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In memory. Leonard LauderHarrison Jacobs reports Artnews. His mother is Estée Lauderhe joined the same name, multi-billion dollar beauty company in 1958. Lauder is also passionate about art and gives Metropolitan Museum of Art In New York, including 81 Cubist paintings, sculptures and collages Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Légerand Juan Gris. It is estimated that his collection is worth more than $1 billion. When donating, he told New York Times“Unless you are focused, disciplined, tenacious, and willing to pay more than you can, you won’t be able to put together a good collection.”
In memory. Also in the news this weekend, we learned about the artist’s death Joel Shapiro According to Alex Greenberger Artnews. According to his daughter Ivy Shapiro, he has been battling acute myeloid leukemia. Shapiro’s extensive exhibition includes sculptures made of bronze and aluminum. “Although immersed in the arrogant concepts that directed artistic creation in the 1960s and 70s, the sculptures were also quirky and whimsical, with limbs seemingly skipping and flailing,” Greenberg wrote. The artist also took a different approach to the main minimalism of his time by painting his own pieces of wood and metal in bright colors, drawing critics’ attention. In an unforgettable interview in 2009 bomb “I did a lot of things … they are not huge. They can be huge. I think they are not too swollen,” the artist magazine said. When asked for clarification, he said, “expansion is a sculptural disease.”
Digestion
this Marfil Palace The museum in the Italian city of Verona calls for “respect for art” as a visitor filmed on CCTV, breaking a chair covered with glittering Swarovski crystals. Video shows a man taking a picture of a woman pretending to be sitting on an Italian artist’s artwork Nicola BollaThis is called the “Van Gogh” chair before the man sat there in person. The chair folded under his weight, causing him to stagger against the wall. The couple remained unidentified and rushed out of the room. [ARTnews]
OSH city in Kyrgyzstan has demolished a 23-meter (75-foot) statue Vladimir Lenin Originally established in 1975, it is considered the highest among the former Soviet leaders in Central Asia. The local town hall said in a statement that the decision was a “common approach” aimed at improving the “architectural and aesthetic appearance” of the area. Some media describe this interpretation as a means of comforting Russia, the country’s allies. [The Associated Press and Le Figaro]
After months of strikes, security guards at three London museums won a pay rise. Guards hired by subcontractors will receive an increase in salary, from 13% to 23% National History, Science and Victoria and Albert Museumconsidered better with London’s living wages. [The Art Newspaper]
About 50 leaders of cultural and scientific institutions have signed a petition Lemond Warn off and/or reduce the range of off and/or palace The Museum of Science, located alongside the Grand Palazzo in Paris. The agency has been closed for renovation and has repeatedly delayed its reopening in reports of its future disagreements. To show these tensions, the President Consresponsible for overseeing the Palace of Dela Découverte Cité des Sciences and other industries,,,,, Bruno Maquartfired. [Le Monde and Journal des Arts]
Kicking
Real Rubens or fools? Ancient debate about a long-lasting authenticity is believed to have been discovered Rubensjust reignited. this guardian Reporting London National Gallery Received £2.5 million (US$3.4 million) Samson and Delilah In 1980, it is believed to be painted by Flanders artists Peter Paul Rubens In 1609. But is this a big mistake? At the time of purchase, the painting had been lost for centuries, so its rediscovery was astounding, and critics quickly doubted its authenticity due to stylistic inconsistencies, the use of pigments and the lack of signs of aging. Now, in light of a new controversial statement, which was then withdrawn by the former National Gallery curator, a petition has been initiated for a public debate. Christopher Brown. The museum’s former Dutch and Flanders’ collection director told guardian The painting is real, but he also said that the National Gallery already has modern boards attached to the back of the painting. This will cover important information about its authenticity. Compounding things, an early catalogue said the back of the painting had been glued to a board, “presumably in [20th] Century, the painting was “fixed about 3 mm of thickness onto a new panel panel before being acquired by the National Gallery…so no trace of the group manufacturer was found. “What’s strange is that the painting report sold by the auction house to the museum is related to the painting of “planned lowering panels” guardian Brown also changed the statement when asked for comment from the National Gallery. “The National Gallery said the rebounds were applied before the acquisition. There is no reason I don’t believe them,” he said.
