be told about the nature.  “I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the nature, the landscape” is a constant refrain, always said without cynicism or irony. It was no surprise then that, less than an hour after an expectedly turbulent flight on a model airplane from Denver, I was invited to a cold plunge early the following morning in the nearby Roaring Fork River with a...

Aspen ArtWeek Is the Anti–Art Basel Miami Beach













	Kasper König, whose trailblazing work as a curator, museum director, and educator has had a profound influence on the course of contemporary art for more than half a century, died at 80. His death was announced on Saturday by Skulptur Projekte Münster, the sculpture-oriented exhibition that he founded.Pierre Levai, Dealer Who Made Marlborough Gallery a Force, Dies at 87




	König was one of those remarkable figures—rare in any field—who was able to keep alighting in new places, with important new projects, decade after decade. 




	In the 1960s, while in his 20s, he organized exhibitions with Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol at...

Kasper König, Storied Exhibition Maker and Institution Builder, Dies at 80













	White Cube has axed 38 monitors and replaced them with security guards. The London gallery said the move was due to “operational processes.”White Cube Now Represents Howardena Pindell, Pioneering Artist and Curator, in Europe and Asia




	According to the Art Newspaper, most of the monitors, whose primary job was to make sure people didn’t touch exhibited artworks, are students and artists who were on zero-hours contracts, which stipulate that White Cube wasn’t obliged to provide any minimum working hours.




	The gallery informed the workers of its decision in May during a meeting which they believed was for discussing “the upcoming schedule.” Only...

London’s White Cube Axes Nearly 40 Monitors and Replaces Them with Security Guards

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	Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.H&M Collaborates with Jean-Michel Basquiat Estate for New Clothing Line




	An intermediary said to be acting on behalf of the American tech company Co2Bit Technologies was reportedly planning to exhibit an unauthenticated Jean-Michel Basquiat painting at the Museum of Modern Art in New York without the institution’s permission.




	Co2Bit privately exhibited another painting of dubious provenance as genuine in a major museum. ARTnews reported last month that the company helped to show a painting with disputed attribution to Russian modernist Kazimir Malevich at...

US Tech Company May Have Tried to Exhibit Unauthenticated Basquiat Painting at Major Museums

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	Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.Tang Contemporary Art's Expansion to Singapore Signals...

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