Josie Thaddeus-Johns

Berlin, Germany

Editor covering art stuff @artsy. Previously freelance for @nytimesarts @FTLifeArts @ArtInAmerica @artnet etc.📍Berlin (she/her)

Articles

Frieze Seoul Stand Prize awarded to Tuan Andrew Nguyen.

Sep 5, 2024 | artsy.net | Arun Kakar |Josie Thaddeus-Johns

Frieze Seoul has announced the winner of its stand prize, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, whose work is on view at the booth of Ho Chi Minh City–based Gallery Quynh. With teal blue walls and three Alexander Calder–esque hanging mobile works, the booth immediately stands out amid many group presentations at the fair. Each of the orange and silver sculptures is made of bomb fragments recovered from Vietnam, where the artist is based.
Kiaf 2024 Carves Out a Unique Voice for the Korean Art Scene | Artsy

Sep 5, 2024 | artsy.net | Josie Thaddeus-Johns

With 130 Korean galleries partaking in this year’s edition, Kiaf’s 22nd edition shone a spotlight on a thriving domestic art scene.
Banksy’s latest animal artworks leave London guessing.

Aug 7, 2024 | artsy.net | Josie Thaddeus-Johns

Renowned street artist Banksy has unveiled a trio of new works in London, each featuring wild animals. On Monday, August 5th, a goat artwork by Banksy appeared near Kew Bridge in southwest London. This was followed by a mural featuring two elephants, which appeared in Chelsea on Tuesday; and a mural featuring three monkeys, which appeared on Brick Lane in East London on Wednesday. Banksy appeared to claim responsibility for each of these works by posting photos of them on his Instagram.
CAN Ibiza 2024 Brings Contemporary Art to the Luxury Balearic Crowd

Jun 28, 2024 | artsy.net | Josie Thaddeus-Johns

It’s a typical Ibiza scene: A DJ is playing pulsing lounge music as beautiful, blissed-out people dressed in boho chic dance and sip on cocktails served by ultra-cool bartenders. No, this isn’t a beach club; instead, we’re at an art fair. At Contemporary Art Now Ibiza (CAN), the art fair that is now in its third year at the FECOEV events space, you can forget the usual art fair vibe of suits, handshakes, and a buttoned-up demeanor.
Perrotin announces representation of Ali Banisadr.

Jun 7, 2024 | artsy.net | Josie Thaddeus-Johns

Perrotin has announced its new representation of Ali Banisadr, a Brooklyn-based Iranian artist celebrated for his intricate oil paintings. Banisadr’s first solo exhibition with Perrotin is set for November 2024 in Shanghai and the artist will debut his latest piece, The Mirror World (2024), with the gallery at this year’s Art Basel in Basel. The representation announcement comes at a significant moment for the artist’s career.
Germany cuts VAT on artwork sales to 7%.

Jun 5, 2024 | artsy.net | Josie Thaddeus-Johns

In a significant move to support the cultural sector, the German government has announced a reduction in the VAT rate on artwork sales from 19% to 7%. This change, set to take effect in January 2025, marks a pivotal shift in policy aimed at bolstering galleries and art dealers throughout the country. The initiative reverses a decision made 10 years ago when the tax benefit was removed for dealers following an EU directive.
Fluxus artist Ben Vautier dies at 88.

Jun 5, 2024 | artsy.net | Josie Thaddeus-Johns

Ben Vautier at the installation of Le Magasin de Ben on the fourth level of the Musée national d’art moderne, 1991 © Photo by Jacques Faujour − Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP © Adagp, Paris, 2024French Fluxus artist Ben Vautier, known for his humorous and boundary-blurring work, has died at 88. Vautier, who often went by the moniker Ben, was found dead in his Nice home on Wednesday with a gunshot wound, according to the Nice prosecutor’s office, which has opened an investigation.
Ai Weiwei and Marina Abramović will judge the 2024 Circa Prize.

Jun 5, 2024 | artsy.net | Josie Thaddeus-Johns

The CIRCA Prize returns for its fourth year, offering artists a chance to win £40,000 ($51,070) by submitting a 2.5-minute video work based on the theme “<> Time's Arrow Flies Forever Forward.” Renowned artists Ai Weiwei and Marina Abramović will be among the esteemed judges. The jury also includes notable figures such as artists Michèle Lamy, Josef O’Connor, Kembra Pfahler, Slawn, curators Hans Ulrich Obrist and Sir Norman Rosenthal, as well as Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova.
33 Latinx artists are selected for El Museo del Barrio’s 2024 triennial.

Jun 4, 2024 | artsy.net | Josie Thaddeus-Johns

El Museo del Barrio has announced the artist list for its upcoming triennial, entitled “Flow States,” which is scheduled to open on October 10th. For its second edition, expanding on the idea of Latinx diaspora and hybrid identity, the triennial will focus on artists considering migration and ideas of belonging.
$12.66 million Jean-Michel Basquiat painting sells at Phillips Hong Kong.

Jun 2, 2024 | artsy.net | Josie Thaddeus-Johns

Leading Phillips’s Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Hong Kong, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s, Native Carrying Some Guns, Bibles, Amorites on Safari (1982), fetched HK$99 million ($12.66 million)—all sales figures include fees. This sale marks the highest-value lot sold at auction in Hong Kong in the first half of 2024. The event at Phillips Hong Kong on May 31st achieved a sales total of HK$210.22 million ($26.89 million).