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Happy Wednesday! Here’s a roundup of the moves and shakers in the art trade this week.
Industry trends
- Whitney Acquires Works by Gretchen Andrew and Michael Mandyberg: Museum adds works from Andrew’s “Facetune Portraits” and Mandy Berg’s “Taking Stock” its digital art assets — the only acquisition the unit made in the first half of the year.
- Hesse Flatow adds Emily Harter to its list: The San Francisco artist will have her second solo show at the gallery this month and has a solo show at the Minor Attractions art fair during Frieze London.
- Kamrooz Aram on behalf of Alexander Gray Associates: The Brooklyn-based Iranian artist, known for challenging the boundaries between Western decorative arts and fine art, will make his debut with a solo exhibition at the gallery this February.
- Fang Zhongrui joins Yishang Art: A key figure in the development of abstraction in Chinese painting, the 90-year-old artist will have his first exhibition at the gallery’s Upper East Side on October 29.
- Hakim Bishara appointed allergic: The Palestinian writer serves as the publication’s executive editor and senior editor. He joined first allergic 2019.
- Isamu Noguchi Museum announces 2025 winners: The Long Island City institution has announced that architect and designer Mira Nakashima and sculptor Kan Yasuda will receive the 12th annual award, which will be presented on November 17 at the museum’s 40th anniversary event.
big numbers: $2B.
That’s how much equity Ari Emanuel raised to fund his new holding company Mari, which now owns majority stakes in Frieze, the Miami and Madrid Opens, and collector car auction house Barrett-Jackson.
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On Tuesday, literary critic favorite and social media gadfly Brandon Taylor released his latest novel, little black figure. The book tells the story of a young painter named Wyeth, who – perhaps like Taylor himself – attracted attention for his work filled with black characters, but was also criticized for engaging too much or too little with the “now,” depending on who was watching.
Despite the seemingly hackneyed premise of an autobiographical novel, Taylor tells new yorker In a wide-ranging interview, the novel is deeply embedded in the idea of the novel as a representation of “social totality,” a concept that emerged from his reading of the Marxist philosopher György Lukács, who famously theorized this form in 1955. historical fiction. Despite Taylor’s online flippancy, he remains an astute and thoughtful critic, which makes this interview—especially its questioning of “black art”—well worth reading. —Harrison Jacobs, Executive Digital Editor
