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V&A Workers Vote to Strike Over Pay, Heat—and More Industry Intel
Plus: A London gallery plans its first New York outpost, and the Wolf Kahn Foundation get a permanent headquarters.
Plus: A London gallery plans its first New York outpost, and the Wolf Kahn Foundation get a permanent headquarters.
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— London’s new “merit-led” art fair, Fair Play, announced 65 artists, chosen by an expert committee, for its inaugural edition at One Marylebone from October 15-18. They include Charlotte Mei, Curtis Holder, and James Dearlove.
— This fall’s Armory Show in New York will see the debut of a new $20,000 Pérez Art Museum Miami Acquisition Prize.
— As of Monday, August 24, Bonhams Skinner will be known as Bonhams.
— Collector-car mania is revving up: There were a number of record-breaking results during this month’s Monterey Car Week. (Artnet News)
— San Francisco dealer Jonathan Carver Moore has been accused by nine artists and arts professionals of failing to pay for or return consigned works. Artist Demond Melancon said he had not heard from the gallerist about payment for 10 masks that Moore reportedly sold for a total of $70,500 at Expo Chicago in April. (San Francisco Standard)
— Gazelli Art House, with locations in London and Baku, Azerbaijan, is opening a New York outpost in Chelsea on September 22.
— New York’s Jarvis Art is reopening as Jarvis & Werner next month, a name change that reflects the new position of ex-Berlin dealer Max Werner as partner.
— Eman Al Hashemi joined the roster of Abu Dhabi’s Iris Projects, Jules Carlito Beurrier-Loncan is now represented by AWL Gallery (Girona), and Lee Chung-Chung has joined Asia Art Center in London.
— Alison Jacques gallery is being sued for breach of contract by tech entrepreneurs Yoed and Natasha Anise, who allege that the London gallery canceled the sale of three paintings by Monica Sjöö after representatives of the Swedish artist’s estate discovered the couple were first-time collectors. A counterclaim filed by Jacques alleges that the gallery had been “misled” about the collectors’ credentials. It further claimed that they planned to hang the fragile works in their children’s bedrooms, with no intention of promoting the artist’s legacy. The case is scheduled to be heard by a London court in March. (The Art Newspaper)
— The booming market for South Asian modern art has resulted in the proliferation of forgeries, resulting from a lack of documentation and strong academic grounding in the field. Dealer Dadiba Pundole estimated that as many as one in 10 works sold privately in India is fake, while other experts fear these counterfeits are fast becoming more convincing. (Financial Times)
—Hundreds of V&A workers have voted to strike over pay and working conditions since July 23. Ninety-five percent of the PCS Union members, who work across all four of the London museum sites, supported the action. Prime among the demands are higher compensation, including 1.5 times the normal rate on holidays, and a cross-site policy to close public spaces when temperatures reach above 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
— Caitlín Doherty is departing the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville in Florida to join Telfair Museums in Savannah, Georgia, as executive director.
— The Wolf Kahn Foundation announced a permanent headquarters for the study of the late American painter. The Wolf Kahn Foundation and Archives is set to open in Midtown Manhattan in October.
— New York nonprofit Blank Forms is moving into a new 6,000-square-foot home in SoHo. (Artnet News)
— The Kvareli Foundation for Contemporary Art will open in the Kakheti region of eastern Georgia on October 31.
— Mariam Elnozahy, the artistic director of Stockholm’s Konsthall C, will curate the second edition of the Ulaanbaatar Biennale, which runs next June across the Mongolian capital.
— The Gwangju Biennale Foundation defended itself against claims of political censorship over the naming of Taiwan’s pavilion. (Artnet News)
— Benjamin Sutton is now global editor in chief of The Art Newspaper, after over four years at the publication, most recently as editor in chief for the Americas.
— The revered American abstract painter Mary Heilmann died on August 14 at the age of 86. (Artnet News)