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about 3 months ago (02/12/2024)
Simon Lee gallery’s £10m debt revealed in insolvency report Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art market news Simon Lee gallery’s £10m debt revealed in insolvency report Records show the London gallery owes artists more than £1m—while US dealer Stefan Simchowitz demands return of consigned works Kabir Jhala 12 February 2024 Share Administrators BDO determined that Simon Lee Gallery has 153 creditors, from individuals to companies Courtesy of Simon Lee Gallery and London Gallery Weekend A proposal prepared by the insolvency practitioners managing the administration of Simon Lee gallery (SLG) reveals a fuller picture of the business’s debt while prompting further questions around its past dealings...
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about 3 months ago (02/12/2024)
Collaborative approach fuels rise of San Francisco’s Friends Indeed gallery Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art market news Collaborative approach fuels rise of San Francisco’s Friends Indeed gallery Founder Micki Meng shows that working with like-minded gallerists can be an art trade superpower Julie Baumgardner 12 February 2024 Share For Meng, collaboration means sharing artists with other galleries, as well as sharing information on collectors and dealers with trusted colleagues Photo: Mike Egan Although some dealers seem to have adopted collaboration as merely their latest business strategy, it is an inherent practice for Micki Meng, the founder of what she calls her “gallery-cum-institution” Friends Indeed...
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about 3 months ago (02/09/2024)
Instagram-famous Australian gallerist charged with nine counts of theft Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art market news Instagram-famous Australian gallerist charged with nine counts of theft Tove Langridge faces up to five years in prison if convicted in the criminal case Tim Stone 9 February 2024 Share Dealer Tove Langridge (left) with artist Kimberly Rowe in front of her work Lovewins Courtesy Kimberly Rowe On 20 December 2023, Queensland Police charged Tove Langridge, the owner of TW Fine Art gallery in Brisbane, Australia, with nine theft offences and seized 20 works of art from storage units he had leased...
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about 3 months ago (02/05/2024)
Those who stay: the Hong Kong artists fighting for a brighter future Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Hong Kong analysis Those who stay: the Hong Kong artists fighting for a brighter future Despite governmental intimidation of arts entities, the high cost of living and the lure of better opportunities abroad, many artists are choosing to remain in the city Lisa Movius 5 February 2024 Share The satirical cartoonist Wong Kei-kwan, who uses the pen name Zunzi, had his comic strip in the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao cancelled following government pressure, but he continues to live in the city Photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu Some call it the great exodus: the family company owners, the bankers and the expatriate businesspeople departing Hong Kong in droves during and since the Covid-19 years...
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about 5 months ago (12/15/2023)
First gallery show dedicated to Ghanaian photography pioneer will display previously unseen works capturing life under colonial rule Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Exhibitions news First gallery show dedicated to Ghanaian photography pioneer will display previously unseen works capturing life under colonial rule The photos are part of a 50,000-strong archive being preserved by the artist J...
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about 5 months ago (12/14/2023)
Dealer Johann König opens second Berlin gallery in former telegraph office Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Commercial galleries news Dealer Johann König opens second Berlin gallery in former telegraph office This is the first König space to launch since a number of artists left the gallery's roster last year Catherine Hickley 14 December 2023 Share König Telegraphenamt is located on Museum Island in Berlin Courtesy of König Galerie The Berlin dealer Johann König is tomorrow opening a new gallery next to the city’s Museum Island in a building that once housed the postal service’s telegraph office...
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about 5 months ago (12/12/2023)
'We want to excite people': Rugby star Maro Itoje and London dealer Khalil Akar on their new African art gallery Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art market news 'We want to excite people': Rugby star Maro Itoje and London dealer Khalil Akar on their new African art gallery The gallerists aim to break down the white cube model and make the art world more accessible through their new roving venture Chinma Johnson-Nwosu 12 December 2023 Share "We're not interested in plain white walls," says Maro Itoje, an England rugby star and London's newest gallery owner...
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about 5 months ago (12/12/2023)
Why are ever more artists ditching dealers? Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Commercial galleries analysis Why are ever more artists ditching dealers? From the emerging to the blue-chip, artists are trading gallery representation for agents or outright autonomy Anny Shaw 12 December 2023 Share Rachel Jones (top) and Peter Doig (right) have left their galleries, while Nick Hornby says he has to explore “atypical scenarios” to realise public sculptures such as Power over others is Weakness disguised as Strength (2023, left) Jones: Photo Adama Jalloh, Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery....
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about 5 months ago (12/07/2023)
First-time exhibitors praise Art Basel in Miami Beach, saying the expense and effort pays dividends Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art Basel in Miami Beach 2023 news First-time exhibitors praise Art Basel in Miami Beach, saying the expense and effort pays dividends Most agree that, for US galleries at least, the Florida fair is an unmissable destination Tim Schneider 7 December 2023 Share Norberto Roldan’s 100 Altars for Roberto Chabet / NO...
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about 5 months ago (12/07/2023)
How Gagosian's east London Christo show proved the power of the pop-up exhibition Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art market comment How Gagosian's east London Christo show proved the power of the pop-up exhibition Who says something eye-catching and short-term can’t also be serious? Melanie Gerlis 7 December 2023 Share Installation view of Christo's Dolly (1964) at Gagosian Open, 4 Princelet Street, October 2023 © Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation Even as new galleries seem to open faster than ever, there is plenty of movement away from the white cube...