Art Industry News: Meet the Crypto Bros Who Are the Mega-Collectors of NFT Art (and, Yes, They’re All Men) + Other Stories
Plus, the Prado scoops up the earliest known work by Francisco Goya and a performing arts chief departs the West Kowloon Cultural District.
April 16, 2021
Nine CryptoPunks being offered at Christie s 21st Century Evening sale on May 13, 2021. Courtesy of Christie s.
Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Friday, April 16.
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An Oat Milk Company Is in Hot Water for Pasting Ads Over Street Art – Minor Figures, a plant-based milk company from London, is under fire for pasting over a street art mural in Philadelphia as part of a promotional campaign. “Minor Figures is very presumptuous to come to our city and cover works of art in such an offensive manner,” Mural Arts executive director Jane Golden said. The damage cannot b
HomeFront: Kate Winslet in uniform, Mark Sandmanâs âsecret band,â plus a rising quilt star
By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated April 15, 2021, 3:36 p.m.
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Kate Winslet in the HBO series Mare of Easttown. Michele K. Short/HBO
Welcome back to HomeFront, where the doors that have been slightly ajar are flying open to let normal life back in. If youâre not at least partly vaccinated, you probably know someone who is, and maybe youâve had a meal on a patio. You might even have received an e-mail about reopening procedures at a place you used to go all the time. We canât shake the feeling that became our constant companion early in the stay-at-home period: that itâs safer on the couch than out in the world. Luckily we have plenty of company, virtually if not physically. And almost everyone needs something to watch or listen to. The Globeâs experts have plenty of suggestions.
LaiSun Keane opens an exhibition of feminist artist Hannah Wilke
Installation view.
BOSTON, MASS
.- For the first time in more than 20 years, LaiSun Keane brings a public exhibition of an exclusive group of works by Hannah Wilke (1940-1993) to Boston titled Hannah Wilke: Friendship. The exhibition which illuminates the friendship between Wilke and Deena Axelrod, is being held at the gallery from February 18 to April 10, 2021. The last time Boston hosted an exhibition of Wilke s work was in 1996 at the Rose Art Museum. An Opening Reception will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2021 from 4 - 6 pm for an in-person celebration.