George Nelson
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Museum Launches Public Appeal to Raise $5. M to Keep Rare Barbara Hepworth Sculpture on British Soil
2 days ago |
artnews.com | George Nelson
A public campaign was launched on Thursday to raise £3.8 million ($5 million) to buy a rare Barbara Hepworth sculpture and keep it on British soil. A private collector bought the wooden work, which incorporates multi-colored strings and is titled Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943), at Christie’s London in March last year for £3.8 million (including fees).
Museum Launches Public Appeal to Raise $5 M. to Keep Rare Barbara Hepworth Sculpture on British Soil
2 days ago |
artnews.com | George Nelson
A public campaign was launched on Thursday to raise £3.8 million ($5 million) to buy a rare Barbara Hepworth sculpture and keep it on British soil. A private collector bought the wooden work, which incorporates multi-colored strings and is titled Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943), at Christie’s London in March last year for £3.8 million (including fees).
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2 days ago |
artnews.com | George Nelson
A new contemporary art museum is slated to open next year in Slovenia in the foothills of the Julian Alps. Named after its founders, Slovenian philanthropists Igor and Mojca Lah, Muzej Lah will house the Fundacija Lah art collection.
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3 days ago |
artnews.com | George Nelson
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has acquired a 200-year-old condom, upon which is etched three men with erections and a half-naked nun. She is pointing at one of the penises, and a caption reads: “Voila, mon choix” (“There, that’s my choice”). The object joins the museum’s collection featuring Rembrandt masterpieces like The Night Watch (1642). The early contraceptive, which dates to 1830, is thought to be made from a sheep’s appendix.
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4 days ago |
artnews.com | George Nelson
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines HASUER & WIRTH X CRISTINA IGLESIAS. Hauser & Wirth has announced its global representation of Spanish sculptor Cristina Iglesias, Maximilíano Durón reports for ARTnews. The gallery will include a new work, Entwined VI, by the artist in its booth at Art Basel later this month and will mount an exhibition for her at its London gallery in October.
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