Harrison Jacobs

4 days ago | artnews.com | Harrison Jacobs

On Tuesday, the Rijksmuseum announced that a rare condom dating from 1830 will go on display at the museum in its print room, where it will form part of a display on 19th-century sex work and sexuality. It will stay on display through November. The condom is nearly 200 years old and is thought to be made from a sheep’s appendix. It features an erotic image depicting a nun and three clergyman and was likely a souvenir from a brothel.

5 days ago | artnews.com | Harrison Jacobs

Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. In late April, MoMA PS1 opened its marquee exhibition for the season, “The Gatherers,” a sweeping group show that considers the psychic and material “burdens” of climate change, globalization, and neoliberalism.

5 days ago | artnews.com | Harrison Jacobs

On Friday and Saturday, several Jewish sites in Paris were vandalized with green paint, including the Mémorial de la Shoah, the Tournelles synagogue, and the Agoudas Hakehilos synagogue—all in city’s Jewish quarter—as well as a third synagogue in a different part of the city. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported on Sunday that it has been common in France for red paint to be used as a protest against Israel and the ongoing war in Gaza. Green paint, however, is new.

2 weeks ago | artnews.com | Harrison Jacobs

Jean Siméon Chardin’s 1760 painting The Cut Melon is officially headed to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, after a failed attempt to win it at auction. Last June, the Chardin painting set a new record for the artist when it sold for $30.3 million at Christie’s France to then-unknown Italian real estate investor Nanni Bassani Antivari. At the time, it seemed like a disappointing miss for the Kimbell Art Museum, who was the underbidder on the work.

2 weeks ago | artnews.com | Harrison Jacobs

On Monday, Phillips announced several major changes to its leadership team, led by the resignation of global chairwoman Cheyenne Westphal, who is leaving the auction house after holding the position since 2017. “I am grateful to my wonderful colleagues at Phillips for eight exceptional years and I now look forward to starting an exciting new chapter in the art world working with private collectors and artists directly,” Westphal said in a statement.