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A provided image shows an artwork connected to a scheme of selling false Keith Haring paintings. According to a criminal complaint, employees at New York auction houses were approached about the art. A man was taken into custody and charged with wire fraud. Department of Justice via The New York Times.
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.- Angel Pereda, 49, of Mexico, was taken into custody in New York and charged with wire fraud after prosecutors accused him of trying to sell artworks that he falsely claimed had been created by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced on Friday. Prosecutors said that on at least one occasion, Pereda created and sent new fake provenances to an intermediary in New York claiming that a painting was by Basquiat, in the hopes that it could be sold for millions of dollars. Basquiats 1982 work Untitled sold for $110.5 million at auction in 2017. Willia
Exhibition at Hauser & Wirth shines a light on its Los Angeles artists
Installation view, In Focus: LA Artists, Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, 2021. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jeff McLane.
LOS ANGELES, CA
.-Hauser & Wirth spotlights its Los Angeles artists with a multimedia group presentation of nearly 30 artworks. In Focus: LA Artists showcases the groundbreaking techniques, diverse viewpoints, and intergenerational relationships of the gallery artists who call one of the worlds most creative cities home: Larry Bell, Mark Bradford, Charles Gaines, Richard Jackson, Paul McCarthy, Christina Quarles, Gary Simmons, Henry Taylor, Diana Thater, and the late artists Luchita Hurtado, Mike Kelley, and Jason Rhoades. On the occasion of Hauser & Wirths 5-year anniversary in the Arts District and in celebration of the community that has been integral to its vision for nearly 30 years, the presentation highlights the lasting contributions of the artists and foreground their in
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Mark your calendars: In conjunction with a coalition of arts organizations around the city, Seattle City of Literature will host a mayoral arts forum on Thursday, July 22 at 6 pm. Vivian Phillips and Marcie Sillman will moderate and it will be in-person. Register here. Sponsored Celebrate Intiman’s move to Capitol Hill and the return of the live arts after COVID with three joyous productions!
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Stowe is giving a $40,000 welcome to people coming to town.
The town selectboard Monday approved spending money from its capital reserve fund to replace the aging welcome signs on Route 100 on both sides of town, near its border with Waterbury to the south and Morristown to the north. Itâs estimated to cost $20,000 per sign.
According to the Stowe Area Association, which, up until Monday, owned and maintained the signs, the current signs are in poor condition. Work includes removing the existing signs, installing concrete foundations and steel posts and LED lights to illuminate them.
Town Manager Charles Safford said the money in the unallocated capital fund comes from whatever is left over from the townâs local option tax after the $350,000 annual payment toward the Stowe Arenaâs 20-year bond and $212,000 yearly toward payments on a $3.2 million bond used to remove the overhead utility lines in the village, a project completed last year.