Art Basel Miami Sales, Climate Sculpture, and Leadership Shifts Mark Busy Week
The opening of Art Basel Miami showcased Pablo Picasso's 1917 artwork 'Tete de Femme,' which was sold for £17 million through Van de Weghe Fine Art. During COP24 in Katowice, Poland, Olafur Elisson's 'Ice Watch London' featured 24 icebergs on the Thames, serving as a climate change statement. Kaywin Feldman made history as the first female director of the National Gallery of Art, taking over from Earl A. Powell III. Ten women artists over the age of 40 were awarded $25,000 grants from Anonymous Was A Woman. Tania Bruguera withdrew from the Kochi Muziris Biennale in protest against Cuba's Decree 349. José Olympio da Veiga Pereira was appointed president of the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, while Leonor Antunes received the Zurich Art Prize, earning $100,000 for a solo exhibition.
Key facts
- Pablo Picasso's 'Tete de Femme' sold for £17 million at Art Basel Miami
- Olafur Eliasson's 'Ice Watch London' features 24 icebergs from Greenland
- Kaywin Feldman appointed first female director of National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Ten artists received Anonymous Was A Woman grants of $25,000 each
- Tania Bruguera withdrew from Kochi Muziris Biennale over Cuban censorship law
- José Olympio da Veiga Pereira named president of Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
- Leonor Antunes won Zurich Art Prize with $100,000 award
- Subodh Gupta accused of sexual harassment on Instagram
Entities
Artists
- Pablo Picasso
- Olafur Eliasson
- Kaywin Feldman
- Earl A. Powell III
- Dotty Attie
- Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons
- Patty Chang
- Beverly Fishman
- Kate Gilmore
- Heather Hart
- Deborah Roberts
- Rocío Rodríguez
- Michèle Stephenson
- Betty Tompkins
- Susan Unterberg
- Nicola Bealing
- Tania Bruguera
- José Olympio da Veiga Pereira
- Julio Landmann
- Bertille Bak
- Mircea Cantor
- David Maljkovic
- Maria Papadimitriou
- Unknown Friend
- Jean de Loisy
- Jean-Marc Bustamante
- Anne Imhof
- Subodh Gupta
- Leonor Antunes
- Claudia Comte
- Wyatt Kahn
- Eva Kotátková
- Magali Reus
- Ignacio Uriarte
Institutions
- Art Basel Miami
- Van de Weghe Fine Art
- Tate Modern
- National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Anonymous Was A Woman
- National Endowment of the Arts
- Matt's Gallery
- Kochi Muziris Biennale
- Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
- Credit Suisse
- Mario Merz Prize
- Fondazione Merz
- Palais de Tokyo
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
- Lyon Biennale
- BMW Tate Live
- Scene and Herd
- Museum Haus Konstruktiv
- Zurich Insurance Group Ltd
Locations
- Miami
- United States
- River Thames
- London
- United Kingdom
- Nuup Kangerlua fjord
- Greenland
- Katowice
- Poland
- Washington
- Minneapolis
- New York
- Cornwall
- Havana
- Cuba
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Turin
- Italy
- Paris
- France
- Berlin
- Germany
- Zurich
- Switzerland