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Happy Wednesday! Here’s a roundup of the moves and shakers in the art trade this week.
- Bonhams opens new U.S. headquarters in Midtown Manhattan: The auction house officially opened its new 42,000-square-foot flagship store in Steinway Hall, accompanied by a month-long exhibition and cross-category auctions.
- Bortolami announced on behalf of Provost Nasli: The New York gallery will exhibit new works by Provosty at New York’s Hudson Campus and Art Basel, Switzerland, both opening this June.
- The Philadelphia Museum of Art appoints Catherine Anne Paul as curator of Indian and Himalayan art: From 2002 to 2008, Paul served as Assistant and Deputy Director of the Museum. She most recently worked at the Birmingham Museum of Art, where she served as Curator of Asian Art since 2019.
- Lubaina Himid will receive the PAMM Black Arts Fund Acquisition Award: Paintings by Turner Prize-winning artists speaker seller (2023) will be acquired by PAMM. Himid will represent the UK at this year’s Venice Biennale.
- Cold Sky Sculpture Park appoints Robin Schatell as executive director: Vermont Parks has tapped a longtime veteran of the New York City Parks Foundation to guide its next phase of development, with its first commissioned artwork set to premiere this August.
- Deborah Schamoni Gallery announces representation of Mariann Metsis: The Berlin gallery features the work of the London-based painter, whose layered canvases explore memory, perception and the passage of time.
- Freeman’s names Daisy Edelson and Marc Peterman to senior leadership roles: The auction house named former Sotheby’s executive Edelson as executive vice president and general manager of fine arts, and Peterman as vice president and chief financial officer.
big numbers $800,000
This is the highest price reported at Art Basel in Qatar, achieved by White Cube, which sold eight sculptures from Georg Baselitz’s solo show. Other galleries reporting strong results included Thaddaeus Ropac, which sold works by Raqib Shaw for £225,000 to £375,000; Sean Kelly, with sales ranging from $85,000 to $235,000; ATHR, with works by Ahmed Mater selling for $45,000 to $220,000; VeneKlasen, with sales of $35,000 Six paintings by Issy Wood were sold for $190,000; David Kordansky Gallery sold three paintings by Lucy Bull for $375,000 to $450,000.
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