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David Zwirner and Star Artist Part Ways, Guerrilla Artists Stink-Bomb the Whitney Biennial Party, and More Art-World Gossip
Every week, Artnet News brings you Wet Paint, a gossip column of original scoops. If you have a tip, email Annie Armstrong at [email protected]. DAVID ZWIRNER AND HAROLD ANCART PART WAYS It’s pretty rare to see an artist leave behemoth David Zwirner gallery, so you can imagine my surprise when Wet Paint learned that Belgian-born, New York-based painter Harold Ancart is officially no longer represented by the gallery. Ancart, who made his debut with Zwirner in 2018, is known for his large-scale abstract paintings that are often comic-like depictions of horizons and the natural world. He was introduced to Zwirner by Harry Scrymgeour, a former partner at Clearing gallery who told Artnet News in 2018…
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The Cy Twombly Foundation Is Honoring the Artist’s Special Relationship With the Whitney by Gifting $2.5 Million to the Museum
The Whitney Museum’s conservation section just bought a big enhance from the Cy Twombly Foundation, which has gifted the museum $2.5 million to endow a conservator posture. Twombly experienced a very long marriage with the Whitney, which in 1979 was the initially New York establishment to present a solo clearly show of his work. The artist also played a main position in shaping the ethos of the Whitney’s conservation section, which is thought of amid the most forward-imagining in the region. Thanks to the reward, Matthew Skopek, who joined the Whitney’s conservation staff in 2007, will turn out to be the to start with Cy Twombly Conservator of Paintings. Carol Mancusi-Ungaro,…
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The Whitney Museum Will Stage a Landmark Show of Puerto Rican Art Made in the Five Years Since Hurricane Maria
The Whitney Museum of American Art will mark the 5-calendar year anniversary of Hurricane Maria with the first significant exhibition of Puerto Rican art to be organized at a U.S. museum in 5 many years. The exhibition, titled “No existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Artwork in the wake of Hurricane Maria,” will carry together an intergenerational team of extra than 15 artists centered in Puerto Rico and throughout the diaspora, much more than fifty percent of which discover as gals, trans, and nonbinary. Their contributions, all developed given that the storm hit in September 20, 2017, “seek to examine the cracks left by the storm in the pretty composition…
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Whitney Port’s Entire Skincare Routine & Favorite Beauty Products
In Bustle’s video clip collection 7 Times of Pores and skin, tastemakers just take us by 7 days of their skincare routines—the products they depend on to retain their pores and skin seeking 10/10 via operate, rest, and play. Ever considering that Whitney Port very first graced our television screens on MTV’s truth present The Hills, she’s been the definition of #skingoals. And nevertheless it is been over 15 many years because the show’s first episode (come to feel previous nevertheless?), her skin is as glowy and envy-inducing as at any time — just peek her Instagram for evidence. These times, Port has her plate full hosting her preferred podcast…
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Whitney Houston NFT Set Record for Highest-Selling on Tezos Blockchain
Photo Credit: Primary Wave A Whitney Houston auction has concluded, setting a record for the highest-selling NFT on the Tezos blockchain with a price tag of $999,999. The Whitney Houston Collection was also the first time an estate sold an unheard and unreleased recording as an NFT. (Read our explainer about non-fungible tokens here.) The record-breaking Whitney Houston NFT features a full-length song demo that Whitney recorded when she was 17. The winner of the auction now has personal access to the recording in their OneOf Vault, along with a digital video created by artist Diana Sinclair. The nosebleed price tag of $999,999 was shared by Primary Wave, which helped…
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